Category Archives: fiction

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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Review: The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes. Eight stories of literary dark fiction from a master storyteller. … Continue reading

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Review: Mothered by Zoje Stage

Buy it here Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother. Grace isn’t exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They’ve never had a … Continue reading

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Review: The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

Buy It Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The World and All That It Holds–in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory–showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. As … Continue reading

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Review: The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A rich, eccentric family. A time-honored tradition. Or a lethal game of survival? One woman finds out what it really takes to join the 1% in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling … Continue reading

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Review: Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more. Do you like scary movies?Have you ever … Continue reading

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