Bark At The Ghouls

Have you read The Messy Man series? It's a creepy good time. The Messy Man by Chris Sorensen Published October 2020 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon  |  Bookshop Source: Received for Review Consideration  Ellen Marx sees ghosts. Her mother Rita just wants her to be a ‘normal’ eleven-year-old kid. But that’s tough to do when you receive a birthday card from your dead father. Following a trail of breadcrumbs left by her dad, Ellen sets out on a journey to unravel the mystery surrounding her father’s disappearance and ends up unearthing secrets best left buried. The third and final book in the haunting trilogy, The Messy Man brings to a close the story that began with The Nightmare Room and The Hungry Ones.  My 2 Cents For Free! Have you read The Nightmare Room and the Hungry Ones? Yeah?! Then you’ll want to jump right into The Messy Man. No? Do something good for yourself and add t...

I wrote this review two months ago. I swear someday I will catch up! Seeing Things by Sonora Taylor Published June 2020 Dark Fiction   |   Goodreads   |   Amazon   Source: Received for Review Consideration Abby Gillman has discovered that with growing up, there comes a lot of blood. But nothing prepares her for the trail of blood she sees in the hallway after class - or the ghost she finds crammed inside an abandoned locker. No one believes Abby, of course. She’s only seeing things. As much as Abby wants to be believed, what she wants more is to know why she can suddenly see the dead. Unfortunately, they won’t tell her. In fact, none of them will speak to her. At all. Abby leaves for her annual summer visit to her uncle’s house with tons of questions. The visit will give her answers the ghosts won’t - but she may not like what she finds out. My 2 Cents For Free! Seeing Things is a genuinely creepy tale ...

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...

This is an excellent collection of creepy little stories. Bones by Andrew Cull Horror Fiction , 212 pages Released June 2018 Goodreads  | Buy A Copy Here   Bones brings together four chilling ghost stories by award winning writer-director Andrew Cull. Four monsters collected in paperback for the first time.  Bones  Four Stories. Four Monsters. These Are My Thoughts: This lovely author sent me two copies of his newest work (all the way from Australia!) so that I could release them in the Little Free Libraries in my care. I had to wrestle it from this beast first though! Here are my thoughts now that I'm finished: Bones is author Andrew Cull’s debut collection of short fiction and it is pretty fantastic if you like a story where the creep factor is high and quickly settles under your skin and festers. Did You Forget About Me? A man returns to his childhood home. He, his mother and sister fled from it 23 years earlie...

This one maybe isn't for everyone but I enjoyed it. The Grip of It by Jac Jemc Horror Fiction Released August 2017 Amazon  |  Goodreads  | Better World Books   A chilling literary horror novel about a young couple who purchase and live in a haunted house. Jac Jemc’s The Grip of It tells the eerie story of a young couple haunted by their new home.  Julie and James settle into a house in a small town outside the city where they met. The move—prompted by James’s penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check—is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual haunts and start afresh. But this house, which sits between ocean and forest, has plans for the unsuspecting couple. As Julie and James try to settle into their home and their relationship, the house and its surrounding terrain become the locus of increasingly strange happenings. The architecture—claustrophobic, riddled with hidden rooms within roo...

Wayward girls & ghosts.You can't go wrong here! The Broken Girls by Simone St. James Dark Fiction   Released March 2018 Amazon  ♦  Goodreads Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming--until one of them mysteriously disappears. . . .  Vermont, 2014. As much as she's tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister's death. Twenty years ago, her body was found lying in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And though her sister's boyfriend was tried and convicted of murder, Fiona can't shake the suspicion that something was never right about the case. When Fiona discovers that Idle...

A classic reread on audio. The Shining by Stephen King Horror Fiction   Released August 2012, Unabridged 15+ Hours Amazon  ♦  Goodreads Listening Length: 15 hours and 56 minutes Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.  My Thoughts: I reread this on audio, narrated by Campbell Scott. I was a kid when I read it the first time and it helped solidify my lifelong love of the horror genre. I hoped it would be as scary as I remembered. Knowing what I now know about Jack after reading Doctor Sleep (if you have...

There is a book worth all the hype! Kill Creek by Scott Thomas, Narrated by  Bernard Setaro Clark Horror Fiction   Audiobook  Unabridged 15+ Hours Released October 2017 Amazon  ♦  Goodreads At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, lies the Finch House. For years it has perched empty, abandoned, and overgrown--but soon the door will be opened for the first time in many decades. But something waits, lurking in the shadows, anxious to meet its new guests.  When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one of the country's most infamous haunted houses, he reluctantly agrees. At least he won't be alone; joining him are three other masters of the macabre, writers who have helped shape modern horror. But what begins as a simple publicity stunt soon becomes a fight for survival--the entity they have awakened will follow them, torment them, threatening to make them part of the b...

Insanity, ghosties and a terribly annoying woman force me to write a not-so-serious review. Sorry in advance. The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn   Ghost Story Released April 2014  Amazon ♦ Goodreads Twenty years ago, the mysterious death of his aunt left Aaron Holbrook orphaned and alone. He abandoned his rural Arkansas hometown vowing never to return, until his seven-year-old son died in an accident, plunging Aaron into a nightmare of addiction and grief. Desperate to reclaim a piece of himself, he returns to the hills of his childhood, to Holbrook House, where he hopes to find peace among the memories of his youth. But solace doesn’t come easy. Someone—or something—has other plans. Like Aaron, Holbrook House is but a shell of what it once was, a target for vandals and ghost hunters who have nicknamed it “the devil’s den.” Aaron doesn’t believe in the paranormal—at least, not until a strange boy begins following him wherever he goes. Plagued by violent dreams and dis...

So creepy, so atmospheric, so mysterious and so NOT shitty! The Well by Marie Sexton   Ghost Story , M/M Released May 2017  Amazon ♦ Goodreads Twenty years after prom queen Cassie Kennedy is brutally murdered, six teenagers break into the house where she was killed to hold a séance. Haven knows his cousin Elise only wants to scare the crap out of him and his friends, but he’s willing to put up with one of her pranks if it means a chance to spend a few hours with the new kid in town, Pierce Hunter.  But when morning comes, Elise has disappeared without a trace.  Twelve years later, Pierce and his twin brother Jordan are professional paranormal investigators, starring in their own ghost-hunting TV show. When Pierce calls Haven, insisting they return to the supposedly haunted building one last time, Haven reluctantly agrees. He’s nervous about seeing Pierce again, but he’s determined to get some answers. Did they really speak to Cassie’s ghost that nigh...