Tag: horror
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REVIEW: Come Closer by Sara Gran
Demonic possession or psychic break? One of Esquire’s Top 50 horror novels of all time delves deep into the terrifying consequences of losing control. “A perfect horror novel.”—Paul Tremblay, author of ‘The Cabin at the End of the World’ A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that’s replaced by…
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REVIEW: I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in the midst of a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease. You will be scared. But you won’t know why… I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there.…
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REVIEW: Troubled Bodies by Jake Vanguard
We can be monsters together. Curiosity has led Payne down a path of experimentation filled with corpses, connections to the underground–and a dead partner. When he finds Blaze, broken and lifeless, on a crime cleanup scene, Payne’s knowledge of anatomy and his created serums assist in bringing Blaze back to life… The only hitch…
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The Dorians by Nick Cutter
On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. The chance to put death on pause—forever, perhaps. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and…
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Awaken My Love by Marat Earendel
He feels nothing. The vampire feels everything. The castle wants the rest. Astaire Bloom, an unfeeling man devoid of hope, takes a job in a remote castle under a mysterious employer. As sinister events unfold around him, he starts to feel things he thought himself incapable of. And the castle is hungry for it.…
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REVIEW: The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
Follow the Rites… Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences…
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REVIEW: Gifts Between Us by C.C. Adams
Elderly Londoner Augustus has lived a long, miserable life. Having driven his few remaining loved ones away years ago, he now whiles away his time drinking rum and hoping for the end. One night his death wish is nearly granted by a mugger, but a local youth called Michael intervenes. Much to the old man’s…
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REVIEW: Looney! by Stephen Kozeniewski and Gavin Dillinger
When beloved cartoon characters come crawling out of her TV, army recruiter Gabriella Harman expects a zany romp instead of the hellish nightmare that follows. One night, haunted by her memories of Iraq, Gabriella downs a stomachful of pills and booze. When her favorite cartoon characters, the Kooky Toons, start crawling out of the…
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REVIEW: Till Death by Kellan McDaniel
Two gay men—one young, one ageless—sink their teeth into reclaiming their lives and identities from those who would silence them in this insatiable romantic horror novel from Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated author Kellan McDaniel. Howard is biding his time until he can finally leave for college, where he has been promised it gets better. The…
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REVIEW: William byMason Coile
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read — a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI. Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career — he’s created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot…
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April 2025 reads
I read 9 books in #April and it was an adventure. I’ve pulled away from review sites a bit and plan to do so for, at least, another month. I want to catch up on the amazing books that I have bought and are sitting here waiting for me. This month I read: The Very…
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REVIEW: Strange New Moons
You can hardly swing a dismembered deer carcass these days without hitting a “No vampires, no zombies, and no werewolves” sign on an anthology. Well, to that we say “Pshaw!” And also, “Awooo!” Because what readers really don’t like are dull werewolf stories. So, we tasked the horror community with writing the…
