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Continue reading →: When You Leave I Disappear: A Novella by David Niall WilsonSynopsis USA Today bestselling author David Niall Wilson’s When You Leave I Disappear is a literary horror novella in which a bestselling author’s imposter syndrome draws her into a darker and darker world from which she may never escape. Review Trigger warnings: none I am so confused and I want more. This novella… Read More
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Continue reading →: Something in the Walls by Daisy PearceSynopsis Newly-minted child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field where the first people called are experts, she’s been unable to get her feet wet. Instead she aimlessly spends her days stuck in the stifling heat wave sweeping across Britain, and anxiously contemplating her upcoming marriage to careful, precise… Read More
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We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Queer, haunted, what the f*** is going on here?! A young queer couple move into an old house with a plan to flip it. Eve is our FMC and is described as a “people pleaser to a fault”. Shortly after moving in, a family shows up on their doorstep with the father claiming to have…
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Awakened by Laura Elliott
A thrilling page turner about what it is to be human and the toll of chronic illness. Release Date: June 10, 2025 From the Publisher: Science has stolen sleep and awakened a world of horror. “I’ve been an insomniac all of my life, but I’m not Sleepless and I won’t become Sleepless, just as long…
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Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
A heart-pounding, gut-wrenching story of survival, found family, and what it means to live your truth in the face of evil. From the Publisher: On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of…
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A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young
Set in the forests of northern california, a story of family, grief, coming home, and finding yourself From the Publisher: The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever had is each other. For as long as she can remember, James’s deep connection with her twin brother, Johnny, has gone beyond intuition—she can feel what he feels. So, when…
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The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
An appalachian gothic tale of family, loss, and finding oneself From the Publisher: In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-buried secrets to carve out a future when the supernatural bargain entwining their fate with their ancestral land is suddenly ruptured Since time immemorial, the Haddesley family has tended…
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