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I release the lock. I open the door. That’s the best definition of love.

The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt

December 25, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a collection of short stories from Samantha Hunt and one that I’ve been avoiding because I was worried it was going to be another delving into the kinds of modern fairy tale stories that I end up always wanting to the read but never really enjoy much. I think I can be forgiven for thinking that’s what we were going to have here, because of how many of those that have been published in recent years. Anyway, instead, most of these stories are […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: samantha hunt, the dark dark

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:720 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: samantha hunt, the dark dark ·
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Dreams, after all, are insubstantial things, like mist itself.

The Mist by Stephen King

December 25, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since I’ve read this novella. In fact, I might have read it in like 1990 when we were first allowed to get our hands on a Stephen King book and immediately got intimidated by how much longer this book is than the other stories in the other stories in the book. So anyway, we begin with a trip to the grocery store in light of a series of terrible storms in a coastal Maine town. Following the trail of destruction, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Stephen King, The Mist

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:718 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Stephen King, The Mist ·
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A couple of not so thrilling thrillers

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

December 23, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

(3 stars) The Invited by Jennifer McMahon Why do I keep reading Jennifer McMahon books? They’re never terrible, but they’re never great either. But I keep picking them up! Helen and Nate have decided to undertake a rather ambitious project. Quitting their jobs teaching high school, they move to Vermont to build their own home on a piece of property with a very dark past. Helen, obsessed with history in general and with the property in particular, does enough research to realize that a lot […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: badkittyuno, Jennifer McMahon, sally hepworth

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:253 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: badkittyuno, Jennifer McMahon, sally hepworth ·
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Horror Against a Jim Crow Backdrop

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

December 22, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I think I’ve read maybe one Lovecraft short story and didn’t particularly enjoy it but I found the concept behind this novel rather intriguing, and decided to pick it up. Of course, I then waited for over a year to read it … what can I say, as creative as I thought the approach would be, I wasn’t sure if I had enough context to enjoy it. The novel begins in the 1950s, as Atticus Turner returns home to Chicago after a stint in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Jim Crow, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Jim Crow, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff ·
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Victorian fantasy horror mystery romance. PSA: Currently $0.99 on Kindle.

The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1) by K.J. Charles

December 20, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

Really liked this! You can barely tell that this was her first book. It was pretty short, and for the most part that was fine, but there were parts where she sums up conversations instead of showing them, where I wanted her to actually show them. There’s a significant story that Crane tells Stephen about how he got his tattoos, and we don’t get to hear it at all! She also glossed over their initial bonding and friendship. But other than that, this was actually […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A Charm of Magpies, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, Romance, The Magpie Lord

narfna's CBR11 Review No:108 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A Charm of Magpies, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, Romance, The Magpie Lord ·
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“The world was fragile. One day, growth; the next day, kindling.”

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

December 13, 2019 by LadyStardust Leave a Comment

The best horror stories are already frightening before the monsters even show up. The doomed Donner Party has always been the quintessential example of the harsh realities for pioneers trekking West to the promise of California, and most already know the tragedy awaiting the group at the center of The Hunger. While bringing their wagon train across the country to find new fortunes, the infamous Donner Party made many key mistakes, and found themselves staring down the barrel of the harshest conditions the West had […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror Tagged With: #history, alma katsu, historical fiction, horror, mystery, the donner party

LadyStardust's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror · Tags: #history, alma katsu, historical fiction, horror, mystery, the donner party ·
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