Atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere (in a whiny Jan Brady voice)… The Lost Village has mega atmosphere but little else happens in the first half of the book. Then, suddenly, the ghosts turn malevolent! What’s happening? I couldn’t wait to find out. Then, the final twist…is laughably absurd! I mean it’s amazinglyContinue Reading
“Beer is my holy water! The drink of the gods! Skipping work to get drunk. I’m a schlub and I love it…“—Tendo from Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Tendo has been a salaryman for three years in his drone of a job. His department chief, Kosugi, has impossibleContinue Reading
The Children of Chicago are killing each other. Are there hints in local graffiti of their motive? Who or what is Pied Piper? Lauren is a troubled person. Only a police detective for a year, she has already killed one person in self-defense. Worse, she is literally haunted by herContinue Reading
The Burning Girls is a spooky claustrophobic thriller by the author of The Chalk Man. Are you ready for some gothic horror? A female Church of England reverend is forced into becoming the interim vicar in the rural and superstitious town called Chapel Croft. The town’s history includes eight ProtestantContinue Reading
In The Children God Forgot, women are having severely deformed babies. Crews working on cleaning London’s Victorian-era sewers see ghostly children who have murderous intent. People are killing each other in deranged rages. What is going on? More importantly, how can we stop it? Remember the pure and scary earlyContinue Reading
I have been reading a lot of mysteries lately where the characters and even the setting were prioritized above the mystery itself. Having read other locked room mysteries by this author, I was looking forward to the challenge. And the Plague Court Murders did not disappoint! “Cats with their throatsContinue Reading
A Nigerian-American police detective named Chioma visits her grandmother and grand-auntie in Nigeria. A strange and injured boy invites her to play tag during a rain storm. But it is what happens After the Rain that drives the plot of this multi-layered tale. First it was the smell. Then theContinue Reading
Marianne is spicing up her retirement by taking a 24-hour booze cruise from Sweden to Finland and back alone. She is quickly picked up by fellow passenger, Goran, in the waiting lounge. YOLO, lol! Too bad she didn’t notice the book’s title is Blood Cruise. That does sound a bitContinue Reading
Finally I found the perfect creepy and atmospheric book I’ve been looking for all week. The Hollow Places updates Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows, published in 1907, for modern readers. “Pray They Are Hungry” Kara, nicknamed Carrot, moves in with her uncle Earl in his taxidermy-filled Wonder Museum. She is helpingContinue Reading
It’s Halloween and I’m ready for something scary! The Witch and the Beast 1 does have a witch, more than 1 beast, & a weirdo who carries a coffin on his back like a backpack. However, it unfortunately failed horribly with the scary heebie jeebies. The first witch we meet,Continue Reading
Monsters are suddenly able to come out of the darkness in The Last Halloween. Will one spunky ten-year-old girl named Mona be able to save herself along with all of humanity? Mona’s father has gone to a party in a dress and a mustache leaving her alone in their house.Continue Reading
A stunningly beautiful retelling of the classic Phantom of the Opera story in a graphic novel format. Most people know the plot. A horribly disfigured man helps a young women become a famous opera singer from behind the scenes. Is he a ghost? A madman? Or just in love withContinue Reading
It’s that time of year when everyone wants a jolt of Tiny Nightmares. There is no easier way to get ready for Halloween than reading one or more of these super short horror stories in the dark before bed! From climate change to a subway rat to mother’s milk, theseContinue Reading
When Agatha dies, everyone has their eyes on her will. However, the bizarre terms will make it difficult to collect what they “deserve”. It seems everyone tries to kill everyone using extremely gory methods. In Dead End Drive, the last person alive wins the estate when the lawyer arrives theContinue Reading
Part parody, part homage, and fully camp, the Snifter of Terror Vol 2 is great for Poe fans that can take a bit of friendly ribbing. It’s the Mad Magazine of Poe. There are graphic short stories, prose short stories, and poems within these pages. Some are mashups of moreContinue Reading
If you found a mysterious black void in your apartment house, what would you do? That is The Cipher facing Nicholas and Nakota. I don’t think I would name it a Funhole. But that might just be me. Nakota decides to place a jar full of insects on the lipContinue Reading