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Review: 88 Names by Matt Ruff

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: John Chu is a “sherpa”, a paid guide to online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry. For a fee, he and his crew will provide you with a top-flight character equipped with … Continue reading

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Review: Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this story of small-town evil that combines the storytelling of Stephen King with the true-crime suspense of Michelle McNamara. In the summer of … Continue reading

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Review: Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Blue skies, empty land—and enough room to hide away a horrifying secret. Or is there? Discover a haunting new vision of the American West from the award-winning author of The Changeling. Adelaide Henry carries an … Continue reading

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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: 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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