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Nettle & Bone

A Dark, Magical Quest Author: T. Kingfisher Princess Marra is stuck in a convent when she becomes aware of a hideous secret; her elder sister, the one who hates her, is trapped in an abusive marriage. She was married for politics, to secure the peace and safety of the family’s tiny port-side kingdom. She has no chance of escape, except through death, and that will come soon enough if the evil prince continues to have his way unchecked. He’s killed wives before, after all, and children. Once Marra’s sister finally produces an heir that lives, her own life is forfeit. It’s [...]

2023-10-29T11:03:54-07:00October 29th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Sister, Maiden, Monster

An Extreme Horror End-of-the-World Story Author: Lucy A. Snyder Sister, Maiden, Monster is a truly weird book – a splatter-fest of lesbian sex, woke politics, cannibalism, Christian-bashing, and the apocalypse, H.P. Lovecraft style. At turns I both hated and loved it. It starts, as all end-of-the-world stories must, with the normal. Erin just got engaged to her long-time live-in boyfriend. It’s a strange proposal – an “everyone is doing this and so we should too” proclamation that both Erin and future hubbs go along with. Something’s not right in paradise, but before we can think too much about the social pressure [...]

2023-10-31T16:23:35-07:00September 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Seed

Monsters in the Graveyard, Possessed Children, and Haunted Fathers Author: Ania Ahlborn Jack Winter has been running for a long time. But the seeds planted in his troubled childhood in that old graveyard are still fertile, still churning beneath the soil to release a kernel of evil. Jack Winter is married now, not exactly happily. His rock star band dreams, once shared by his wife, are now a source of contention. Why can’t he get a real job? Why can’t they move out of this dump? But Jack’s two little girls are a delight. He loves them intensely, and maybe that’s [...]

2023-09-19T13:31:15-07:00September 18th, 2023|Tags: , |
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