Bark At The Ghouls

Hello, everyone! I am reviving my book spotlights because as much as I'd LOVE to have the time to read and review everything generously submitted for review in a timely manner, I simply don't live in that world but I can share new books that look amazing, and that I plan to read once caught up.  I'm also going to share snippets of selected reader reviews that catch my attention because reviewing can be such a thankless job sometimes. Today I'm sharing ONE NIGHT STAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Jacy Morris. Horror, humor, apocalypse? Yep, that's my thing. There's no more football, no more TV, no more cell phones. All that's left now are the ruins of a civilization that thought itself indestructible and the sad people living out the string of their lives in this horrid new world where even the trees seem hellbent on making humanity extinct. In this inhospitable environment, the comedian struggles to survive the only way he knows how… with humor. Get your ticke...

This one does atmosphere perfectly. The Haunting of Henderson Close by Catherine Cavendish Horror Fiction , 288 pages Released January 2019 Goodreads   |   Amazon   |  Flame Tree Press   Ghosts have always walked there. Now they’re not alone… In the depths of Edinburgh, an evil presence is released. Hannah and her colleagues are tour guides who lead their visitors along the spooky, derelict Henderson Close, thrilling them with tales of spectres and murder. For Hannah it is her dream job, but not for long. Who is the mysterious figure that disappears around a corner? What is happening in the old print shop? And who is the little girl with no face? The legends of Henderson Close are becoming all too real. The Auld De’il is out – and even the spirits are afraid. These Are My Thoughts, Please Share Yours! I received this book in for review from Flame Tree Press . This year I’m going to do my best to read as many new...

Atmosphere? Horrifying plot? Great lead character? It's all in here. The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste Dark Fiction , 252 pages Released November 2018 Goodreads  | Buy A Copy Here   Something’s happening to the girls on Denton Street. It’s the summer of 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, and Phoebe Shaw and her best friend Jacqueline have just graduated high school, only to confront an ugly, uncertain future. Across the city, abandoned factories populate the skyline; meanwhile at the shore, one strong spark, and the Cuyahoga River might catch fire. But none of that compares to what’s happening in their own west side neighborhood. The girls Phoebe and Jacqueline have grown up with are changing. It starts with footprints of dark water on the sidewalk. Then, one by one, the girls’ bodies wither away, their fingernails turning to broken glass, and their bones exposed like corroded metal beneath their flesh. As rumors spread about the grotesque transformations, soon everyo...

Creepy cemetery, creepy house, creepy people? It's that wonderful time of year . . . The House by the Cemetery by John Everson Horror Fiction Released October 2018 Amazon  |  Goodreads  | Better World Books  | Flame Tree Press   Rumor has it that the abandoned house by the cemetery is haunted by the ghost of a witch. But rumors won’t stop carpenter Mike Kostner from rehabbing the place as a haunted house attraction. Soon he’ll learn that fresh wood and nails can’t keep decades of rumors down. There are noises in the walls, and fresh blood on the floor: secrets that would be better not to discover. And behind the rumors is a real ghost who will do whatever it takes to ensure the house reopens. She needs people to fill her house on Halloween. There’s a dark, horrible ritual to fulfill. Because while the witch may have been dead... she doesn’t intend to stay that way. My Thoughts: This is another book I read with a group of book buddies. I ...