Last winter, Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street was the talk of the horror fiction community. By year's end, it also seemed to have been one of the most popular, most talked about and most liked ...
The first time I heard about Scott Carson occurred when I was browsing a local library's website and saw one of his upcoming releases. That book was The Chill, which I admittedly borrowed once or twice when it ...
In the days before COVID, I spent a lot of time at bookstores, including both Chapters-Indigo and thrift shops selling used novels for a dollar or two apiece. Although I'd almost always leave the former with at...
As a geek who mostly grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s, video stores were a type of personal paradise. In fact, I wouldn't be lying or exaggerating if I were to say that I was a regular at close to ten diffe...
In the world of literary fiction, and the fantasy genre in particular, the name Victoria (or V.E.) Schwab holds a lot of weight. As the author of numerous novels and different series, she's a popular and belove...
I had never heard of Willow Rose until I was given a Kindle, and started looking at free books on Amazon. Then, I saw that she’s a prolific thriller writer, with the help of the retailer. So many books had her ...
Like many others, I hadn't heard of Josh Malerman until I came across Bird Box. This was several years ago, too, back before the Netflix movie had even been announced. Someone simply recommended the book to me ...
If you're a fan of fiction, you may know the name Seanan McGuire, or perhaps one of her aliases like Mira Grant. A rather prolific modern author, she's responsible for numerous books, including more than one se...
If you're a big reader, you're likely familiar with the name Lisa Jewell. Hell, that's probably true of most people who browse bookstores and libraries, or happen to have even a passing interest in fiction and,...
When it comes to horror, few writers are more unique than Stephen Graham Jones, who brings a different type of voice to the genre. Of course, there's the fact that Mr. Jones is Native American, and how his book...