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Shuddering, The

A Snowy Horror Thriller Author: Ania Ahlborn Ryan and Jane are having one last hurrah at their childhood cabin high in the Colorado mountains before the sale is finalized. While Daddy dearest isn’t their flavor of the month, they still have some happy memories at the cabin. This is also their chance for everyone to get together and to resolve old traumas. Ryan is getting ready to move to another country, after all, and Jane is still recovering from her recent divorce. Jane brings her best friend, Lauren, and Ryan surprises Jane with her old high school-crush, Sawyer. This would be [...]

2023-03-25T14:20:41-07:00March 25th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Searcher, The

A Slow, Disappointing Offering Author: Tana French Cal Hooper, hardened Chicago police detective, has seen it all and lost it all. He’s divorced. The job took his marriage, his family, his connections, and his belief in the goodness of humanity. Now that he is retired, he wants away from it all. And there is nothing more remote than this village in rural Ireland, where the natural beauty is superseded only by the harshness of the terrain and the forbidding, windswept quietness. Here, he will restore an old cottage, go on walks, enjoy the simple happiness of the locals. Here, everything will [...]

2023-03-19T20:33:10-07:00March 19th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

My Best Friend’s Exorcism

Quirky 80s Horror Author: Grady Hendrix Abby was the uncool kid. Her ET themed fifth grade birthday party was ruined when the popular rich girl hosted a party at the same time – one that everyone went to instead. Everyone except Gretchen. Gretchen came to Abby’s party, and they become instant and fast best friends. The problem? They’re in high school now, and things have changed. For example – Gretchen is possessed. Anyone who has read Grady Hendrix before knows that he has a unique approach to horror. It’s not quite the bombastic slapstick of Jeff Strand, who owns it and [...]

2023-03-18T23:32:27-07:00March 18th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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