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On Filthy Used Books, Extreme Lit and Inhaling Horror • Weekly Reads

This week I read The Summer I Died, Eternal Flower of Your Soul, and started reading Cold Chills, and Lock Every Door. I am still poking away at The Butchers Daughter and have a few books lined up.

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May Monthly Digest • Roaches, Madmen and Lake Monsters Galore!

This month I read a total of 9 books and talk about a few more. Here are some small reviews of...

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Scurry by Seann Barbour: Crawling terror

Nothing better than a serial killer story, which I adore, coupled with something that might be creepy on a different level. Roaches. Bugs and pests of all kinds can be creepy and to see a bug or snake unexpectedly can jar in real life.

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When Horror Stops Being Scary • Why actually scary books may not exist

Today I want to talk about a critique I see all the time in the horror community. You see it in reviews, Reddit threads, BookTube comments—people asking for recommendations that will finally, actually, really scare them, like there’s one perfect book out there that’ll do the trick.

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Best New Horror Books • May 2025!

14 books caught my eye from authors both new and well-loved. Some are form the HWA and some are new to me too! There is a little something for everyone - even romance and space travel - one thing is sure, they are all spooky, ghostly, deadly and dark...

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Best New Horror Books • May 2024!

14 books caught my eye from authors both new and well-loved. Some are form the HWA and some are new to me too! There is a little something for everyone - even romance and space travel - one thing is sure, they are all spooky, ghostly, deadly and dark...

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Weekly Horror Reading • End of April Gems!

DId the master of modern horror Robert Bloch write for the Devil? What do Brian Keene and H.P. Lovecraft have in common? What is reekly wead anyway? These questions hardly answered and more, this week at Typical Books of Terror.

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She Wakes by Jack Ketchum: Travel guide to terror

A theme of rebirth and renewal - in the most extreme and violent ways - becomes apparent. Then the blue sky is dark, the music is replaced by screams, and flames replace flowers.

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A Riveting Ritual • At Dark, I Become Loathsome

I had to give a more robust review of At Dark, I Become Loathsome as I was very taken with this book. Did you like it? Have you read it?

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April Reading Catchup • Buying less and reading more!

So far I've read quite a few advance copies. One was a real fit for me with some writing style snags, and one was not a fit at all, but I read it anyway.

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