When orphaned Claire's fiance dies of a strange neurological disease, she thinks the happiness and belonging in she finally had in her life is over forever, but then Elias wealthy family invites her for three days to Harrow Point, their private island, for his funeral. Hoping to find the family she so desperately craves, Claire …
Deputy Tom Bailey was a teenager when a massacre happened in 1983 at the local Summer Camp by the lake, which his girlfriend was the only survivor of. It was the event that lead him to become a cop and re-shaped the small texas town forever. Now, in 1992, it's the night before the Summer …
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This book opens with a content warning, so I want to start my review by letting you know that this book contains a lot of things, including gore, infanticide, rape, violence against animals... and a lot of people doing mushrooms. Moonflow is about Sarah, a trans-woman, who finds herself in financial trouble when her mushroom …
On the way home from a gay club they got into with fake IDs, Colin and best friend Ren have to take a detour to avoid the local jocks, and they come across a weird, white thicket they've never seen before that has a strange effect on Ren. Soon he's acting different and hinting at …
A "true crime" book about band The Shivers, the rise and then the big, tragic fall: from their early days, the blood soaked riots at their concerts, to the day, at the height of their fame, lead singer Lily Lawless confessed to a murder ten years before... The band agreed to finally break their silence …
Det Vicky Paterson is investigating a bizarre murder in her small town, and barely notices the massive number of cicadas until they've reached plague proportions and attack her child Sadie. Meanwhile, Will and Alicia are private investigators looking for a wealthy heiress who has joined a cult, and their investigation shows a link between the …
When Flora gives birth to baby Iris a few weeks prematurely, her husband is still deployed overseas, and she finds herself struggling to cope alone. She starts to see strange beetle infestations, has night terrors, and her childhood imaginary friend re-emerges. In a moment of desperation, she emails her estranged mother, who responds by turning …
This stunning volume is Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales From Storied Lands, one of the latest in the Gilded Nightmares Series from The British Library. I love this series and have quite a few from the collection. They feature beautiful binding and cover art, and each one contains horror or ghost stories collected around a …
The new Craig DiLouie is here and this time he's exploring the nature of horror and why we're drawn to these stories. How To Make A Horror Movie and Survive is set in Hollywood in the 80's, where movie director Max has just made Jack The Knife III, the latest in a very successful slasher …
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Many of us grew up on VC Andrews books, reading them when we were probably a little too young, and being shocked by the dark, winding and, well, problematic contents. With the recent release of a biography on the mysterious and reclusive author, I decided to take a little dive into her books and her …
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