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A Small Light & Other Stories by Sara Century | Book Review

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Here's a lovely little collection of stories filled with creeping dread that I read recently. A Small Light & Other Stories by Sara Century Released December 2022 Source: Received for Review Consideration Goodreads   | Amazon A mysterious woman stalks a seaside town. An isolated couple inhabit a house full of tropical birds. A rowboat floats down a river toward a witch's cave. Death wanders an unnamed city during the plague. Sara Century's debut short story collection carries with it surreal visions inspired by pulp paperbacks, art house films, comic books of all flavors, and classic queer villains. A Small Light & Other Stories gathers tales that hinge on troubled characters with nothing left to lose encountering existential horrors, where everyday problems escalate into insurmountable monsters, and we find ourselves unable to escape dreams long since transformed into nightmares. My 2 Cents for Free! A Small Light & Other Stories is an eerie, melancholy collect...

It Doesn't Go Away by Wendy Dalrymple | Book Review

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Feel like a solo hike? You won't after this! It Doesn't Go Away by Wendy Dalrymple Released February 2023 Source: Received for Review Consideration Goodreads   | Amazon A woman on the brink. A long, endless hike. Something waiting in the woods. There’s something waiting for her along the Appalachian Trail. Watching. Following. She knows it. She can feel their eyes on her at every corner. It’s only a matter of time before they catch up… In the aftermath of a horrible traumatic incident, a woman sets out on a solo long-distance hiking trip along the Appalachian Trail. Despite her insistence to push through, dark forces manifest in strangers' faces and terror sets in. With every turn through the dense, dark wood, she discovers that running away from her past is more difficult than it seems, and in the end, it just doesn’t go away. My 2 Cents for Free! It Doesn’t Go Away is a tense little novella filled with danger that lurks around every corner while slowly revealing some pain...