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On reading: The Five Turns of the Wheel by Stephanie Ellis

December 2, 2020November 28, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Folk horror · horror · horror books · on reading · Stephanie Ellis · The Five Turns of the WheelLeave a comment

Ellis turns her hands to folk horror, drenching it in fire and blood. Enter the countryside at your own risk.

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 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: Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

July 7, 2020July 1, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · horror · on reading · pandemic fiction · paul tremblay · Survivor Song · zombie horrorLeave a comment

Long story short – go read all of Tremblay’s books.

On reading: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

June 18, 2020June 5, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book review · Book Reviews · Deborah Smith · Han Kang · horror · on reading · South Korean literature · The VegetarianLeave a comment

Han Kang’s novel is a devastatingly quiet dive into power, abuse and a mind unravelling.

On reading: My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Grady Hendrix · horror · horror books · Horrorstör · on readingLeave a comment

Hendrix gives us a brilliant, smart ode to the ’80s, a tender coming-of-age story drenched in horror, with brilliant moments of comedy.

On reading: Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: barrio noir · Book Reviews · books · Coyote Songs · gabino iglesias · horror · horror books · on readingLeave a comment

Iglesias’ brutal, beautiful Coyote Songs pulls no punches in a powerful look at life on the border.

On reading: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: horror · horror books · on reading · Stephen Graham Jones · the only good indians2 Comments

A horrific, brutal, beautiful book, sure to hit the 2020 horror best-of lists.

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Tamara writes mainly dark, surreal tales with a touch of science fiction. Her novel Grind Spark was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2014.

She has been published in various places including The Arcanist, The Alarmist Magazine, New Scientist Culture Lab, 365 Tomorrows, The FlashDogs Volumes 1 and 2, and Flash Fiction Magazine.

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