Scandal at Dawn
Review I can appreciate a good short story to give me a taste of what an author's writing is about. Sometimes it goes well and sometimes it doesn't, and this…
Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
Review There are three essays in this collection, two written in the 1930s by the author including the titular essay, Are Women Human? as well as an introduction by Mary…
Placerita
Review A wonderful slice of California history and urban myth with a generous serving of pulp. Placerita is a short horror story about a woman that finds herself entangled in…
Blender Babies
Review I'll be honest, Blender Babies was my dark horse in this year's Books of Horror Indie Brawl. I hadn’t read any of Jon Athan’s books but was interested. The…
The Scampering
Review What did I just read and why did I love it so much? The Scampering is a wild little short story about a woman named Melinda who hates squirrels.…
Thinner
Review Do you know what one of the most un-fun things in the world is? Starving. Speaking as someone with experience and a stressful hospital stay because of it, this…
SCARLETT
Review A quick, thrilling read start to finish that can easily be finished in one sitting, SCARLETT is a bite-sized slice of horror about a serial killer and a haunted…
Nightwatching
Review What can I say about Nightwatching other than that it is one of the better thrillers that I've read in a long time. I had been struggling with a…
The Unclean
Review African folk superstition with a heavy dose of Christian spirituality come together to form an absolutely horrifying novella about womanhood in a traditional patriarchal society. The story follows doomed…
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Review If I had to pick one word to sum up this book: it would be powerful. I thought that The Kite Runner was an emotional roller coaster, A Thousand…