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Head Like a Hole

Buy It for the Cover, Stay for the Explosive Story Author: Andrew Van Wey I picked up Head Like a Hole because I loved the cover. Usually, the adage of “don’t judge a book by its cover” is a dire warning: the wrapping doesn’t indicate the quality of the present. But in this case, it really did. Head Like a Hole was a weird, wonderful, gruesome story that expertly combined horror and mystery, with just a little bit of sci-fi, into the perfect mélange of edge-of-your-seat Lovecraftian insanity. The story is difficult to describe (thus the terrible online synopsis). It’s [...]

2024-05-11T07:44:01-07:00May 11th, 2024|Tags: , , , |

Boys in the Valley

Possession and Coming of Age Author: Philip Fracassi Peter Barlow, a teenage orphan in the remote St. Vincent’s Orphanage for Boys, has made these unwanted, starving children into a family. Peter has the soul of a protector, watching over the new boys, helping them avoid the vicious Father Poole and his handyman, and trying to create a haven for neglected children. Peter will soon need to leave the orphanage, and he is torn between following the life of a priest or marrying the girl on the nearby farm whom he loves. These are strong enough sorrows for a young man, coming [...]

2024-05-10T07:37:38-07:00May 10th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Endless Night

Version 1.0.0 Depravity for Delight? Author: Richard Laymon Sixteen-year-old Jody’s sleepover with her best friend went from normal to nightmare in a matter of seconds. She woke up to find her friend speared by a stranger and her friend’s family being dismembered, raped, and cannibalized. Jody barely escaped, managing to rescue her friend’s 12-year-old brother, but that night of horror is hardly over. The killers are still looking for the survivors. Jody and Andy (the brother) are not safe anywhere; it’s time to go on the run with Jody’s cop father and a random, hot female cop. Endless Night [...]

2024-05-09T09:29:14-07:00May 9th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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