If you thought This Is Where We Talk Things Out was anxiety inducing, wait until you read the first and titular story in Marceau’s upcoming short horror fiction collection, A Blackness Absolute. I don’t know how Marceau got into my brain, but sometimes it feels like she’s in there scrolling through a fancy iPad menu…
Review: Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman (Out September 20th)
Ghost Eaters. Y’all. When I first finished this book, I had to just wander around my apartment staring at things for a little while, trying to process my thoughts. I was afloat. I, myself, felt like a bit of a ghost. You’ve heard the term “book hangover”? This gave me a major one. I didn’t start…
My Picks for Your Spooky Season TBR
Building a TBR can be hard. There’s way too many good books out there and with so many to choose from, how can you narrow it down? I myself am not great with TBRs, because I’m completely winging it almost 100% of the time. Sometimes I have a vague idea of what I’d like to…
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
Some friends are the type of people who will be at your side no matter what, who will lift you up when you’re down, and who will prove to you when you’re at your lowest who really loves you and will always be there for you. And some friends are the friends in these books. …
Disturbing Tech-Themed Books
Far be it for me to explain the attraction, but perhaps because I’m a steadfast member of the cell phone generation, I have a real weakness for horror or thrillers that center around technology, screens, the Internet, anything of the sort. This goes for both books and movies. I am almost always in to watch…
“Something’s Not Right With This House” Books
The thumbnail for this one is shortened to “Haunted House Books”, but it’s really called “Something Isn’t Right About This House” Books. These don’t all necessarily deal with houses that have classic ghosts or things that go bump in the night, but they all deal with houses where something is just off, and the residents know…
Short Horror Books You Can Read in a Weekend
I’ve been making reels lately over on my Instagram, and—I’m woman enough to admit when I was wrong—it’s actually been a lot of fun. I’d forgotten my love for the video format and video editing, and this is a small way to delve back into it. But the only problem with reels is, at the…
New Releases from Penguin Teen: The Companion by Katie Alender & Meme by Aaron Starmer
I recently read two almost-fall (let’s be serious late August/early September is pretty much fall for all us pumpkin/spooky/sweater-and-boots outfit lovers) new releases from Penguin Teen. Thank you again Penguin Teen for the ARCs in exchange for reviews! The first one was The Companion, a YA spooky horror/thriller by Katie Alender which was just released…
ARC Review: Wonderland by Zoje Stage (Out July 14th)
I finished this book this weekend and was just quietly freaking out about how much I liked it and I promise you, if you even remotely like spooky things, you are going to want to read this book. Allow me to expound a little. Wonderland is the horror/psychological thriller novel from local-to-me author Zoje Stage, who hails from…
ARC Review: The Unleashed by Danielle Vega (Out July 7th)
You guys probably already know I’m a little obsessed with the work of Danielle Vega, so I was beyond stoked to receive an invitation to read the eARC of her new book, The Unleashed, from Penguin Teen. Thank you again so much to Penguin Teen for sending me this one – I love YA horror,…