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Salvation Day

“The world not as it is, but as it is meant to be.” Author: Kali Wallace The House of Wisdom is half legend, half nightmare. A once mighty exploration vessel, it orbits now in space, abandoned, all its inhabitants dead, the victims of a virus that spread and killed indiscriminately. There was only one survivor – a lone child named Jaswinder Bhattacharya – who was shot into space in an experimental vessel. And he has said nothing all these years. Flashforward ten years. Jas is an adult man now, traveling on a spaceship with his childhood best friend (and would-be lover) [...]

Frances Carden2025-08-17T14:59:44-07:00August 17th, 2025|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, Salvation Day, sci-fi, science fiction, space, space horror|

Victorian Psycho

“I wonder if this blackness isn't in fact the real world, and the true blindfold is that other world of color we are accustomed to.” Author: Virginia Feito Winifred Notty is the new governess for Ensor House, where she will work with her charges Drusilla and Andrew. On the outside, she seems like the model governess, if a bit too young and pretty for Mrs. Pounds’ taste. On the inside, she is a sociopath with a taste for violence. Here and there, when the children are alone, she lets little clues sneak through, such as jokes about eating them. As her [...]

Frances Carden2025-08-10T16:45:51-07:00August 10th, 2025|Tags: book review, historical fiction, horror, read, reading|

Stolen Tongues

"If you speak long enough into the void, someone is bound to start listening." Author: Felix Blackwell Faye and Felix are a happy couple, ready to celebrate their engagement in a secluded cabin on Pale Peak. The idyllic scenery soon takes on an ominous tinge, however, as the snow roles in and an unseen man starts screaming in the woods. Isolated, paranoid, and helpless, the couple soon realize that the voices that call to them outside are anything but human. Stolen Tongues starts with a chilling encounter with the supernatural that sets the precedent of the paranormal in Felix’s and Faye’s [...]

Frances Carden2025-08-02T19:36:43-07:00August 2nd, 2025|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading|