A thrilling new collection from the award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World bringing his short stories to the UK for the first time. Unearth nineteen tales of suspense and literary horror, including a new story from the world of A Head Full of Ghosts,Continue reading “Growing Things and Other Stories – Paul Tremblay”
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2028 by Ken Saunders
‘It’s a state of peak technology, peak focus group, peak surveillance. But the revolution is coming—and it’s off-line, naked and riding a bicycle.’ – Cathy Wilcox
The Halloween Man: A Supernatural Thriller * Douglas Clegg
Halloween Is for Scary Reading , which Fiona tried to point out to her, but Tamara would have none of it. “It’s worshiping the Devil, bottom line,” Tamara said. “And I only wish we were living a couple hundred years back. They knew what to do with Devil worshipers back then.” Who is this man?Continue reading “The Halloween Man: A Supernatural Thriller * Douglas Clegg”
World’s Scariest Places: ISLAND OF THE DOLLS – Bates, Jeremy
The novels in the World’s Scariest Places series are set in real locations. The following is a Wikipedia “Island of the Dolls” excerpt: A two-hour canal ride from Mexico City lies Isla de las Munecas, or the Island of the Dolls. It is the best-known chinampa , or floating garden, in Xochimilco. It belonged toContinue reading “World’s Scariest Places: ISLAND OF THE DOLLS – Bates, Jeremy”
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Vladimir Nabokov once observed that “a writer should have the precision of a poet and the of a scientist.” The geobiologist Hope Jahren possesses both in spades. Her engrossing new memoir, “Lab Girl,” is at once a thrilling account of her of her vocation and a gifted teacher’s road map to the secret lives ofContinue reading “Lab Girl by Hope Jahren”
The Last American Vampire * Seth Grahame-Smith
[He received] A package containing a bundle of ancient letters, a list of names and contact information, and ten ancient-looking leather-bound journals, each one filled with tightly packed handwriting. They were the personal journals of Abraham Lincoln, chronicling his lifelong battle against the vampires that had shaped his destiny and long haunted the American night.Continue reading “The Last American Vampire * Seth Grahame-Smith”
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America’s westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid,Continue reading “Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy”
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Kevin’s mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Dan Brown Deception Point
A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any you’ve ever read…. When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory—a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticityContinue reading “Dan Brown Deception Point”
Turnover and Die – Tegan Maher
As the owner of the town’s best diner and Blissful Bites, it’s most popular bakery, Dee knew the ins and outs of managing food service deliveries in a small town. More importantly, she knew all the local food sources, because that’s what she served in her restaurant. She’d inherited a struggling greasy spoon (emphasis onContinue reading “Turnover and Die – Tegan Maher”
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