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Night Parade, The

Of Plagues and Hope Author: Ronald Malfi In a world filled with madness and death, the only hope left is a child. But it’s his child, and the price for hope is high. He’d rather see the whole world burn than risk his daughter, and so they’re on the run. But the clock is ticking, safety is a concept of the past, and the fever is burning brightly behind his eyes. The Night Parade is another contemplative horror novel from Roland Malfi. This time, we’re situated in the apocalypse. A strange plague first wiped out the birds, and now is taking [...]

2024-05-07T06:52:29-07:00May 7th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Black Tide

It’s The End of the World as We Know It Author: KC Jones Beth is a car wreck of a person: all broken parts, sputtering starts, and failed journeys. Her mother is the one who came up with the analogy, and Beth knows that it fits; she is haunted by her failures, the broken friendships, the failed jobs, the lost opportunities, the hopelessness of it all. While house sitting for a rich family at a fancy beach town, she does it again. She reaches out to connect when she shouldn’t and finds herself drunk on champagne, in bed with the solitary [...]

2024-01-13T13:36:06-07:00January 13th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

2014’s Top Apocalypse Fiction

2014 has been a banner year for fictional apocalypses. Before you dismiss it as a herd of dystopian YA romances, take note: this year’s offerings include literary fiction, time-traveling fantasy, and blood-soaked horror. These authors use apocalyptic disasters as metaphors for everything from class war to what it means (biologically and spiritually) to be human. If you love a good end-of-the-world adventure, take a look at the biggest apocalypse titles of 2014. California You’ve probably heard of California because of the now-famous “Stephen Colbert bump.” Author Sherman Alexie named Edan Lepucki as an example of a writer who was being [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:32-07:00October 23rd, 2014|Tags: , , |
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