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Continue reading →: The Bog Wife by Kay ChronisterAn 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,… Read More
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Continue reading →: The Graceview Patient by Caitlin StarlingRelease 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… Read More
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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Heartbreaking, spine-tingling, funny, and eloquently written. Set during the first few months of the COVID outbreak, Cora Zeng is trying to navigate the world as a crime scene cleaner after watching her sister get murdered on the subway platform. When she starts seeing a pattern to the crimes she’s cleaning up, she’s convinced there is…
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Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester
Release Date: December 9, 2025 An ancient curse afflicting generations of women, religious trauma, witchcraft, and sapphic longing…a Tour-De-Force by a uniquely refreshing voice in horror. I went into Dark Sisters with the expectation I was going to read an historical witchcraft story, but what I got was a haunting masterpiece of feminine rage and…
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WILLIAM by Mason Coile
Man builds robot, robot is evil, chaos ensues…but what is really going on here? This book drew me in from page one and sent me spiraling on a journey I had no idea would end the way it did! I’m rarely completely caught off guard and Mason Coile executed the twist to this “cyber-noir” AI…
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The Haunting of Luke Schumer by Jennifer Osborn
Do you believe in demons? Jennifer Osborn will make you believe. From the Publisher: Thanks Jennifer, I will never be able to shop at a yard sale again. But seriously, this novella is a wild ride of demonic possession and body horror. Luke is thoroughly relatable: a regular guy who like’s to peruse estate sales…
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Brother by Ania Ahlborn
A West Virginia family is bound by blood, a lot of blood, and secrets…and Michael Morrow just doesn’t feel like he fits in with Momma, Wade, Reb, and Misty Dawn. A heart-pounding, page turning, gore-filled tragedy that I read in one day, Ania Ahlborn delivers again. Michael has always felt different from his family, the…
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