Be Not Afraid
Review Be Not Afraid is a beautifully illustrated gothic that explores themes of bodily autonomy, religious guilt, divine cruelty, and the burden of salvation. The story follows a woman named…
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Review Animal Farm is one of the great novels of the 20th century and one of the few classics I read as a teenager that capture my attention and admiration.…
Past Due: Rural Decay II
Review I didn't think that it was possible to love a sequel more than as much as I loved Rural Decay, but Past Due: Rural Decay II was a much…
Lindsey Cheng Dates a White Boy!!!
Review Lindsey Cheng is a college freshman navigating her new adulthood with school, friends, and a 'cool' new boyfriend. That new boyfriend, Jason? Not so cool after all, he's a…
The Haunting of Chavez Ravine
Review The Haunting of Chavez Ravine is a haunting novella about a young woman named Lily living in a poor community in 1940's Los Angeles haunted by the dreaded La…
The Line
Review Mercy is the black sheep of a powerful Southern witching family that finds herself the center of a conspiracy. The setting and world-building in this novel were solid, and…
In Mad Hands
Review In Mad Hands is Jon Athan's take on the babysitter from hell trope, subverted in a way that made it fresh. The babysitter, Kristine, is completely off her rocker…
Odette’s Tea Room
Review Odette's Tea Room is a fascinating bite-sized horror about a desperate man and a witch. The main character Martin has broken into the home of the local witch, Odette,…
The Haunting of Hill House
Review Hill House is suffocatingly atmospheric, illiciting an intense feeling of isolation–the house is buried in hills far away from the nearest town. The house’s architecture is imperfect, the crookedness…
The Year of the Witching
Review The town of Bethel is a nightmare of fundamentalist religious abuse. The town and it's people are deeply religious and led by patriarchs that exploit women under the cover…