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Grief Horror

Review: Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman

May 29, 2024 by George Dunn 1 Comment

Synopsis: The body of Glenn Partridge’s 15-year-old son was discovered in a vacant lot nearly forty years ago. The police are still no closer to finding the murderer decades later. Glenn refuses to let the memory of his son fade—or let anyone else within this small working-class community forget. His long-suffering wife signs him up […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Grief, Reviews Tagged With: Bad Hand Books, Clay Chapman, Clay McLeod, Clay McLeod Chapman, Grief Horror, Kill Your Darling

Review: Mother Death by Paul O’Neill

April 2, 2024 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Dottie Matheson is a selfish mother who has been granted the supernatural power to resurrect her son, Harold, whenever he dies. He uses this ability to shock audiences around Scotland by killing himself on stage over and over again, attracting fame and fortune. As his Circus Nightmare act takes the world by storm, his […]

Filed Under: Demons, Fear For All, Paranormal, Reviews Tagged With: Grief Horror, Mother Death, Paranormal horror, Paul O'Neill, Speculative Fiction, Speculative horror

Review: Come With Me by Ronald Malfi

March 7, 2024 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Aaron Decker’s life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence—and her ghost—Aaron goes through her belongings, where he finds a receipt for a motel room in another part of the country. Piloted by grief and an increasing sense of curiosity, Aaron embarks on a journey to discover […]

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Fear For All, Ghosts, Paranormal, Psychological, Reviews, Supernatural Tagged With: Come With Me, Crime, Ghosts, Grief, Grief Horror, Meta horror, Metaphysical, Mystery, Roadtrip, Ronald Malfi

Review: This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

February 18, 2024 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t interest Thiago, but Vera thought it would be a bit of fun for them amidst all the strange occurrences happening in the condo. It made things worse. The cold spots and scratching in the walls were weird enough, but […]

Filed Under: Bizarro, Cosmic, Demons, Fear For All, Folk, Lovecraftian, Psychological, Reviews, Weird Tagged With: Grief Horror, Gus Moreno, Itza, Mexican horror, This thing between us

Review: If You See Her by Ania Ahlborn

January 29, 2024 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The house on Old Mill Road has stood in an open field for longer than Jesse Wells has been alive, its crooked windows and jutting turret tormenting the kids of Warsaw, Michigan the way only a haunted house knows how. Everyone imagines that something terrible lurks within the house’s abandoned rooms—especially Jesse and his […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Ghosts, Haunted House, Occult, Paranormal, Reviews Tagged With: Ania Ahlborn, Grief Horror, If you see her, Trauma

Review: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

January 21, 2024 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: It’s the late ’90s, and you can find Jeremy Heldt at the Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa―a small town in the center of the state. The job is good enough for Jeremy, quiet and predictable, and it gets him out of the house, where he lives with his dad and where they both try […]

Filed Under: Bizarro, Fear For All, Psychological, Religious Horror, Reviews, Weird Tagged With: Grief Horror, John Darnielle, Picador, Scribe, Universal Harvester

Review: Burner by Robert Ford

December 2, 2023 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: IRISIt’s terrifying how quickly everything can be taken away from you. Iris learns this agonizing lesson in the blink of an eye. Her future dreams. Her past life. Everything gone in a storm of pain. But this pain is only the beginning. AUDREYAudrey had the perfect life. Great husband, beautiful daughter, lots of money. […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Psychological, Reviews, Survivalist Tagged With: Burner, Grief Horror, Robert Ford

Author Interview: Laurel Hightower

August 10, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Author Interview, Crossroads, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Grief Horror, Horror, Horror Novels, Interview, Jonathan Janz, Josh Malerman, Laurell Hightower, Off Limits Press, Whispers in the Dark

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