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Classic, Creeping Horror By: H.P. Lovecraft Ancient secrets lie deep, encased in eons of snow and ice, until an Antarctic expedition awakens them. The year is 1930 and the drive for exploration both geological and historical has captured an adventurous group on a routine science expedition. Their story has been falsified, glossed over, and hidden, until now when one of the two surviving members, geologist William Dyer, publishes the true epoch of events to dissuade a new expedition from disturbing an ancient evil. Claustrophobic, layered with paranoia and wonder, graced with eloquent language and ancient utterings, At the Mountains of Madness [...]

Holiday Grind: A Christmas Mystery Author: Cleo Coyle With the holiday season, Greenwich Village, funky district of New York City where you can get the best brews from Clare’s Coffeehouse, is preparing to deck the halls with traveling Santas. Among these Salvation Army volunteers dressed in cheery Santa suits is one of Clare’s friends, Alfred Glockner, part-time comic, failed restaurateur, and ex-alcoholic with an unfortunate marriage. As Clare and gang are preparing for Tucker’s holiday play and discovering delectable holiday coffee blends, Glockner is making his rounds through the new falling snow on the icy streets of New York to [...]

A Charged Look at African American Fiction and Experimental Metafiction Author: Percival Everett Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is a critically acclaimed author fallen by the sidelines, his latest literary epic rejected seventeen times as We’s Lives in Da Ghetto, a run-away bestseller, corners the market and makes Monk despair for the world of literature. Grappling with the racial slurs of We’s Lives in Da Ghetto, Monk as a black man, is upset by the perception of “everyday black life.” Simultaneously, Monk is growing into a cold world where his father’s suicide still remains bitter, a secret box of letters destroys the [...]