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Ghost Eaters

If Drugs Could Bring Back the Dead Author: Clay Mcleod Chapman What if your high could take you beyond this world? What if it could bring back your dead, reunite you with all the people you have ever loved and lost? Would you take that pill? Would you ever be able to stop taking it? I admit, when I first heard that my horror book club picked Ghost Eaters, I was all together disappointed. Stories about drugs and drug culture aren’t my usual go-to reads, and I had liked the other options far better. But I challenge myself to read whatever [...]

2023-03-26T19:34:28-07:00March 26th, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Hacienda, The

Haunted Haciendas and Dark Priests Author: Isabel Cañas The Hacienda promises a gothic historical romp with ghosts, similar to Rebecca and Mexican Gothic. Instead, what it delivers is a weird mélange of half formed ideas set against a fantastic background and premise, but without the characters and fortitude to sustain the atmosphere and intention. It begins with a war. This war, like all wars, has its sides, and Beatriz’s father (a key general) was on the losing side. Ousted from her formerly good life, Beatriz and her windowed mother are now forced into near servitude by a sharp-tongued aunt. It’s [...]

2023-03-26T09:57:31-07:00March 26th, 2023|Tags: , |

Shuddering, The

A Snowy Horror Thriller Author: Ania Ahlborn Ryan and Jane are having one last hurrah at their childhood cabin high in the Colorado mountains before the sale is finalized. While Daddy dearest isn’t their flavor of the month, they still have some happy memories at the cabin. This is also their chance for everyone to get together and to resolve old traumas. Ryan is getting ready to move to another country, after all, and Jane is still recovering from her recent divorce. Jane brings her best friend, Lauren, and Ryan surprises Jane with her old high school-crush, Sawyer. This would be [...]

2023-03-25T14:20:41-07:00March 25th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |
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