For anyone who enjoys Westerns with a strong science-fiction background, or vice versa, with compelling characters and an intriguing plot, and a lot to say about memory and how someone is remembered, this will be great.
I was incredibly impressed with how great this novel is, both something that I would have enjoyed when younger and still easily enjoy now.
Michael Wehunt’s debut novel The October Film Haunt combines a lot of horror genres and tropes that I enjoy — the cursed object, demons, and slashers — and puts unique spins on them each in addition to the style of their combination.
I enjoyed Eden Royce’s new book, Psychopomp & Circumstance, coming Oct. 21. It’s billed as a Southern Gothic fantasy, but for me, it’s much less about the fantastic and much more of a coming-of-age story, as a young woman learns to stand up for herself and make choices; she also learns some unsettling truths about her family and its history. From the author’s website:Phee St. Margaret is a daughter of the Reconstruction, born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston. …When word arrives that her Aunt Cleo, long estranged from the family, has passed away, Phee risks her mother’s wrath to step up and accept the role of pomp—the highly honored duty of planning the funeral service. Traveling alone to the town of Horizon and her aunt’s unsettling home, Phee soon discovers that visions and shadows beckon from every reflective surface, and that some secrets transcend the borders of life and death.
Combining strong world building with thorough character development, a solid plot, and diverse themes, the story has that full course meal kind of feel.
“…In other words, the story really is a love letter to professional wrestling, and it shows, in a lighthearted and fun way, how a wrestling league might form in a sword and sorcery city.”
