Horror, science fiction and climate change all feel like ingredients to fill a novel specifically designed for yours truly. The existential dread mixed with surges of terror coated in the sheen of technological achievement is just the kind of story I need in this day and age - I know, psychotic. So when I saw…
I did a double-take when I saw the cover for The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland during a recent book date with my friend. The premise sounded interesting, but I was a little nervous about the YA energy it was bringing, so I put it back down and we carried on our way. The book must…
I haven’t had the chance to check out Tender Is The Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica’s international hit, so I figured I would treat myself with her latest outing. The Unworthy is a nightmarish fever dream in which one woman chronicles her time with a cloister of women in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by climate change. The…
Continue reading ➞ The Unworthy – Bask In The Light Of The Holy
Well, shut me in a dark and dreary house and call me mad because I finally found a gothic story that I love. Johanna van Veen’s latest novel, Blood on Her Tongue, proved to me that a story can honor all the typical gothic tale dressings while finding new, complicated ways to shock and disturb…
How much mileage can Stephen King get out of a scary town with a crazy, powerful monster lurking in the sewers? A whole, whole lot. It is a beefy book packed with horrific moments, worst fears, and a myriad of stories that all sit in the center of an interconnected web. Derry, Maine is not…
Happy Halloween folks! Lets end this spooky month on a high note. It’s been harder and harder to resist short stories these days. They’re short, sweet and to the point. Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology is a collection of short stories written by Indigenous folks, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore…
Continue reading ➞ Never Whistle At Night – A Dark But Welcome Stroll Into The Night
I really try not to be a snob about my interests, but sometimes it’s really hard. I love all types of horror, and there is a special place in my heart for B-movie schlock. I rarely ever feel time is wasted when I encounter it because it can be fun to just revel in someone’s…
This October, I had to get at least one space horror book on my schedule, as the pickings have been a little slim through the rest of the year. Luckily, Kemi Ashing-Giwa has a horror novella just in time for the spooky season. This World Is Not Yours is a queer, climate-adjacent horror story about…
Outside of Catriona Ward’s new releases, I feel like I am always playing catch-up when it comes to horror. I have been recommended a bunch of stories, and I just like science fiction too much to really dive as deep as I’d like into horror specifically. October feels like the perfect remedy to the situation,…
While visiting my local bookstore, my friend pulled out a book with a bright red cover featuring three large steaks. The book was called Nightbitch, and I caught the excited gleam in my friend’s eye as she explained this would be something weird and different to break up my TBR. “It’s about a woman who…
