Book Reviews & Recommendations
In The New Couple in 5B, Lisa Unger invites readers into the eerie halls of the Windermere, a historic New York apartment building with a glamorous façade and a sinister heart. Blending gothic suspense with psychological unease, this novel asks a chilling […]
How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold opens with a premise that could easily headline a chilling midnight movie: seven writers gather at the isolated estate of the late horror legend Mortimer Queen, each expecting a share of his fortune. […]
Some stories do not need hundreds of pages to change you. The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow is one of those rare, exquisite tales that condense a universe of emotion, tragedy, and revelation into a mere thirty pages. […]
What would happen if a nuclear missile were launched toward the United States today, in real life? That haunting question lies at the heart of Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario, a pulse-pounding, meticulously researched nonfiction thriller that imagines the unthinkable in […]
Run on Red by Noelle W. Ihli is a high-adrenaline, pulse-pounding thriller that grabs you from the first page and doesn’t let go until the very end. Set on a lonely rural road with no cell signal and danger lurking in the […]
When the title of a book proudly combines “zombie” and “romcom,” you already know you’re in for a ride that’s going to be anything but ordinary. Olivia Dade’s Zomromcom delivers exactly that: an offbeat cocktail of post-apocalyptic chaos, paranormal charm, and a […]
Minka Kent returns with Imaginary Strangers, a tightly woven psychological thriller that blurs the lines between sanity, fear, and maternal instinct. It’s a gripping exploration of how the past can infiltrate even the most carefully constructed life, a story that keeps you […]
If there is one author who can make you laugh, wince, and question the very nature of existence all at once, it’s Chuck Tingle. In Lucky Day, the celebrated and wildly original mind behind Bury Your Gays delivers a surreal, heartfelt, and […]
Some stories whisper rather than shout. These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant is one of those rare novels that speaks softly yet cuts deep, leaving an echo in the heart long after the last page. It’s a tender, haunting tale of […]
Owen King’s Letter Slot, the haunting finale to The Shivers Collection, is a compact yet emotionally devastating horror story that examines love, desperation, and the terrible bargains we are sometimes willing to make. At just 46 pages, this short story manages to […]