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Night Shoot by David Sodergren Book Review

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If you like a fun slasher film you are going to love Night Shoot! Night Shoot by David Sodergren Released May 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: Received for Review Consideration A group of desperate student filmmakers break into Crawford Manor for an unauthorized night shoot. They have no choice. Their lead actress has quit. They’re out of time. They’re out of money. They’re out of luck. For Crawford Manor has a past that won’t stay dead, and the crew are about to come face-to-face with the hideous secret that stalks the halls. Will anyone survive…the NIGHT SHOOT? A delirious homage to the slasher movies of the 1980s, Night Shoot delivers page after page of white-knuckle terror. My 2 Cents For Free! Night Shoot is a wild slasher flick in novel form and it is a ton of fun with plenty of dreadful characters who couldn’t die fast enough! Elspeth is our main character. In order to receive her degree in film &a

Hanging Around the Blogs: News & Reviews You May Have Missed (14)

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Inspired by  "Around the Blogs with Chuckles" .  There are never enough hours in the day to be a creeper on all the blogs and social media outlets so here's a recap of some great posts, articles and news tidbits you may have missed while you were out living your life. Reviews & Interviews Tammy over at Books, Bones & Buffy has an excellent interview with dark fiction writer Damien Angelica Walters. http://booksbonesbuffy.com/2019/09/17/interview-with-damien-angelica-walters/ Barb at Booker T's Farm reviews Elizabeth Massie's Desper Hollow: http://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2019/09/apex-back-catalog-tour-desper-hollow.html Barb also has a terrific interview with author Massie here: http://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2019/09/apex-back-catalog-tour-author-interview.html Joyous reads reviews a Jimmy Fallon book club selection (did you know he had a book club? Me neither). It sounds both grueling and wonderful and you can read it here:    h

Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich AudioBook Review

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I listened to this book for the Goodreads #LadiesOfHorrorFiction monthly chat. Come and join us anytime! Teeth In the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich Released June 11, 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon Source:  Purchased With My Own $ A genre-bending epic horror-fantasy, inspired by the legend of Faust, that spans generations as an ancient evil is uncovered--perfect for fans of Kendare Blake and Ransom Riggs. Before the birth of time, a monk uncovers the Devil's Tongue and dares to speak it. The repercussions will be felt for generations... Sixteen-year-old photography enthusiast Zoey has been fascinated by the haunted, burnt-out ruins of Medwyn Mill House for as long as she can remember--so she and her best friend, Poulton, run away from home to explore them. But are they really alone in the house? And who will know if something goes wrong? In 1851, seventeen-year-old Roan arrives at the Mill House as a ward--one of three, all with something to hide from

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger Book Review

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Holy shit. This is how horror is done. To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger Released July 29, 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: Received for Review Consideration What does carrion taste like? Andi has to know. The vultures circling outside her home taunt and invite her to come understand the secrets hiding in their banquet of decay. Fascination morphs into an obsessive need to know what the vultures know. Andi turns to Dr. Fawning, but even the therapist cannot help her comprehend the secrets she’s buried beneath anger-induced blackouts. Her girlfriend, Luna, tries to help Andi battle her inner darkness and infatuation with the vultures. However, the desire to taste dead flesh, to stitch together wings of her own and become one with the flock sends Andi down a twisted, unforgivable path. Once she understands the secrets the vultures conceal, she must decide between abandoning the birds of prey or risk turning her loved ones into nothing more than m

Bunny by Mona Awad Book Review

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Have you read Bunny?! Bunny by Mona Awad Released June 11, 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: R eceived for Review Consideration The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel about a lonely graduate student drawn into a clique of rich girls who seem to move and speak as one "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an

One for the Road by Wesley Southard Book Review

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Here's a 4 1/2 star read for my fellow weirdos! One for the Road by Wesley Southard Released June 15, 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: Received for Review Consideration Only one more show and heavy metal guitarist Spencer Hesston can finally quit Rot in Hell. No more touring, no more fighting, and no more unwanted advances from the lead singer’s girlfriend. But instead of waking up the next day in their Midwestern hometown, the band finds themselves dazed and confused in an abandoned settlement in the middle of the desert, with no idea of how they got there. Things are done a little differently out here: the trees have perverse urges, the spiders have human fingers, and every time they step outside the town transforms into a new hellish nightmare. In this town anything is possible, except making it out in one piece… Deadite Press is proud to present a new novella from Wesley Southard, a work of surreal horror sure to please fans of SIL

Hanging Around the Blogs: News & Reviews You May Have Missed (13)

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Inspired by  "Around the Blogs with Chuckles" .  There are never enough hours in the day to be a creeper on all the blogs and social media outlets so here's a recap of some great posts, articles and news tidbits you may have missed while you were out living your life. This week it's just a little news and some tidbits because I am a horrible blogger. Next week I'll do my best to link-up some of the favorite reviews I find around the web. Ladies of Horror Fiction News We are reading TEETH IN THE MIST by Dawn Kurtagich over at Goodreads. You can join us all month here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/385108?group_id=963939 It's also our one year anniversary and we are celebrating with a readathon & a #Bookstagram challenge. You can find out more about both here: https://www.ladiesofhorrorfiction.com/2019/09/01/one-year-anniversary-readathon-and-challenge/ This Book Comes to Me on Tuesday!

Skin by Kathe Koja Book Review

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Skin is still a five star read all these years later! Skin by Kathe Koja Audio Released June 24, 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: Received for Review Consideration Tess spends her days picking through scrap yards and arc-welding her strange, jagged metal sculptures. Bibi is a dancer, who pushes her hardened body beyond endurance, sculpting every movement and every muscle, basking in the warmth of the pain...Then the two women come together, and together they create a new underground art form of metal and flesh, a dance of whirling bodies and whirling sculpture, a dance of pain and blood... Breaking the boundaries of art, Tess and Bibi are plunged deeper and deeper into a realm of obsession - until the lust for pain grows beyond all their control... My 2 Cents For Free! I originally read Skin when it was first released in 1993 by  Dell Abyss   back when they had their horror line. I remember stalking my local bookstor

All Hallows by W. Sheridan Bradford Book Review

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These creepy crawlies get under your skin and stay there! All Hallows by W. Sheridan Bradford Released April 10, 2019 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: Received for Review Consideration Burdened by old age and secrets that could topple an empire, Maren Glover is hounded by slinking beasts and monstrous adversaries. As Samhain slips into darkness, Maren navigates vengeful witches, uncouth vampires, costumed children, a raging werewolf, an unhinged creator goddess, and relentlessly bad humor. With predators of legend vying to collect the bounty on her head, Maren must trust in luck, sass, a youth-obsessed ex, and centuries of preparation to overcome brute force and blunt the sharpest of fangs. Her bag of tricks running low, the odds of Maren's survival wane. Then again, she does have night worms on her side... My 2 Cents For Free! The first half or so of this book is very leisurely paced so make sure you set yourself