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Something In The Walls

"I wonder how the grief can still twist inside you ... when you least expect it." Author: Daisy Pearce Mina is an inexperienced, newly graduated Child Psychologist with enough trauma to easily keep a team of psychologists both busy and irritated. So, of course, it’s time for her to get in way over her head and go to the creepy countryside and offer her services to a family with a possessed child. The rando who told her about the case will also come along for the ride, because REDEMPTION. Alice Walker is a young teen, supposedly possessed by a witch. She’s [...]

Frances Carden2025-10-06T08:56:42-07:00October 6th, 2025|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, witch|

This World Is Not Yours

Toxic Relationships Destroying Alien Worlds Author: Kemi Ashing-Giwa Vinh and Amara are happily married – sort of. There is that lingering doubt about the sustainability of their marriage. Vinh has left Amara before – left her brutally. But . . . somehow, they are back together and married now, even though their fraught honeymoon is filled with moments of toxicity, unsaid accusations, and past pain. Their marriage is dissolved almost instantly – but not for the reason you suspect. A political rival has destroyed the newly colonized planet’s genetic engineering capabilities, which is how this society ensures its survival. In other [...]

Frances Carden2025-10-05T19:59:10-07:00October 5th, 2025|Tags: horror, relationship, sci-fi, science fiction, space, toxic|

Silent Key

Ghosts and Submarines and Secrets Author: Laurel Hightower He died screaming. His mangled, crushed body still held together enough to show that his last moments were both terrifying and agonizing. No one knows who – or what – killed him. The only clue is the nearly unrecognizable corpse, surrounded by a glut of salt water. Cam is still grieving Tony, her dead husband, but her feelings waver between sadness and hatred. The investigation around his death revealed a long-time mistress, and whatever Tony was involved in, whatever he made angry, is now after Cam and her five-year-old daughter, Samantha. With nowhere [...]

Frances Carden2025-09-07T11:51:00-07:00September 7th, 2025|Tags: book review, ghost, ghosts, horror, read, reading|