There’s a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed
Review This was a silly little short story about the wild imaginations of children having a sleepover. They come up with increasingly complex rules that they have to abide by,…
Life Ceremony
Review When I read Convenience Store Woman a few years ago I couldn't get enough of Murata's writing. I'm a big fan of short stories, so I was excited to…
The Sleep Tight Motel
Review I had a hard time deciding how I felt about this little novella and whether or not I really liked it. It had its good points, some decent characters,…
Bird Box
Review There are very few books that I would consider hard to forget, but even years after I read Bird Box, I remember how much this book chilled me. With…
The Remedy
Review I struggled a bit with The Remedy, though it managed to surprise me in some ways. It follows the story of a man that suffers from physical pain without…
A Certain Hunger
Review What a deliciously devious book, a gorgeously written horror satire about a murderess and food critic. Dorothy Daniels has undoubtedly become one of my favorite literary killers; she is…
Miao Dao
Review Of the Dark Corners stories I’ve read so far, I can tell already that Miao Dao will probably be my favorite and is by far one of the strongest…
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime
Review This is one of those incredible stories that could have only happened before the digital age. The very prospect of a black cop successfully infiltrating the KKK, becoming a…
The Ghost Tree
Review The Ghost Tree is such a wonderful witchy read perfect for the upcoming Halloween season. A small town is shaken by the gruesome deaths of two girls that nobody…
The Last Conversation
Review I really can't stand second-person narration, but in this story, it suited the story really well and I enjoyed that aspect of it. I am also quite tired of…