On reading: Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: Agustina Bazterrica · dystopia · horror · horror books · horror fiction · on reading · tender is the flesh · translated fiction · vegetarianLeave a comment

Bazterrica created a clinical, brutal, horrific dystopia that made me mentally and physically squirm.

On reading: The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk

September 10, 2020August 30, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Chuck Palahniuk · horror · horror fiction · on reading · the invention of soundLeave a comment

Palahniuk’s back with a dark, satirical commentary on the entertainment business and the machine that grinds the sheen

On reading: The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier

September 3, 2020July 31, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: blood · book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Chris Panatier · dystopian fiction · horror fiction · on reading · The PhlebotomistLeave a comment

Panatier paints a refreshing, original dystopia that’s going to get your blood pumping (sorry).

On reading: The Living Dead by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus

July 30, 2020July 6, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Daniel Kraus · George A. Romero · horror · horror fiction · on reading · The Living Dead · zombie horror · zombiesLeave a comment

Kraus brings Romero’s zombie novel to life, in what can’t help but be a classic of the genre.

On reading: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

June 11, 2020June 4, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book review · Book Reviews · Chuck Wendig · dystopian fiction · horror fiction · on reading · pandemic fiction · WanderersLeave a comment

Chuck Wendig brings us a scarily prescient masterpiece, that’s sure to find its place in the classic novel lists of the future.