Tag: Horror

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DEVOLUTION by Max Brooks

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Rating: 3 / 5 DEVOLUTION: A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE RAINIER SASQUACH MASSACRE by Max Brooks is a mixed media story including a mix of found footage of a firsthand story and interviews about the situation. When Mount Rainier erupts, it is a massive disaster leaving rescue entities scrambling. One small community is entirely cut… Continue reading DEVOLUTION by Max Brooks

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THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Susan Hill

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Rating: 4 / 5 THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Susan Hill is a modern book telling a historic ghost story tale. The house in question is set on an English moor, an isolated setting often cut off from the rest of the world. Arthur Kipps is a solicitor tasked with coming to the home of… Continue reading THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Susan Hill

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NEAR THE BONE by Christina Henry

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NEAR THE BONE by Christina Henry is a horror novel set in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Mattie is a young wife under the controlling thumb of her husband William. She hasn't had much contact with the outside world with her entire focus on taking care of William and their home. When she… Continue reading NEAR THE BONE by Christina Henry

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DEAD SILENCE by S.A. Barnes

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Rating: 4.5 / 5 DEAD SILENCE by S.A. Barnes is a book that combines scifi and horror. Claire is in charge of a beacon repair crew in space, a job that is being phased out due to improved technology. When they get a distress signal, they investigate in the hope that they will find something… Continue reading DEAD SILENCE by S.A. Barnes

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THE PRISONER OF FEAR by Chad Miller

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I received a gifted copy of THE PRISONER OF FEAR by Chad Miller from the author for an honest review. THE PRISONER OF FEAR is book one in the author's new Doyle and Braham series. Set in 1889 Philadelphia, detective John Doyle and his friend Thomas Braham together investigate the strange and unusual in the… Continue reading THE PRISONER OF FEAR by Chad Miller

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BONE WHITE by Ronald Malfi

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Rating: 4 / 5 BONE WHITE by Ronald Malfi is set in Dread's Hand, Alaska where a man walks out of the woods to speak to the police, confessing to murdering several people. He's in rough shape, but the police aren't sure what to make of him. Still, they follow him into the woods and… Continue reading BONE WHITE by Ronald Malfi

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THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Paul Tremblay

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Rating: 4 / 5 THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Paul Tremblay begins with Wen, a young girl playing outside of a cabin in New Hampshire where she's vacationing with her fathers Eric and Andrew. When a strange man shows up and tells her that she and her fathers must help to… Continue reading THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Paul Tremblay

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GWENDY’S BUTTON BOX by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

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Rating: 4 / 5 GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar is the first book in The Button Box series with book two written by Richard Chizmar and book three (which came out earlier this year) being again written by the pair of authors. This book follows a young girl named Gwendy, 12… Continue reading GWENDY’S BUTTON BOX by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

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THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon

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Rating: 4.5 / 5 THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon tells a story in two timelines. In 1978, the setting is a treatment center in Vermont for the mentally ill. Dr. Hildreth is well known for her work at the center and at home she's raising two grandchildren, Violet and Eric. When Gran… Continue reading THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon

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THE CAVERN by Alister Hodge

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Rating: 3.5 / 5 THE CAVERN by Alastair Hodge is set in a small town in Australia where a sinkhole has uncovered a cave system. Sam is a paramedic who is somewhat new to subterranean, underwater exploration, but he agrees to join the expedition to provide some medical support. Their objective is to map the… Continue reading THE CAVERN by Alister Hodge