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Continue reading →: Book Review: Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Twisted and intriguing. Ottessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Eileen, her first novel, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Death in Her Hands, her…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
Suspenseful and rage inducing! Araminta Hall has an MA in creative writing and authorship from the University of Sussex, and teaches creative writing at New Writing South in Brighton, where she lives with her husband and three children. She is the author of Our Kind of Cruelty, which was named a best…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
An addictive feminist thriller! Chandler Baker grew up in Florida, went to college in Pennsylvania, and studied law in Texas, where she now lives with her family and an ever-growing pile of books. Although she loves spinning tales with a touch of horror, she is a much bigger scaredy-cat than her…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: When I’m Dead by Hannah Morrissey
Suspenseful and dark! HANNAH MORRISSEY studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Her first novel, Hello, Transcriber, was inspired by her experience as a police transcriber. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two pugs. Published October 31st, 2023. I’d never read any of Hannah…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Let Him In by William Friend
Unsettling and immersive. William Friend is a fiction writer based in Hertfordshire. His debut novel, BLACK MAMBA, was published in the UK in June 2022, and was published in America in October 2023 under the title LET HIM IN. He is currently working on his second novel. Published October 3rd, 2023.…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Edenville by Sam Rebelein
Unsettling and immersive! Sam Rebelein holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Sam’s work has appeared in a number of speculative fiction publications, including Bourbon Penn, Coffin Bell Journal, The Dread Machine, Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. His award-nominated story “Black Fanged Thing” was…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li
Terrifying, dark, and inspiring. Winnie M Li is an author and activist, who has worked in the creative industries over three continents. Taiwanese-American and raised in New Jersey, Winnie studied Folklore and Mythology at Harvard, and later Irish Literature as a George Mitchell Scholar. Since then, she has written for travel…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Smart, suspenseful, and fearless. Jessica Knoll is the New York Times bestselling author of The Favorite Sister and Luckiest Girl Alive—now a major motion picture from Netflix starring Mila Kunis. She has been a senior editor at Cosmopolitan and the articles editor at Self. She grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and graduated from the Shipley School…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
Heartfelt and wildly entertaining. Jean Kwok is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award, the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award international shortlist. She received…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin
Riddled with suspense! Lisa M. Matlin was a guitarist in a rock band before switching from songwriting to story writing. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, pug, and golden retriever. She’s probably rewatching The Walking Dead right now and trying not to laugh at her own jokes. Matlin is a passionate…
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