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March 5, 2020
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3 mins to read
“With her debut novel, Knight conjures Lilith in all her fury, unleashed to have her bloody revenge.” When Kenzi Brooks was seven years old, she watched The Scribble Man collect her brother’s soul after a terrible accident. He even gave Kenzi a present, a lucky rabbit’s foot. Now twenty-three, Kenzi doesn’t believe in The Scribble …
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February 27, 2020
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3 mins to read
“With The Return, her debut novel, Harrison’s story aims to give readers a creepy, sinister, weekend reunion party from Hell.” Elise is the only one who ever believed Julie would come back. Missing for two years, Elise never gave up hope. She knew her best friend would return. And then, two years to the day, …
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February 20, 2020
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2 mins to read
“With Beneath the Rising, Mohamed combines a coming-of-age story with a heavy dose of the Weird, with thrills and humor along for the ride.” Joanna “Johnny” Chamber is smart, from an affluent white family. Nick Prasad is brown, poor, and secretly madly in love with Johnny. Johnny creates a special kind of reactor that could …
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February 13, 2020
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4 mins to read
“With his latest novel, Ralston combines true-crime with a supernatural evil from the least likely of sources … an innocent elderly woman.” Martin Savage is on a book tour, promoting his latest true crime book. Now, one of his most dangerous subjects—the “Witch Hunter”—has escaped. A depraved murderer, the “Witch Hunter” holds a grudge against …
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February 6, 2020
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2 mins to read
“With his latest novel, Waggoner moves into nightmare territory with a creepy family that lives for destruction.” Rockridge, Ohio. The Eldreds move into town, choosing a quiet cul de sac. The Eldreds are definitely creepy, and extremely dangerous, feeding off the dark emotions of humans. They use their house to create nightmares to trap their …
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February 5, 2020
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24 mins to read
The fifth book in the Charitable Chapbook line from Nightscape Press, Michael Wehunt’s Everything Is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here, is an unflinching, poetic novella that, as described in our recent review of the book, “holds a mirror up to a modern America which, despite making some progress, still finds itself haunted …
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January 30, 2020
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2 mins to read
“Originally released in 1974, Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ has gained a massive reputation as one of the most terrifying horror novels ever published.” They’re only kids. That’s what Barbara keeps telling herself. But now the twenty-year-old babysitter is getting a little worried. It’s just a game. She finds herself bound and gagged, the …
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January 29, 2020
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9 mins to read
1980 AD. Jimmy Carter is in the last full year of his presidency, Mount St. Helen’s awakens from her slumber, AC/DC’s singer Bon Scott drinks himself to death, the US pulls out of the Olympics in Moscow, the Rubik’s Cube frustrates millions, Iron Maiden is born and John Bonham dies, Darth Vader is Luke’s father, …
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January 23, 2020
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2 mins to read
“With the strange premise of towns that physically disappear, Prescott’s debut novel looks to tie social commentary with the Weird, capturing the loneliness and desperation of the lost.” The Town. Unnamed, set in the Australian outback. Practically abandoned, desolate, with streets that follow no logic. A young writer researching the ‘middle-of-nowhere’, those depressing towns that …
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January 16, 2020
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3 mins to read
“With this creepy Southern Gothic, Davidson conjures a very personal and dangerous fight for survival you won’t soon forget.” Miranda Crabtree has been on her own since her father died. That was years ago, and now she’s constantly looking over her shoulder, living off the land, making ends meet by ferrying contraband for a mad …
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