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Vessel, The

Pagan Rituals, Creepy Old Ladies, and Toxic Relationships Author: Adam Nevill Jess McMachen is attempting to move on with her life, to escape her abusive ex-husband, Tony, and to raise her daughter, Izzy, in a safe environment. It’s nearly impossible. Between the demands of a new job – her last chance job – caring for a strange old woman (Flo) who has violent fits, attempting to keep Tony away from their impressionable daughter, and finding a new place to live, Jess is overwhelmed. She’s also having disturbing dreams lately, surrounded as she is by Flo’s decaying house with its dusty relics [...]

2023-10-31T16:13:06-07:00October 31st, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Nettle & Bone

A Dark, Magical Quest Author: T. Kingfisher Princess Marra is stuck in a convent when she becomes aware of a hideous secret; her elder sister, the one who hates her, is trapped in an abusive marriage. She was married for politics, to secure the peace and safety of the family’s tiny port-side kingdom. She has no chance of escape, except through death, and that will come soon enough if the evil prince continues to have his way unchecked. He’s killed wives before, after all, and children. Once Marra’s sister finally produces an heir that lives, her own life is forfeit. It’s [...]

2023-10-29T11:03:54-07:00October 29th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

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: , , , |
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