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Ghost Story

The Most Hyped, Worst Story Author: Peter Straub The experience of reading Ghost Story reminds me of the old saying: be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. When one of my horror book clubs opened voting for a ghostly book, I immediately picked Peter Straub’s Ghost Story. For one thing: it’s famous. Second, despite my horror obsession and numerous Straub books resting in various bookshelves and stacks across my house, I had never actually read anything by the author. Third, I had a super vague memory of liking the movie. The novel opens oppressively. We have a [...]

2022-07-26T09:14:15-07:00April 24th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Stranded

A Bizarre and Dissonant Arctic Horror Story Author: Bracken MacLeod There are problems on the Arctic Promise – serious problems. Noah McLeod, despised son-in-law of the ship’s captain, is the only one concerned, and no one will listen to him. Everyone has been trained by the captain to loath Noah, and his general clumsiness and inability to do his job aren’t helping him either. One night’s bad decision, one favor that ended terribly, has only left Noah further shunned and in serious danger of reprisal. As the ship gets further into trouble, stuck in the ice, its crew slowly succumbing to [...]

2022-07-26T09:16:01-07:00April 24th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Autumncrow

A Collection of Horror Stories Author: Cameron Chaney In the spooky, quaint little town of Autumncrow Valley every night is Halloween, and the things that go bump in this night mean you harm. There is a haunted house show with an animatronic mannequin that suddenly comes alive, a childhood home filled with demons, a runaway with a dream and a cold car, a crypt with a very special resident, a young boy who sees the ghost of a burned man, and a woman who wants to resurrect her dead husband, among others. Each story is a venue, a slightly more [...]

2022-07-26T09:17:00-07:00April 23rd, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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