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Review: Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway station, perfect for readers of Mark Z. Danielewski and Susanna Clarke. Vicken has a plan: throw himself into … Continue reading

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Review: In the Mad Mountains: Stories Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft by Joe R. Lansdale

Buy it here: Tachyon Press, Amazon Synopsis: Ten-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-tep) returns with this wicked short story collection of his irreverent Lovecraftian tributes. Lansdale is scarily down-home in these tales, merging his classic gonzo stylings … Continue reading

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Review: Shock Induction by Chuck Palahniuk

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face … Continue reading

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Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as … Continue reading

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Review: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of the most gifted authors of her generation” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a new novel about a … Continue reading

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Review: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookskhop Synopsis: Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else. When Louise finds out her parents have died, she … Continue reading

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Review: Fathers and Fugitives by S.J. Naude

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An inventive and emotionally charged novel about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging. Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but … Continue reading

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Review: Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into the stickiest of webs. Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the … Continue reading

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Review: Letters to the Purple Satin Killer by Joshua Chaplinsky

Buy it here: Clash books website, Bookshop Synopsis: Jonas Williker is considered one of the most sadistic serial murderers of the modern era. This epistolary novel explores the aftermath of his arrest and the psychological trauma of those who lived … Continue reading

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Review: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author … Continue reading

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