Category Archives: fiction

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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Review: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairytale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself. You may think you know how the fairytale … Continue reading

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Review: The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel. Alejandra no longer knows who she … Continue reading

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Review: 88 Names by Matt Ruff

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: John Chu is a “sherpa”, a paid guide to online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry. For a fee, he and his crew will provide you with a top-flight character equipped with … Continue reading

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Review: Monument Maker by David Keenan

Order it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: David Keenan is one of today’s most exciting, fearless, and entertaining writers. Monument Maker is his most daring book to date. Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there … Continue reading

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Review: #thighgap by Chandler Morrison

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Don’t read with the lights on…this is My Dark Library. A collection of novellas curated by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann to represent her favorite themes, tropes, and subgenres in horror fiction today. BOOK TWO: … Continue reading

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Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the … Continue reading

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Review: Stringers by Chris Panatier

Buy it here: Publisher Website, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Knowledge can get you killed. Especially if you have no idea what it means. Ben is NOT a genius, but he can spout facts about animals and wristwatches with the best of … Continue reading

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Review: Like Real by Shelly Lyons

Buy it here: Publisher Website, Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: In Shelly Lyons’s debut novel, LIKE REAL, Vic Moss—kenjutsu hobbyist and clueless Lothario—lets vanity dictate his decision to acquire an experimental new-tech prosthesis that promises to evolve into a seamless, realistic looking … Continue reading

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