Category Archives: horror book reviews
Review: In the Valley of the Headless Men by L.P. Hernandez
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Nahanni National Park is one of last truly wild places on earth. Accessible only by plane, and only when the weather cooperates, it’s the perfect place for estranged brothers Joseph and Oscar to have … Continue reading
Review: Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most exciting new voices of … Continue reading
Review: The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban neighborhood turned into ghosts—perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. The Velkwood … Continue reading
Review: My Death by Lisa Tuttle
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre parallels between her life and her subject’s—in this chilling and singularly strange novella by a contemporary master … Continue reading
Review: Foxfire by Rowan Hill
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In a remote Finnish resort, a group of potential investors gather to enjoy the Arctic beauty and the mesmeric Northern lights. But many of the guests aren’t who they appear to be, and everyone … Continue reading
Review: The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 Edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Eugen Bacon, and Milton Davis
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: This is the follow up to the highly acclaimed 2021 anthology described as containing “some of the most exciting voices, old and new, from Africa and the diaspora, published in the 2020 year.” The … Continue reading
Review: Elogona by Samantha Kolesnik
Buy it Here: WeirdPunk Books, Amazon Synopsis: An evocative tale of sapphic love in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by religious zealots and supernatural monsters. Kolesnik’s Elogona transports readers to a time after the world’s end, when a long-dormant sea creature … Continue reading
Review: The Night House by Jo Nesbo
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live … Continue reading
Review: Holly by Stephen King
Buy it here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. “Sometimes the universe throws you … Continue reading
Review: Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to … Continue reading
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