Dark Fantasy/Horror
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TRAVELERS – Brett Riley

The high school friends who self-titled their group of friends “Freaks” have survive the summer (despite the otherworldly figure trying to kill them) and now school is back in session and they are looking are starting their sophomore year. While the appearance is that they are ordinary, if borderline outcast students, the truth is quite Continue reading
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A HUNTER CALLED NIGHT – Tim Waggoner

It was nearly ten years ago when I first read a Tim Waggoner novel (Night Terrors) and I was impressed enough with the outrageousness and originality that I’ve been seeking Waggoner’s books ever since. He has really become a major force in the horror fiction world. In A Hunter Called Night, a man known as Arron Continue reading
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REANIMATRIX – Pete Rawlik

The 1920’s and Robert Peaslee has returned from the War to end all wars to his hometown of Arkham. He lands a job on the local police force investigating cases that the rest of the department doesn’t want to handle. Arkham, it turns out, is full of hauntings and something dark and supernatural. One day Continue reading
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FREAKS – Brett Riley

High school sucks. And if you aren’t one of the jocks … worse, if you are branded as one of the outcasts or freaks by your ‘peers’ … then school years are miserable. It’s not uncommon for students in a situation like this to have fantasies of getting special powers that would allow them to Continue reading
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TOMBS – graphic novel

I’m not sure what possessed to request this graphic novel – I haven’t been reading a lot of graphic novels lately, and I’m not a fan of the manga style of art, but there was something in the description that caught my attention, and I’m so glad it did! Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection is a Continue reading
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LOST IN THE MOMENT AND FOUND – Seanan McGuire

Of all of author Seanan McGuire’s different series, I think I am enjoying this one the most. The underlying tone that traverses the books is really intoxicating. This book, like most in this series, can be read as an individual book (there’s a beginning, middle, and an end … no cliffhangers to goad you into Continue reading
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DEFINITELY DEAD – Charlaine Harris

Sookie’s got a new boyfriend and he’s a real tiger. No, really. He’s a tiger. A were-tiger. If you don’t know Sookie Stackhouse by now, the Louisiana bayou waitress who can read the minds of other humans, but can’t read the minds of the dead (like her ex-boyfriend, vampire Bill Compton, and her ex-boyfriend, vampire Continue reading
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HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE – Grady Hendrix

Whoa! Strap yourself in and hold on because Grady Hendrix has another tightly strung, gut-wrenching horror novel that will keep you up at night. Siblings Louise and Mark Joyner are absolutely devasted at the death of their parents at the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark and Louise haven’t gotten along for years and would Continue reading
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INTO THE FOREST: TALES OF THE BABA YAGA – Lindy Ryan, editor

I’m afraid to admit that I was not familiar with the Baba Yaga legend or myths, but that’s part of the reason I was interested in reading this. The name sounded familiar, but I’m quite sure I’ve never read anything about the old witch. It helped to see that the introduction was from Christina Henry Continue reading
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LITTLE EVE – Catriona Ward

Sisters Eve and Dinah are youthful members of a cult, led by a man known only as “Uncle,” living in an old stone castle on a remote island off the coast of Scotland. Uncle promises his wards, his followers, all young girls, that the future holds something profound, something they’ve never seen before. One of Continue reading
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THE HOLE – Hye-Young Pyun

Oghi is just waking from a coma – the result of a car accident that took his wife’s life. Oghi is paralyzed and disfigured and he is left alone in his bed with nothing to do but remember and reflect on his life. He thinks often of his wife and realizes that she was never Continue reading
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THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS – Lisa Hall

Allie and her husband Rav and their two small children have moved into the picture-perfect little cottage on the outskirts of some woods in the British community of Pluckley. This promises to be the beginning of a long, happy life together. But Pluckley has a reputation – it is known as the most haunted village Continue reading

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