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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: , , , |

Seed

Monsters in the Graveyard, Possessed Children, and Haunted Fathers Author: Ania Ahlborn Jack Winter has been running for a long time. But the seeds planted in his troubled childhood in that old graveyard are still fertile, still churning beneath the soil to release a kernel of evil. Jack Winter is married now, not exactly happily. His rock star band dreams, once shared by his wife, are now a source of contention. Why can’t he get a real job? Why can’t they move out of this dump? But Jack’s two little girls are a delight. He loves them intensely, and maybe that’s [...]

2023-09-19T13:31:15-07:00September 18th, 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: , , , , , |
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