I was in the mood recently for a good old-fashioned gothic horror story, and lo and behold, my Kindle Unlimited recommendations seemed to read my mind once again, offering for my literary pleasure the gothic novel The Haunting of Whitehall Manor by L.V. Pires. I had never read anything by this author before, but she’s … More Books: The Haunting of Whitehall Manor by L.V. Pires
LM Kaplin is a writer from upstate New York, and the 2024 book I’m discussing today, Mine: A Psychological Horror, appears to be his first full-length novel (prior to this, he had a short story in an anthology called Screams from the Ocean Floor, and published a collection of his own vampire short stories called … More Books: Mine: A Psychological Horror by LM Kaplin
The 2022 novella This is Where We Talk Things Out was my first experience reading Canadian author Caitlin Marceau, and it definitely won’t be the last, because this was a gripping, fast-paced story that I blazed through in less than two hours. I’ve seen it compared to Stephen King’s Misery (due to the “trapped in … More Books: This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau
A while back, I reviewed a 2014 novel called Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie, which I thought was phenomenal. So when his 2023 book Episode Thirteen popped up in my Kindle Unlimited recommendations, I thought I’d have a gander at it, as the cover and one-sentence synopsis looked interesting. Episode Thirteen has been called … More Books: Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
Another random spin of the Kindle Unlimited wheel has brought me yet another wildly entertaining read, thank goodness. I’m not entirely sure why I chose Paulette Kennedy’s 2024 novel The Devil and Mrs. Davenport over all the other recommendations on offer; something about the title and the “midcentury suburbia” vibe of the cover just really … More Books: The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
Some time ago, I was contacted by a California-based author named Foray Jumpman, and he asked if I would read and review his 2023 book The Absolutely Fine Novel, the first in a seven-book series. He acknowledged that it wasn’t a genre I would usually cover, but you guys know me, I’m pretty open-minded, so … More Books: The Absolutely Fine Novel by Foray Jumpman
As I’m known to have something of a soft spot for murder mysteries featuring real historical characters, a longtime friend of the show bought me an ebook she knew I would most likely be into, A Most Malicious Murder by Melanie Fletcher, which was first published in 2021. And I have to say that my … More Books: A Most Malicious Murder by Melanie Fletcher
Back in late 2023, I reviewed a novella called The Last Day by Seann Barbour, which was sent to me as an ARC by the author himself and which I ended up enjoying very much. So when the same author sent me another message recently and asked if I’d have a look at his latest … More Books: The Maw by Seann Barbour
I figured it had been a while since I did a good old-fashioned book-to-movie comparison, and it so happened that the subject came up somewhat fortuitously, as I noticed that Adam Nevill’s 2011 folk horror novel The Ritual had become available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited. I had seen the movie years ago … More Book vs Movie: The Ritual
I decided it was high time for another spin of the Kindle Unlimited roulette wheel, and happily, I ended up hitting the jackpot. Literally the only two reasons I chose Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz were because one, the cover is all retro and cool as shit; and two, I had never read … More Books: Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz
The Scare Salon 