Synopsis: Sometimes you want to eat the ones you love…right? In this gorgeous horror-romance, river monster Jenny Greenteeth stalks a handsome academic through Boston after a chance encounter leaves her hungry and curious about the world she’s been hiding from. Jenny Greenteeth prefers to keep her own company beneath the streets of Boston, where she’s […]
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Review: The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty
I was totally hooked on this book, so much so that during my break at work I was asked what the book was about because I was so absorbed by it. I read half of it in just a day or so and it had me asking my boyfriend ‘what would you do if you had a house that erased people?’
Review: #VanDeath by Brian Asman
Synopsis From the author of Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters) Two feuding #VanLife influencers must put aside their differences in order to survive when they are stalked by a masked killer in a remote stretch of Death Valley. Morgan and Jasper are the couple everyone wants to be: beautiful, successful, and constantly mobile. Their […]
Review: Stinetinglers 5 by R. L. Stine
Synopsis A boy discovers a magical deck of wizard cards… but will they spell chaos for his school talent show? Two siblings believe that the best way to beat their bullies is to become monsters… but what happens when they can’t change back? A boy gets a strange call on his second-hand cell phone… but […]
Review: As The Snow Gathers by Mere Joyce
As the Snow Gathers is what happens when Historical Folk Horror and Eco Horror come together to have a heartbreaking baby named Righteous Fury. It is such an incredibly lyrical and atmospheric read that even reading it in 30° degree heat you’d feel the cold of a snow covered, 1860s, isolated Canadian logging town, seep deep in your bones. The perfect winter read, it is a story that is both incredibly soft and tender, as it is unforgiving and painfully sharp as frozen wind on your face.
Review: Our Cut of Salt By Deena Helm
SYNOPSIS THE HOUSE IS WAITING FOR YOU. From a bold new Palestinian voice comes Our Cut of Salt – an unflinching, sinister and moving take on the haunted house novel, perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians and The Haunting of Hill House.‘The essential haunted house story of our moment in history’ Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Black Flame There is something haunting […]
Review: Lost In The Garden by Adam S. Leslie
Adam S. Leslie crafts a narrative that is imaginative and visually stunning, to the point where I can feel the hot breeze on my skin and I can see the pollen in the late evening air
Review: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Synopsis SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MAIKA MONROE, THOMASIN MCKENZIE AND JASON ISSACS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, TIME, Bookpage, and the Chicago Public Library • The American Booksellers Association’s #1 Indie Next Great Read for February 2025 “[A] savage thriller… Victorian Psycho offers a […]
Review: The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims
Whether you’re looking for some good contemporary criticism to feel a little vindicated/seen for living through these Interesting Times while trying to pretend like life is normal instead of the insanity we’re all going through. Or whether you’re looking for a claustrophobic, sweltering, anxiety filled train ride that will get under your skin and have you shrinking away from or avoiding street grates and dark alleys, The Burn Line is for you and it will arrive at each station this August 25th via Poisoned Pen Press.
Review: Nightjars by Michael Wehunt
Synopsis Memento meets Dracula in this heart-thudding, unpredictable, and beautifully crafted novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesn’t remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all, from celebrated and critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt. On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through dinner. But before his date walks […]
Review: Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist
Home is where the heart attack is Synopsis After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves, become a whole new person, even. But the solitary cottage is actually a […]
Review: Slasher Summer by E. L. Chen
Synopsis In this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun—only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school. . . . The sleepy town of Cedar Lake is […]