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Primitive War

"The jungle doesn't just have eyes, son. It has teeth." Author: Ethan Pettus One of my earliest memories is sitting in a boxy 80s car in the rain at a drive-in-theater in Memphis, TN, watching the T-Rex break free from its enclosure to wreak some dino havoc on Hammond’s new, spared-no-expense theme park. As a little girl, that movie stuck with me, and I disappointed my poor mother by ignoring her carefully saved and cherished Barbie collection to demand toy dinosaurs instead. My childhood room was full of them, the velociraptor and T-Rex being my personal favorites. As an adult, I’m [...]

2026-03-22T12:40:46-07:00March 22nd, 2026|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Killing for Company

"I worshiped the art and the act of death, over and over." Author: Brian Masters I heard about the case of Dennis Nilsen for the first time through an episode of Bailey Sarian’s Murder, Mystery, and Makeup. Nielsen lured twelve men to their deaths and then kept, slept, and posed with their corpses until finally he disposed of them – at first through fire and then through dismemberment and flushing their flesh down the toilet. He was caught because of the plumbing problems in his boarding house; when the plumber discovered human flesh clogging the drains, it was over for Nielson, [...]

2026-03-21T19:00:55-07:00March 21st, 2026|Tags: , , , , , , |

Blood on Her Tongue

“Dying for someone is easy. If you really want to help her, stay alive.” Author: Johanna Van Veen Sarah has always had everything. She got the man, the fancy house, the quasi-independence so unusual in the 1880s, and the freedom to say and do whatever she wants. Lucy is the loyal, lesser twin. The one always left behind. The one with the boring job of companion. The quiet, old maid. But Sarah, the lucky twin, also got something else, something unwanted: the family penchant for madness. It overtook her once before, but the family managed to keep that little transgression hidden. [...]

2026-03-08T19:35:29-07:00March 8th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , , |
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