Verdict in a vialSarah Penner’s debut arrives with an irresistible hook: a clandestine shop in 1791 London that supplies poisons to women who have been wronged, bound by two rules and a ledger of names that could topple reputations. On paper, it […]
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. […]
Jess Lourey’s Unspeakable Things is a haunting blend of coming-of-age fiction and psychological thriller, set against the unsettling quiet of small-town Minnesota in the 1980s. Inspired by real events from the author’s hometown, the story captures the claustrophobic fear that lurks beneath […]
Daisy Pearce’s Something in the Walls is a haunting blend of psychological horror and folklore that crawls under your skin and stays there. It’s the kind of story that doesn’t rely on jump scares but instead feeds off unease, grief, and the […]
Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5) Percival Everett’s The Trees is a blistering, darkly satirical, and hauntingly powerful novel that tackles one of America’s deepest and most enduring wounds: the legacy of lynching and racial violence. Set in the fictional town of Money, Mississippi the […]
S.T. Gibson’s A Dowry of Blood is an intimate and lyrical retelling of Dracula’s story through the eyes of his first bride, Constanta. Written as a confessional letter to her immortal husband, this novel reimagines the classic vampire myth not through fangs […]
T. Kingfisher returns with another gripping entry in the Sworn Soldier series, and this time, the horrors lurk not in a haunted manor or a misty forest, but deep within the belly of an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia. What Stalks […]
Joe Abercrombie cracks open a new sandbox with The Devils, an irreverent, blood-slick epic that trades the familiar First Law world for an alternate medieval Europe where popes are queens, Troy won its war, Carthage outmuscled Rome, and elves are not ethereal […]
In Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab returns to her signature style of lyrical melancholy and slow-burning dread, weaving together centuries of yearning, violence, and transformation. This is not a traditional vampire tale it’s a haunting exploration of hunger […]
Mia McKenzie’s These Heathens is a vibrant, emotionally charged, and deeply human story that captures how one weekend can alter the course of a life forever. Set in 1960 Georgia, this novel unfolds through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Doris Steele, a small-town […]