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Book Review: CREATURES OF WANT & RUIN by Molly Tanzer
Photo Cred: @loandbeholt
This is my very first reading experience with Molly Tanzer. Ashley and I picked this book out as a read along for our curated horror book club, Night Worms. It came highly recommended to us by some authors who write urban/dark fantasy/horror: Alan Baxter, Chuck Wendig, and Seanan McGuire. New Year, New Fear!
After finishing this book last night, I would conclude that it's horror-adjacent. I don't want to create any false hope or expectations. It straddles a few different genres, mainly dark fantasy, historical fiction, and maybe a touch of...
Happy Book Birthday to DEVIL'S CREEK by Todd Keisling
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Mother Horror Review:
I am fascinated by cults and cultish behavior. I watch a lot of...
Celebrate Horror 2020 with Mother Horror
So this promotional event is the biggest thing I've ever attempted to do in terms of scale. It's pretty ambitious. My birthday is this month on the 29th. Promoting horror fiction is one of my favorite things to do so I was trying to think of a way I could have a virtual birthday party and have a fun birthday weekend in quarantine, doing what I love to do. I considered a live event but to be...
Side by Side Review: DEVIL'S CREEK by Todd Keisling
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling
Marcy's Review
“Give us that old-time religion”
What a story!
DEVIL’S CREEK follows the events that unfolded outside of Stauford, Kentucky in 1983. Involving a cult, Lord’s Church of Holy Voices, led by Father Jacob, and the effects it would have on the town and its occupants years later.
Father Jacob believes Christians have been following a false God after he hears a...
The Importance of Female Protagonists by Sadie Hartmann
I was a skinny, gawky young girl. I would eventually stop growing at six feet tall but all through middle school and high school, my body was stretching; especially my legs and my feet. 7th and 8th grade P. E. was torture. We had to dress down in the girl's locker room in front of one another. I didn't feel like other girls. They were way shorter than me and already filling out their bras. Sometimes I would stuff my gym clothes into my regular clothes and act like I was just using the toilet but I was really changing...