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Halcyon by Rio Youers Review - Violent Cult Fun!

November 05, 2020 by Zuky in Spooky Reads

An island in Lake Ontario houses a self-sustaining community. It’s also a cult. Martin Lovegrove moves his family there and quickly realizes all is not as it seems. - Zuky reviews!

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November 05, 2020 /Zuky
Halcyon, Rio Youers
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White is for Witching - Haunted and Empty Am I

November 03, 2020 by Samantha in Spooky Reads

Death is all around. Miranda lives in the home where her mother, her grandmother, and her great grandmother lived. No one wants to leave. No one knows who is who in this stark and fluid house where time and corporeal aspects don’t follow the rules of the natural world. “White is for witching, a colour to be worn so that all other colours can enter you, so that you may use them.”

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November 03, 2020 /Samantha
White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi
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Autumncrow - The Halloweentown of Your Sinister Dreams

October 28, 2020 by Samantha in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

Autumncrow is a magical town where every day feels like Halloween and Autumn, and every Halloween is extra special. But in this town where the veil between worlds is thinner than most, there is darkness and unearthly things lurking and everyone in Autumncrow gets their fair share of scares.

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October 28, 2020 /Samantha
Autumncrow, Cameron Chaney
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Night of the Mannequins - Terrifying and Surreal

October 26, 2020 by Samantha in Spooky Reads, HB Halloween 2020

Sawyer and his group of friends have an old friend, Manny, a mannequin they found in a swamp as children. They used to play with him a lot and tonight they are going to revisit him and use him for a prank, for old times sake. But their friend Manny has other plans.

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October 26, 2020 /Samantha
Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins
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Wyrd and Other Derelictions - Experimental Horror at its Finest

October 21, 2020 by Joe in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

Wyrd contains seven derelictions, original tales of mystery and horror from Adam Nevill. Joe reviews!

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October 21, 2020 /Joe
Wyrd and Other Derelictions, Adam Nevill
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The Gray Man of Smoke and Shadow - Book 2 in Todd Sullivan's Vampire Series

October 18, 2020 by Joe in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

See what Joe thinks of Todd Sullivan’s follow up to Butchers. Read his review of The Gray Man of Smoke and Shadows

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October 18, 2020 /Joe
Todd Sullivan, Butchers, The Gray Man of Smoke and Shadows
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Cursed - You Better Behave!

October 17, 2020 by Manda in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

After the loss of her husband, Susan sought a safe place to rebuild a life for herself and her six-year-old daughter, Christine. Quaint and picturesque, Porter Mines seemed ideal. Susan soon learns appearances can be deceiving.

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October 17, 2020 /Manda
Richard Schiver, Cursed
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The Poison Thread - Full Batshit Crazy Spoilers!!

October 16, 2020 by Charlotte Hollingsworth in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

Two women - one a wealthy, charitable lady, the other a young orphan who admits to killing multiple people. She says she did with her sewing needle and the garments she makes. This is a wild, violent, unique tale!

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October 16, 2020 /Charlotte Hollingsworth
The Poison Thread, Laura Purcell
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Learning Plague History With Sara Tantlinger

October 13, 2020 by Charlotte Hollingsworth in Spooky Reads, HB Halloween 2020

Bram Stoker Award-winner Sara Tantlinger delivers her CRADLELAND OF PARASITES, a harrowing and darkly gorgeous collection of poetry chronicling the death and devastation of history’s plagues. - Charlotte reviews

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October 13, 2020 /Charlotte Hollingsworth
Sara Tantlinger, Cradleland of Parasites
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666 Gable Way - Evil Witches and Dark Family Histories!

October 07, 2020 by Guest User in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

Beyond the walls of the House of Seven Gables, evil waits for Phoebe. Can she survive a house full of witches out to cause chaos and destruction?

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October 07, 2020 /Guest User
Dani Lamia, 666 Gable Way
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Nightmare Review - Twisted and Dark

October 06, 2020 by Manda in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

“…Scott learns that there is no escape from his own past, or the crows that have crawled out of it. He can only watch, as his life is turned into a living nightmare.”

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October 06, 2020 /Manda
Nightmare, Chad Nicholas
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Negative Space - The Disturbing In-Between

October 03, 2020 by Samantha in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? All the drugs, sex, and occult-dabbling? All the suicides? No? It’s time to transcend into the lives of these marked teenagers and experience the entropy of their universe. Remember, there is no perfect transfer of energy… (*Trigger Warning: Suicide, self-harm, animal harm.*)

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October 03, 2020 /Samantha
Negative Space, BR Yeager
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Burials - Witchy, Gothic, Feminist, Oh My!

October 02, 2020 by Charlotte Hollingsworth in HB Halloween 2020, Spooky Reads

A beautifully written Gothic poetry collection from Jessica Drake-Thomas

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October 02, 2020 /Charlotte Hollingsworth
Burials, Jessica Drake-Thomas, Clash Books
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The Malan Witch - Shadowy, Arcane and Unrelenting

October 02, 2020 by Adam in Spooky Reads, HB Halloween 2020

Using her sister’s cottage to recover from her husband’s death, Robyn thought she was in for some alone time to heal. But the idyllic cottage hides malevolent secrets, and Robyn is caught in the middle. See what Adam has to say about theses witchy words from Catherine Cavendish

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October 02, 2020 /Adam
The Malan Witch, Catherine Cavendish
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Bad Parts - What Would You do?

October 01, 2020 by Manda in Spooky Reads, HB Halloween 2020

What would you do if someone you knew needed a body part (kidneys, eyes, or hand), but someone else had to lose theirs??

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October 01, 2020 /Manda
Bad Parts, Brandon McNulty
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Clown in a Cornfield - Clowns Never Mean Well

September 28, 2020 by Samantha in Spooky Reads

Quinn and her father, Glenn, move to the sleepy town of Kettle Springs, hoping for a new beginning. What they find instead are secrets and dark intentions, all stemming from a creepy town mascot: a clown named Frendo.

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September 28, 2020 /Samantha
Clown in a Cornfield, Adam Cesare
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Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women - Feminine Spirits Cannot Be Tamed!

September 25, 2020 by Samantha in Spooky Reads

Wild and terrifying spirits roam free in a world where the feminine body and mind is often tethered and weighed down by cultures, traditions, and expectations. Break the bonds and explore the rending tales these wondrous authors conjured!

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September 25, 2020 /Samantha
Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women
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The Little Stranger - A Haunting Historical Story That Will Stay With You Long After You've Read It

September 23, 2020 by Charlotte Hollingsworth in Spooky Reads

A haunted grand home in England in the ‘40s, a caring and kind doctor, a traumatized family….The Little Stranger is a Gothic slow burn.

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September 23, 2020 /Charlotte Hollingsworth
The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters, Gothic horror
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Curse of the Pigman - Small Town Horror at its Best

September 16, 2020 by Joe in Spooky Reads

A small town, a cult, and an outsider. Joe is reviewing Curse of the Pigman by Asher Ellis!

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September 16, 2020 /Joe
Curse of the Pigman, Asher Ellis
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The Abyssal Plain: The R'lyeh Cycle - Required Reading for Lovecraft Geeks

September 14, 2020 by Andrew in Spooky Reads

This book is a collection of four pieces by four different authors. Normally the quality of anthology books is uneven. This book, however, is the exception. Every one of the four was excellent, leaving me panting and wanting more.

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September 14, 2020 /Andrew
The Abyssal Plain, The R'lyeh Cycle, William Holloway, Michelle Garza, Melissa Lason, Brett J Talley, Rich Hawkin
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