A diary, written by a Lutheran priest, is discovered within the walls of an old, broken down property. Contained within its pages is the story of Good Stab (great name), a Blackfeet vampire who traveled the plains of Montana at the turn of the 20th century seeking revenge against his oppressors. I feel some readers…
It’s the summer of 1970 and Fern arrives pregnant, scared, and alone at a home for Wayward Girls in St. Augustine, Florida. Under the watchful eye of Miss Wellwood, Fern and her peers are scrutinized every minute of every day as they bring their unborn children to term. The end game? Once they’ve been born,…
Two friends, Jesse and Storey, emerge from the forests of Maine after a hunting trip to discover burned out and deserted towns, a lack of cell signal, and armed adversaries hell bent on killing anything that moves. What exactly happened while they were in the woods? How can they find out and will they see…
WE COULD BE RATS follows Sigrid, a young woman penning her suicide note. Each chapter takes the form of a draft of said note before abandoning it and starting over. I mean, how do you honestly put into words why you’re choosing to end your life when it isn’t as simple as “I’m depressed”? Over…
A well-meaning father drags his family into the California mountains for a quiet Christmas in a remote cottage with the intent to heal their fractured relationship. Unfortunately for the family, the property they chose to rent was the site of a grizzly murder ten years prior and the culprit may still be lurking in the…
It’s Christmas Eve in Boone County, West Virginia, and fledgling musician Jesse Walker is witness to a bizarre scene; Santa Claus racing through his neighborhood trying to outrun a pack of monsters. Although Santa appears to escape in his sleigh, a sack falls from the sky, landing in Jesse’s possession. The sack is life-changing to…
As of this writing, I have read 109 books this year – my most ever in a single calendar year! Of those 109, I’ve had the misfortune of picking only 10 standouts. Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan Claire Keegan’s quiet novel about a coal merchant’s courageous actions affected me on a deep level.…
Author Benjamin Stevenson returns with his second Ernest Cunningham adventure, EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT. This time around, reeling from the success of a runaway best seller, “Ern” finds himself as a guest of the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society’s annual crime fiction festival. Taking place aboard a train travelling from the northern tip…
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