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Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood–where … Continue reading
Review: Beyond the Planet of the Vampires
Buy it here: Indie Pubs, Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: A speculative avant-garde queer horror novel that reads like an erotic vampiric nightmare directed by Jodorowsky playing at a ’50s drive-in. Beyond the Planet of the Vampires is a gay pulp horror novel … Continue reading
Review: Dollface by Lindy Ryan
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan. Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with … Continue reading
Review: Gutmouth by Gabino Iglesias
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: He has a mouth in his gut. An obnoxious, toothy, foul-mouthed, pig of a mouth. Luckily, his girlfriend doesn’t seem to mind. Marie, the one-legged stripper and cyber-prostitute love of his life is very … Continue reading
Essay 001: Numbers
I enjoy numbers in a casual way. My Garmin watch tells me that I average 9,761 steps every day and that my resting heart rate is 55 (I do know this heart rate is not completely accurate because it is … Continue reading
Review: The Winslow Sisters by Michael Aronovitz
Buy it here: Cemetery Dance Publications, Amazon Synopsis: Serial killer Michael Leonard Robinson murdered thirteen college coeds in early 2018, impaling them on flagpoles and leaving them on highway construction jobsites for the purpose of “haunting the dawn rush hour.” … Continue reading
Review: Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women’s ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it all Outside of a childhood nickname she can’t shake, Piglet’s rather pleased with how her life’s turned out. An up-and-coming … Continue reading
Review: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, which begs the question: how far must one go to destroy the structures of inequality upon which a society … Continue reading
Review: Squirm by Hugo Bernard
Buy it here: Amazon Synopsis: Steve’s friend has exclusive access to a new substance to promote muscle mass. The plan is to get rich once the boys see how insanely huge it makes him. But when his sweet girlfriend throws … Continue reading
Review: Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse
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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