In the acknowledgements of the novel, author Chuck Wendig writes about how boring, bland and uninteresting apples are. That was until a trip to a local farmers market unlocked his taste for the many lesser-known varieties. If you’ve followed Chuck on any of his social media platforms the last few years, you’re aware of his…
MORT follows, well, Mort as he signs on to be an apprentice for Death. Yeah, that Death. You may know him as the Grim Reaper? As an apprentice, Mort must learn the ways of bringing about the end of one’s life and ushering them into the void when their time comes. But is Death really…
A shadowy group of monarchists have summoned a dragon into Discworld’s greatest city, Ankh-Morpork, with the goal of orchestrating the dragon’s slaying by a man who they could install as a puppet king. What they didn’t count on were both the dragon’s own lofty ambitions and the unlikely actions of The City Watch, the incompetent…
Wen and her fathers are enjoying a nice, relaxing family vacation in a remote cabin on a lake in New England when they are approached by a man named Leonard and a few of his friends. Leonard has a dire warning: the small family must make an important decision or the world will come to…
The October Country is a collection of mostly horror and thriller stories from the mind of acclaimed American writer, Ray Bradbury. With it being spooky season and all, I wanted to line up several horror-based reads for the month of October. Many of those I follow on Goodreads and Instagram often list The October Country…
In his new novel CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN, author and founder of Cemetery Dance Publishing, Richard Chizmar, crafts a successful mixture of fiction/non-fiction while also tackling the ever-popular true-crime genre. Playing both author and main character, Chizmar tells of a fictional tale involving a serial killer on the loose in his hometown of Edgewood, Maryland in…
The gang returns in Richard Osman’s second installment of his acclaimed Thursday Murder Club series, The Man Who Died Twice. This time around, Elizabeth is confronted by a man from her past, and he needs her help. It seems he got caught up in a spot of bother and requires bodyguards, and who better to…
When drug addict Felix McAveety’s best friend Marina’s body is discovered in a park, Felix sets off on his own to uncover the culprit given the police force’s lack of leads. As the evidence begins to arrive fast and furious, Felix enlists the help of others including his ecstatic downstairs neighbor, as well as a…
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