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Books: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

June 30, 2022

As my previously stated love of the novels Horrorstör and My Best Friend’s Exorcism will attest—not to mention my undying admiration for the absolutely stellar and beautifully-designed nonfiction work Paperbacks From Hell (which explores the horror paperback boom of the 1970s and 1980s)—Grady Hendrix has become easily one of my favorite horror writers working today. … More Books: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Books: I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reed

June 30, 2022

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reed had been on my radar for quite a while before I finally got around to reading it; the novel actually came out in 2016, and I’d seen a great deal of critical praise for it, and noticed it got recommended on a lot of different book review … More Books: I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reed

Books: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

June 29, 2022

Today we’re going to be talking about Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, an author probably best known to most audiences as the author of Gone Girl, which was turned into a successful 2014 film directed by David Fincher. Sharp Objects is Flynn’s first novel, published in 2006, and it was also adapted in 2018 as … More Books: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Books: If You See Her by Ania Ahlborn

June 28, 2022

When I was first thinking about doing this book review series, my main goal was getting back into reading horror fiction. I used to read a lot of it, and then for the past several years, I had gotten far more into nonfiction, just because most of the time that seemed more interesting when I … More Books: If You See Her by Ania Ahlborn

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