horror – Page 39 – Cannonball Read 17

“When you go, please drag me down with you into the darkness.”

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

February 21, 2022 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

Long review short: I’m absolutely terrified of mountains now. Also possibly all of Switzerland. “When did the idea first pop into my head that Nick’s trauma in the mountains had awakened some dangerous thing in him?” Nick and Sam have been together for three years, but Sam hasn’t stopped worrying every time Nick goes mountain climbing. And then, he gets the call – Nick has been badly injured in the Swiss Alps and his climbing buddy is missing, presumed dead. Nick claims he doesn’t remember […]

My little piggy needed something new.

Pearl by Josh Malerman

February 15, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

“Sing for me, Brother Jeff. Sing for Pearl.” There is something unsettling about Walter Kopple’s farm out on Murdock Road. Something that makes you drive a little faster when going past, that makes you feel a bit like you walked through cobwebs. Jeff and Aaron don’t like visiting their grandfather’s farm because of the way it feels. They know, as does everyone, something is wrong at the farm. Something is wrong with the pigs and the large male who lords over them, Pearl. Pearl with […]

Spoopy Creppy

The House of a Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton

February 2, 2022 by Zirza 3 Comments

Former prison warden Herbert Russell lives alone in a large and remote 17th century house in Dartmoor. One night, during a full moon, he is clobbered on the head with a hammer. Days later his children – sons Martin and Rob, daughter Grace – gather for the reading of his will. The expected familial bickering ensues, but then Rob’s son Timmy suddenly disappears into thin air. Who killed Herbert? Where has Timmy gone? Why is the cellar of the house bricked up, and why do […]

“This dreadful silence we called peace.”

A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer

January 25, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I continued my reading on the Jeffrey Dahmer serial murders with this personal memoir of the case by his father Lionel. The issue lying before me is writing a review where I feel awful for everyone involved and also relate a lot without sounding either hard-hearted, overly forgiving, or like I myself am headed down some dark road. And also to avoid making it sound like I think that my own theories about the case psychology are necessarily correct vs what experts think. True crime […]

Don’t Read This Novel, Even If Cults Interest You

The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie

January 16, 2022 by GentleRain 6 Comments

I should be the perfect audience for this book (cults! horror!) but it was a disappointing and frustrating read. Spoilers follow throughout my review. The book follows the five survivors of a cult who all vanished in what the world believes to be a mass suicide. But some of the survivors have memories that suggest that other forces were at work. As the fifteen-year anniversary of the tragedy approaches, one of the survivors kills herself and the remaining four have to face what they’ve been […]

An odd man, his angry daughter, and a religious cat walk into a bar…

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

January 15, 2022 by ifso 3 Comments

I originally saw this book recommended on r/horrorlit a couple of months ago, when I was trying to branch out into different genres. I’m not sure I’d really classify this as horror – psychological fiction might be more apt. It’s better to go into this book with as little information on the plot as possible, so I’ll do my best to keep this review spoiler-free. The basic plot set up: Years ago, a little girl went missing. Her sister is looking for the person responsible, […]

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