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Cannibal Creek

Jon Athan

Start date: August 25, 2025

Finish date: August 31, 2025

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Why we're reading this: Buddy read scheduled for August 25-31 (2025).
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Mar 04, 2021 Janie rated it really liked it

When it comes to extreme horror with plenty of action, Jon Athan does not disappoint. In this story, two vacationing families camping in the woods encounter a depraved and vicious group of cannibals. Athan does not hesitate to sacrifice a likeable character to enhance the plot, which makes many of the scenes extra shocking. Will there be any innocent survivors in this savage and debauched conflict? Pick up this disturbing thriller to find out. And while you're at it, avoid the woods at all costs ...more

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CANNIBAL CREEK [2017] By Jon Athan
My Review 4 Stars

This novel was nominated by members of the Splatterpunk Horror Book Club for the September Group Book Read. It fell short of that goal, but my Goodreads friend and I requested that Gillian post it as a Buddy Read for us the final week of August which worked out just fine. There is no guesswork when one picks a selection from Jon Athan’s considerable library of extreme horror.

“Cannibal Creek” was independently published at the end of the Sum ...more

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