Book Review: CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER by Nathan Ballingrud
Gothic creepiness pervades the entirety of the novella, with a self-contained story whose characters and plot perfectly fit into the strengths of that format’s length.
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Paperbacks from Hell #1: THE NEST by Gregory A. Douglas
Through this series, Valancourt has been reissuing limited-edition, mass-market paperbacks of these “horror gems of the ’70s and ’80s” complete with the vintage cover art, whenever possible, and new introductions by [Grady] Hendrix or [Will] Erickson.
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Book Review: FOUL DAYS by Genoveva Dimova
Dimova writes Foul Days as an amalgamation of traditional Slavic folklore, an urban fantasy style and tone, and social themes very much of the moment.
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Book Review: HOLLOW TONGUE by Eden Royce
… Known for her Southern Gothic horror writing, Royce writes with the same genre vibes in Hollow Tongue, but approaches the field in unexpected ways that emphasize the psychological horror of trauma and symbolism…
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Book Review: THE DAUGHTERS’ WAR by Christopher Buehlman
If you don’t already know, The Daughters’ War is a follow-up that is not a sequel, but a prequel. Book 0 in the Blacktongue series, Buehlman’s new novel tells the backstory of Galva, as if she were relating it to Kinch.
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Into the Wardrobe: 2095 by Jon Scieszka (1995)
As with other books I’ve been finding at thrift shops and using for Into the Wardrobe, the Time Warp Trio series is one I was too old for when it was originally published, so I’m completely new to it. According to Goodreads, the series went on for 16 volumes, and it spawned a television show adaptation.