Synopsis: Art world darling Julian Le Sang paints with passion, with abandon, and with his own blood. Inside these blood paintings, Julian sees more than art… he sees the future. In fifth grade, Julian is bullied and alienated until Marcy befriends him and learns the strange boy’s dark secret: he sees visions of death in […]
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Review: The Spare by Annie Neugebauer
Synopsis: It’s not a sequel. It’s next in the sequence… Kasper is tired of these extended family reunions. No matter what she does, she’s always the odd one out. She’s used to feeling outnumbered, but on this remote camping trip, those numbers keep changing. Review: Annie Neugebauer’s “Outsiders Sequence,” is nothing short of existentially torturous, […]
Review: Your Beloved Remains by Quinn Connor
Synopsis As fascination turns to obsession, two women drag each other into an academic horror of forgery, murder, and rage, destined to be devoured by readers of Plain Bad Heroines and If We Were Villains. Archivist Celia Kiel has spent her life on the remote campus of Basin College in the Southern Ozarks. Once a jewel of women’s […]
Review: Happy Hour (Killer VHS #9) by Gemma Amor
HAPPY HOUR is a fantastic novella, one that perfectly captures a hectic part of recent British history, invoking such a strong sense of nostalgia.
Review: Pictures of You by Josh Malerman
Synopsis A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist’s dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.After a magical night out on the town with her boyfriend Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve […]
Review: Puppet’s Banquet by Valkyrie Loughcrewe
Synopsis Married couple Celia and Martin are brutally attacked on their drive through the Irish countryside. The attack leaves Celia with a violent schism in her mind, seemingly existing in two places at once: one the “real” world, the other a howling maelstrom of abstract monstrosity. Of her husband, there is no trace…until weeks later, […]
Review: Licorice by Kara LaReau (Illustrated by Kelly Murphy)
Synopsis A feral tabby cat is finally adopted by a loving family at 5 Manderley Road, only to realize that her new home might be haunted by the cat who lived in the house before her. Spine-chilling and heartwarming, funny and charming, Licorice is a purrfect retelling of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca for young readers, by award winning author Kara LaReau. […]
Review: Carrying by Samantha Josephs
Synopsis SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeGolden Poppy Book Award Finalist She’s serving.She’s eating.She’s . . . Carrying. In this electrifying horror debut that’s equal parts funny and harrowing, a stealth trans woman desperate to maintain her picture-perfect life discovers that she’s seemingly—impossibly—pregnant. “Carrying is a totally […]
Review: Traps and Specters by Philip Fracassi
Synopsis: A new collection of short stories and novellas from Bram Stoker Award finalist Philip Fracassi, featuring an introduction by NYT bestselling author Matt Dinniman. From the mind of Stoker and British Fantasy award-nominated author Philip Fracassi comes fourteen stories of the macabre that will frighten, disturb, and ensnare readers in a dark web of […]
Review: In Their Eyes by Simon F. Godin
Synopsis A gripping slow-burn psychological horror filled with paranoia, suspense, and emotional tension from debut Canadian novelist Simon F. Godin. Gracie Boone’s small-town life has always felt safe and comfortable. She has a doting father, a steady relationship, and a promising future at university. But the illusion of security begins to crumble the moment she […]
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 Staircase In The Woods by Chuck Wendig
The Staircase In The Woods is an atmospheric, emotionally charged horror thriller through our inner demons made manifest.