Tag: Horror

The Plague Stones by James Brogden – An Audio Book Review

The Plague Stones by James Brogden – An Audio Book Review

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Blurb: Fleeing from a traumatic break-in, Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was permitted to pass them and enter the village. The plague diminished,…… Continue reading The Plague Stones by James Brogden – An Audio Book Review

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill – An Audio Book Review

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill – An Audio Book Review

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Blurb: Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We’re going to Christmasland…. NOS4A2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of…… Continue reading NOS4A2 by Joe Hill – An Audio Book Review

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates – A Book Review

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates – A Book Review

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Blurb: Remy is a tour guide for Carrow House, a notoriously haunted building. When she’s asked to host seven guests for a week-long stay to research Carrow’s phenomena, she hopes to finally experience some of the sightings that made the house famous. At first, it’s everything they hoped for. Then a storm moves in, cutting…… Continue reading The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates – A Book Review

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher – A Book Review

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher – A Book Review

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Blurb: When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in…… Continue reading What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher – A Book Review

Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi – A Book Review

Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi – A Book Review

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Blurb: BOOKS CAN BE DEADLY From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride. In This Book Belongs to Olo, a lonely child has dangerous control…… Continue reading Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi – A Book Review

The Watchers by A. M. Shine – A Book Review

The Watchers by A. M. Shine – A Book Review

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Blurb: You can’t see them. But they can see you. This forest isn’t charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina’s is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams…… Continue reading The Watchers by A. M. Shine – A Book Review

The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts – A Book Review

The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts – A Book Review

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Blurb: In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hills of West Virginia. Along with his wife and teenage daughter, the family uproots their lives in Ohio and moves south. They are initially seduced by the natural beauty of the country setting. That soon changes when they…… Continue reading The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts – A Book Review

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand – An Audio Book Review

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand – An Audio Book Review

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Blurb: In the aftermath of the mysterious death of their lead singer, the young members of a now-legendary British acid folk band hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient English country house with its own dark secrets. There they record Wylding Hall, the album that makes their reputation – but at a terrifying cost when Julian…… Continue reading Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand – An Audio Book Review

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix – An Audio Book Review

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix – An Audio Book Review

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Blurb: Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Brooka glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofa beds – clearly someone, or something, is up to no good. To unravel the mystery, five young employees volunteer for a long dusk-till-dawn shift and encounter horrors…… Continue reading Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix – An Audio Book Review

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix – A Book Review

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix – A Book Review

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Blurb: In horror movies, the final girl is the one who’s left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to her? Lynnette Tarkington survived a massacre…… Continue reading The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix – A Book Review