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 …
Continue reading Flowers In The Attic: VC Andrews and her books
4 years after the events of the novel My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Jade Daniels is back in Proofrock Idaho, right on time for Dark Mill South to arrive, a prolific indigenous serial killer who has just escaped from a prison transfer, and start killing teens like a classic slasher movie villain. (According to the …
Continue reading Don’t Fear The Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
So, this was a fun and interesting read. Episode 13 is the story of the last episode of a ghost hunting reality TV show, hosted by a husband and wife. For this episode, they, along with their team, head to a huge house that was once the site of paranormal experiments run by the government …
In 1965, in the Scottish Borderlands, Pearl finds herself pregnant and unmarried, so her parents send her to Lichen Hall, a strange, crumbling mansion on the edge of a wood in the middle of nowhere. She is one of a string of mothers who have been sent there to give birth in secret and have …
Sasha and her husband Harry, have always dreamed of buying a property away from the big city life, and think they've found the perfect country home, quickly moving in with their dog Dash. But not long after they move in, their closest neighbour drops by with the welcome wagon and a printed document marked Springtime. …
Continue reading Old Country by Matt Query and Harrison Query
On a small Scottish island, there is the usual mix of old families and new people, each with their secrets and troubles, grudges and pasts. When a man from the mainland digs into something he shouldn't have, events unfold that leave something leaking into the water, and soon, with a storm coming, the island is …
1978: two children live with their grandmother who is the head of an famous cutting edge asylum, when a young, traumatized girl is brought to live with them and their world starts to unravel. 2019: One of the children has grown up, now calls herself Lizzy, and is a podcaster who searches for cryptids, when …
Continue reading The Children On The Hill by Jennifer McMahon
Red Bluff, Mississippi, is a dying town in the 70's, slowly being eaten up by the encroaching kudzu, and there's something rotten at the heart of the "blackwood" that lurks underneath it's leaf canopy. A family living rough end up there at the same time that Colburn returns to town, an artist looking for answers …
After Emily's suicide, her childhood friends meet again at her funeral for the first time in 15 years, and it brings up a lot of unresolved trauma. They were the only survivor's of a mysterious death cult that was based at Read Peak. What really happened there that day? And should they go back and …
There's a ghost in the White house... Based on historical people and events, this book tells the story of Franklin and Jane Pierce, whose son Bennie died in a train accident just before Franklin took office. There have been various stories of ghost sightings in the White House (the ghost has been called "The Thing") …
