BOOK REVIEWS

Healing is Messy: A Review of Jim Butcher’s Twelve Months Let’s be honest, after a war, you don’t just get a weekend off. You get a long, hard year. That’s the brutal, brilliant pivot Jim Butcher makes in Twelve Months. Forget the “worst weekend” formula. This is about the 365 days after. … A Review of Jim Butcher’s Twelve Months, Healing is MessyRead more

She’s not just telling scary stories; she’s writing works of unease. She understands that the deepest fears are the ones that feel both foreign and familiar, the stranger in the woods, the lover in your bed who turns cruel, the ancient ritual in your modern town, the terrifying thought that … Itch! by Gemma Amor Review: A Folk Horror Novel of Trauma and TerrorRead more

He Will Have the World by David Jack Fletcher The Unsettling Claustrophobia of Trapped at 30,000 Feet You don’t read He Will Have the World. You survive it. You white-knuckle your way through it, checking over your own shoulder, second-guessing the person in the next seat, especially if, like me, you … He Will Have the World by David Jack-Fletcher The Unsettling Claustrophobia of Trapped at 30,000 FeetRead more

Chris Sorensen’s Balancing Act: The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap Merges Heart and Humour You can always tell an audiobook narrator wrote it. There’s a rhythm to the prose in The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap, a cadence meant to be heard. Chris Sorensen builds his sentences with a performer’s ear. It … Chris Sorensen’s Balancing Act: The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap Merges Heart and HumourRead more

You finish it. And you feel the dirt, that metaphorical dirt, still there. Under your nails. In the creases of your skin. A residue of Scratch Moss. It doesn’t wash off easy. Barnett hasn’t just written a novel; he’s conducted a séance for a whole way of life, and the …  Digging into Darkness: A Review of Scratch Moss, David Barnett’s Mining Folk HorrorRead more

Chasing Moonflowers by Pauline Chow Review: Gothic Horror Meets 1925 Hong Kong Chow has crafted something unique here, a historical fantasy that uses its fangs to critique history, a horror story where the most terrifying monster might be the system itself. It’s flawed, yes. Overstuffed, perhaps. But it’s also vibrant, … Chasing Moonflowers by Pauline Chow, Review: Gothic Horror Meets 1925 Hong KongRead more