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Review: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective investigating the murder of a Titan, one of society’s most powerful, medically-enhanced elites “Cross-genre brilliance from … Continue reading

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Review: The Night Mother and NightWhere by John Everson

Buy it Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis for NightWhere: She yearned to go beyond… but some curtains should never be opened.When Rae broached the idea of visiting an underground sex club, Mark didn’t blink. He should have. Because NightWhere is not … Continue reading

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Review: I Am My Country: and Other Stories by Kenan Orhan

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A fiercely imaginative debut story collection by “a startling talent who can seemingly do anything” (Anthony Marra) explores the lives of ordinary people in Turkey to reveal how even individual acts of resistance have … Continue reading

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Review: Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The Manchurian Candidate meets South Park—Chuck Palahniuk’s finest novel since the generation-defining Fight Club. “Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival Midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority … Continue reading

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Review: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect–a rich, … Continue reading

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Review: Friend of My Youth by Amit Chaudhuri

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In Friend of My Youth, a novelist named Amit Chaudhuri visits his childhood home of Bombay. The city, reeling from the impact of the 2008 terrorist attacks, weighs heavily on his mind, as does the … Continue reading

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Review: The Merry Dredgers by Jeremy C. Shipp

Buy it here: Meerkat Press, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Seraphina Ramon will stop at nothing to find out the truth about why her sister Eff is in a coma after a very suspicious “accident.” Even if it means infiltrating the last … Continue reading

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Review: The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer in the desert outside of Los Angeles. She’s on a quest to find her friend’s missing daughter, Arabella, and hears that Heist is preternaturally … Continue reading

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Review: Collage Macabre: An Exhibition of Art Horror

Buy it here: Amazon Synopsis: Your work will betray your secrets. Obsessions, hidden desires, and desperate wishes all woven into the fabric of what we make. A sculpture crafted with longing, a painting of a dream just barely articulated, the … Continue reading

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Review: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt–a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay ’til death. Whoever settles, never … Continue reading

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