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Line That Held Us, The

When Good Old Boys Go Bad Author: David Joy The Line That Held Us is labeled Appalachian Noir – an entirely new subgenre to yours truly. It’s really a cross between Deliverance and a weird sort of thriller (which, in its way, is also an apt description for the book that spawned the movie known for lines like “squeal like a pig.”) In this take on the gritty backwoods South you have your good old boys  . . . and your not so good old boys. And lots and lots of poaching, firearms, and rusted out vehicles. It starts with Darl Moody, [...]

2019-12-13T14:57:21-07:00November 3rd, 2019|Tags: |

Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist

Murder in Cyprus By: M.C. Beaton  Jilted at the alter when her presumably dead ex-husband reappears, Agatha is now off to Cyprus in pursuit of James Lacey, her cold ex-fiancé. Taking a break from seeking her love, Agatha lets her guard down for a pleasant cruise only to become involved with two groups of tourists: the one is a snobbish couple and the second a middle-class group of wealthy tourists lead by the ever flirtatious Rose. Falling into the lure of the dreamy vacation world, Agatha is far more concerned about her waning love life than her companions’ intrigues – [...]

2016-12-31T17:54:03-07:00March 27th, 2015|Tags: , |

Colour Out of Space, The

A Short Story of Creeping Horror By: H.P. Lovecraft In 1882, a lone farm in Arkham, Massachusetts is hit by a meteorite composed of indescribable colors which our narrator can only hint at yet never articulate; unable to discover the nature of the glowing stone, which gradually grows smaller and eventually disappears, farmer Nahum Gardener thinks he has been blessed when an extra-large cash crop comes in. However, as the oversized vegetables grow and morph, insidious and putrid colors make them inedible and the isolated Gardener family begins to grow steadily insane. All around them, the trees move when there [...]

2016-12-31T17:54:05-07:00March 26th, 2015|Tags: , , |
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