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BOOK #25, 2025
GHOUL, Brian Keene (2007)
Pitch-black and (dare I say it) ghoulish small-town horror. Keene understands the complex terrors of childhood, where reality is often far worse than anything the supernatural could ever throw at you. A good fit for lovers of Stephen King’s IT and Dan Simmons’ SUMMER OF NIGHT.
GHOUL, Brian Keene (2007)
Pitch-black and (dare I say it) ghoulish small-town horror. Keene understands the complex terrors of childhood, where reality is often far worse than anything the supernatural could ever throw at you. A good fit for lovers of Stephen King’s IT and Dan Simmons’ SUMMER OF NIGHT.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault
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Dark, claustrophobic A.I.-tinged haunted house riff. Covering a single afternoon’s terror in a Victorian-styled house, Coile’s fast-paced narrative is a veritable creep machine, graced with strong characterizations, deception, violence, cruelty, mad science, & canny twists. A great read for late-night chills.
P.S. “Mason Coile” is a pseudonym of the great Andrew Pyper, a great writer and even greater human being who was taken from us far too soon this past January. Read his books, you won’t be disappointed.
P.S. “Mason Coile” is a pseudonym of the great Andrew Pyper, a great writer and even greater human being who was taken from us far too soon this past January. Read his books, you won’t be disappointed.
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Ethereal, intimate collection of linked stories set near the end of our world. Rife with mutations, contagions, disasters both natural & un, Vadnais exquisitely outlines our downfall without succumbing to despair. Fantastically disturbing.
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Deeply unsettling invasion survival tale. Nevill loves the dark places, & this cosmic horror riff on WAR OF THE WORLDS is as dark as it gets. Suffused with dread & despair, which is exactly what you want (in this instance).
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Graphic: Violence