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Tender is the Flesh

tender is the flesh book cover Come Enjoy The "Special Meat" Author: Agustina Bazterrica All the animals are dead – or at least, they should be. The government decided it was the only way after a deadly outbreak, transmitted from animals to people. But the human diet requires certain proteins that are best found in meat. What if there was a solution, then, that dealt with overpopulation and addressed this need for “special meat.” In Tender is the Flesh, Marcos Tejo inherited the plant from his now demented father. It used to be the final destiny for unlucky animals, [...]

Frances Carden2024-09-02T12:31:55-07:00August 31st, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, reviews|

Mary

Perimenopause or Paranoia? Author: Nat Cassidy There’s a dead woman in the bathtub. This isn’t the first time, however, that Mary has seen death up close and personal. She sees it every time she looks in the mirror and her face begins to transform, to decay. She sees it when she looks at other women, their features shifting from alive to putrescent. This is only the latest in a series of gruesome hallucinations. But the doctor says it’s fine. Just perimenopause. Nothing to worry about. Comes along with the hot flashes. Mary is not convinced, but don’t you dare call her [...]

Frances Carden2024-08-15T16:58:06-07:00August 15th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading|

Rapture

The Dangers of Obsession Author: Thomas Tessier Jeff Lister is a successful man, at least in the world’s eyes. He lives in Hollywood, he’s rich, and he has built his own multi-million-dollar computer business from scratch (it’s the late 80s). But Jeff is a divorced workaholic, and his rare times at home leave him staring at his fancy fish tank, alone. That’s before he returns to his out-of-the-way hometown for a funeral and makes a connection with his high school crush. Jeff never asked Georgianne out, never took the risk of rejection. But he always wanted her. Even his current, underaged [...]

Frances Carden2024-08-11T14:20:32-07:00August 11th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, stalker|