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Brewed Awakening

Mixed Memories Author: Cleo Coyle Clare Cosi wakes up in the park, still feeling raw form her recent divorce, but looking forward to getting back to her young daughter in her cozy New Jersey home. Imagine her surprise, then, when she stops by her old workplace, the Village Blend, to be told that her divorce is in the long-ago past, she is good friends and business partners with her ex, and her daughter is grown. What happened to Clare, and how did she suddenly lose all those years? As the threads begin to come together, a celebrity doctor takes Clare under [...]

2022-07-26T09:13:07-07:00April 30th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

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: , , , , |
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