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Continue reading →: We Used to Live Here by Marcus KliewerQueer, 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… Read More
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Continue reading →: Awakened by Laura ElliottA 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… Read More
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The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling
Release date: October 14, 2025 From the Publisher: Margaret lives with a rare autoimmune condition that has destroyed her life, leaving her isolated. It has no cure, but she’s making do as best she can—until she’s offered a fully paid-for spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. The conditions are simple, if grueling:…
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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Edited by Jordan Peele Release date: 2023 We learned the lesson early, felt it down to our bones: Of all the tools of oppression, fear was the cruelest. – Maurice Broaddus, The Norwood Trouble I now have a list of authors whose books I simply MUST read. This anthology of short stories, ranging from horror…
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An Interview With Bauder on My Father’s Name is War
An important work of fiction which wraps the author’s experiences into a clarion call for all former warfighters: Inform the next generation and stop the spread of the war machine and all it continues to destroy in its wake. When I found out I might be able to interview Bauder for their debut novel My…
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Mapping the Interior
by Stephen Graham Jones Release date: April 29, 2025 Twelve-year-old Junior just saw his dead father walk from the living room to the utility room. He doesn’t know what to make of that. What he does know is he needs to figure out how to help him return to the living world…because he’s his dad,…
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The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
Rating: Trigger Warnings: Suicide, suicidal ideation, cutting, drug use, overdose, child abuse, child sexual abuse, cancer, parent death, child death, racism, homophobia, neglect, trauma and violence in general. Dear Mr. Wendig, WTAF did I just read?! This book was a whirlwind of creeping terror with characters I both loved and hated. Owen is seemingly a…
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