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The Horror of Our Love: The 5 Love Languages as Horror Stories by Beth & Tav

The Horror of Our Love: The 5 Love Languages as Horror Stories by Beth & Tav

The Horror of Our Love/ The 5 Love Languages as Horror Stories:

Horror lovers have heart too, you know.
This past Valentine’s Day, we were reminded: Valentine's Day should be for all people, not just cute couples clogging up our social media feeds this time of year. “The 5 Love Languages” is a book by Gary Chapman that discusses the general ways a couple shows love to one another. What happens if we take that concept and turn it towards horror stories? What happens when we take that...


Night Worms: SLUMPBUSTERS by Tave @ReadsWithDogs

Night Worms: SLUMPBUSTERS by Tave @ReadsWithDogs

With the holiday season upon us many of us are feeling overwhelmed and stuck and while we are all stuck staying inside there’s no reason to stay stuck in a reading slump! I asked my fellow Nightworms their suggestions for breaking out of a reading slump and came up with this list of Slumpbusters:


Zakk @zakk.madness
Ring Shout was my most recent slump breaker.
"Moving on so many levels"

 

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Side by Side Review: AWAKE: Tales of Terror by Lou Rera

Side by Side Review: AWAKE: Tales of Terror by Lou Rera

Beth's Review...

This collection is a mere 201 pages, but Rera managed to pack 14 stories into this slim volume. The stories have a wide range of topics, but there are some interconnected stories, which is something I really like finding in a collection.

 

I didn’t dislike any of the stories (which is...


Author Interview: Tave Chats with Laurel Hightower | CROSSROADS

Author Interview: Tave Chats with Laurel Hightower | CROSSROADS

Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

Published by Off Limits Press

Interview conducted by Tave @readswithdogs

Does writing such an emotional story take an emotional toll on you?


It definitely can – I’ve sometimes written things in order to rewrite history if that makes sense. If something didn’t turn out well in my life, I’ve made it do so in a story. Looking at the idea of losing a child was, and still is,...


Side By Side Review: Donnie, Andrew, Tav on IMAGINARY FRIEND by Stephen Chbosky

Side By Side Review: Donnie, Andrew, Tav on IMAGINARY FRIEND by Stephen Chbosky

IMAGINARY FRIEND: Review by The Horror Hypothesis

When I heard that Stephen Chbosky was moving into the horror genre nearly 20 years after gracing the world with the flawless coming of age novel, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, I was thrilled.  I absolutely love when writers branch out and explore different genres and I had a strong feeling that Chbosky’s foray into horror would be successful due to the literary chops he flashed throughout TPOBAW.  However, I am sad to say that at the end of this novel I was left feeling heavy disappointment. The first...