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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|

Sorceress Comes to Call, A

"This was like... fear at first sight." Author: T. Kingfisher Cordelia is lonely and scared. In her mother’s house, she is forbidden to close doors. Her only friend and confidant is her mother’s beautiful white horse (Falada). The object of Cordelia’s every waking moment is to do everything in her power to keep her mother appeased so that she will not be made “obedient” again. You see, Cordelia’s mother, Evangeline, is a powerful and cunning sorceress, immoral and violent. Evangeline will do anything to gain wealth and riches. She will sell her own daughter to an elderly suitor. She will bewitch [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-30T15:06:18-07:00June 30th, 2025|Tags: A Sorceress Comes to Call, book review, dark fantasy, fairy tale, fantasy, horror, read, reading, T. Kingfisher|

Revenant-X

Space Zombies, Lost Love, and Secrets Author: David Wellington Disillusioned agent Alexandra Petrova and barely sane Doctor Zheng, alongside the sardonic and irascible robot Rapscallion, have survived the deadly Basilisk, but only through a deeply unnerving pact. The Basilisk will finally allow them entry to the forlorn planet of Paradise-1, but they must do something for it in return. They must reveal the secret that the Basilisk has been protecting for millennia – a secret even the otherworldly being with its ruthless agenda doesn’t know. This dovetails nicely with Firewatch’s mission: get to the planet and find out why it’s gone [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-22T09:56:04-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Tags: action, david wellington, horror, Red Space, Revenant-X, sci-fi, science fiction, zombies|