Category Archives: Reviews

Review: The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

Posted on March 9, 2024 by ghostvillehero

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 →

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Review: The Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper

Posted on February 3, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The Marbled Swarm is Dennis Cooper’s most haunting work to date. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final … Continue reading →

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Review: Hard Girls by J. Robert Lennon

Posted on January 26, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Two estranged twin sisters as they hunt down their elusive mother in this razor-sharp crime novel from “master of the dark arts” J. Robert Lennon. (Kelly Link) Jane Pool likes her safe, suburban existence … Continue reading →

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Review: The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M Matlin

Posted on January 24, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A social media influencer with a secret past buys a murder house to renovate, but finds more than she bargained for behind the peeling wallpaper in this gothic psychological debut. Sarah Slade is starting … Continue reading →

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Review: Fury: A Novel by Clyo Mendoza

Posted on January 20, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Seven Stories Press, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In this devastating novel, Clyo Mendoza, a Mexican poet and novelist in her twenties, weaves together multiple narratives into a lyrical, shape-shifting existential reflection on love, violence, and the power of … Continue reading →

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Review: Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón

Posted on January 5, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The mind-bending miniature historical epic is Sjón’s specialty, and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is no exception. But it is also Sjón’s most realistic, accessible, and heartfelt work yet. It is the story of a … Continue reading →

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Review: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Posted on January 2, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others—in which a newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, … Continue reading →

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Review: Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse

Posted on December 26, 2023 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: What if toxic pollutants traveled up the socioeconomic ladder rather than down it? A Black biochemist provides an answer in this wildly original novel of pollution, poison, and dark pleasure In Atlanta, Kenny Bomar … Continue reading →

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Review: The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 Edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Eugen Bacon, and Milton Davis

Posted on December 15, 2023 by ghostvillehero

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 →

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Review: Elogona by Samantha Kolesnik

Posted on December 10, 2023 by ghostvillehero

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 →

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