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Man No One Believed, The

A Historically Important But Boring Reading Author: Joshua Sharpe True crime has been my guilty pleasure for the last several years. I started with the classic: the formidable Ann Rule. From there, I grew to read any and everything and even branched out into the world of podcasts with Bailey Sariaen’s addicting Murder, Mystery, and Makeup. When Book of the Month listed The Man No One Believed as one of its August picks, highlighting the explosive nature of true crime researching in freeing a man unjustly held for 15 years, I knew I had to read it. The surprisingly slim Man [...]

2026-01-26T20:11:16-07:00January 26th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Camp Slaughter

"Everything in life is temporary. Only thing that’s forever is death." Author: Sergio Gomez Drunk teenagers. Woods. Killer cannibal. Bad juju. That’s the plot summary for Camp Slaughter. As the name implies, Camp Slaughter is all about the classic slasher. There’s a killer who by day seems like a nice, simple guy, but guess what, he has a different personality at night, when he takes on the mantle of Varias Caras, hefts ye olde machete, and finds some people to eat and faces to wear. Varias Caras himself is an amalgamation of everything that has gone before him. We’ve got some [...]

2026-01-19T14:11:20-07:00January 19th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , |

They Bloom at Night

“Can I be everything and nothing at the same time?” Author: Trang Thanh Tran In the post-apocalyptic town of Mercy, Louisiana, the red algae blooms across the water like blood, and strange, mutant creatures frolic in the ocean. Few residents remain. Those who do are haunted and desperate. Enter Noon and her mother, who trawl for the Lovecraftian sea life, making a living by bringing their finds to the corrupt harbormaster. Noon is lost in memories of what happened that night on Chelsea’s Beach. She’s been lost longer in the shadow of her brother. She was never the son. Never the [...]

2026-01-05T15:28:34-07:00January 5th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , |
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