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Sister, Maiden, Monster

An Extreme Horror End-of-the-World Story Author: Lucy A. Snyder Sister, Maiden, Monster is a truly weird book – a splatter-fest of lesbian sex, woke politics, cannibalism, Christian-bashing, and the apocalypse, H.P. Lovecraft style. At turns I both hated and loved it. It starts, as all end-of-the-world stories must, with the normal. Erin just got engaged to her long-time live-in boyfriend. It’s a strange proposal – an “everyone is doing this and so we should too” proclamation that both Erin and future hubbs go along with. Something’s not right in paradise, but before we can think too much about the social pressure [...]

2023-10-31T16:23:35-07:00September 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Usher’s Passing

Fall of the House of Usher - A Failed Retelling Author: Robert R. McCammon Usher's Passing is a dumb book, with a slightly interesting ending. It starts with famed horror author Rix Usher, who suffers from a mysterious malady and secretly wants to expose his family’s empire, Usher Armaments, through a tell-all book. Rix had left Usherland and the horrible influence of his father, but he has finally returned as the strange Usher disease is taking his father. Now he must deal with his fashion model sister and his belligerent brother, both of whom hope to inherit the estate and use [...]

2023-09-19T14:00:15-07:00September 16th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

Gallows Hill

Family Curses Author: Darcy Coates Margot never knew her parents. They sent her away to live with her grandmother early in her life. They never wrote. Never visited. Never called. And now, they’re dead and she’s inherited their empire: a famous winery with a horrifying backstory. Coming to Gallows Hill for the first time, Margot looks over this house, this land that she now owns. The winery was built on a site where convicts used to be hanged. The hanging tree itself is the emblem of the winery, and the oldest and most expensive vintages are stored in wood barrels made [...]

2023-10-06T14:43:59-07:00September 4th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |
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