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Stone Hill: Book of Crane is a short horror story by Deam Rasmussen. Pastor Crane is behind on the rent, and Mr. Gilley, his landlord, has come to collect the rent money. What transpires next can only be described as Stephen King’s thing in the crate meets H.P. Lovecraft. There is more to Pastor Crane … Read more
Who doesn’t like reading old fairy tales with new twists? In this collection of Twisted Fairy Tales, the authors present six twisted tales illustrated by Chris Jevons and James Hearne. In the first offering, Cinder-Elephant, Newman and Hearne deliver a delightful spin on Cinderella. In this version, poor Cinderella has to deal with wicked stepsisters … Read more
The Library of Nightmares is a collection of fourteen (though the description states thirteen) flash fiction horror tales. I was excited to see this short collection offered through Kindle Unlimited because I love flash fiction, and I love tales of horror and things that go bump in the night. My excitement faded after I read … Read more
It is without a doubt that women (and many other groups) and tales of their accomplishments have been lost to the sands of time. For every one person who made it into the history books, countless others have been ignored. Prudence Wright and the women of Pepperell, MA is one of them. From an early … Read more
If you (or your child) are a fan of quirky short stories, this is the book for you. Capobianco starts our journey in the Etherwood, a medieval, magical place where Barry, the worst bard, is sent to destroy a dragon only to end up their honored guest–for a while, at least. The stories in this … Read more
What a groptastic roller coaster of a ride! Book 6 of Darren Shan’s newest series picks up at the grop tournament (a type of hyper-violent rugby) in Ruby where plans are made and foiled. Before Hugo, Inez, and Archie can kidnap Hiroto, he’s kidnapped by our two favorite assassins Orlan and Argate. What are two … Read more
What a trip down memory lane! Gingold’s collection of mostly New York City movie advertisements begins in 1970 with Bloodthirsty Butchers and ends with 1989’s I, Madman, highlighting the evolution of horror films. Not all horror movies are memorialized, but that’s what the Internet is for. Each year comes with brief reviews of a leading … Read more
This book hit me in a million directions, and not all of them in a good way. Spoiler-free summary: The grop tournament is getting underway, bringing old friends, old enemies, and new problems to Archie’s life in the Merge. As this is Book 5 of 9, I will try to keep my review spoiler-free but … Read more
The Ghoul Next Door, written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Cat Farris, is a fantastic graphic novel that explores how far kids will go to be friends. The story begins one morning as Grey and Marshall are walking to school. Grey’s history presentation, a near-scale model of the Artimage Cemetery, is awkward to hold, … Read more