Category: Horror
Christianna Marks
December 16, 2016
Adult, Book Lists, Contemporary, Crime, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Faves, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor, LGBT, Memoir, Mental Health, New Adult, Relationships, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Shakespeare, Suspense/Thriller, Women, Young Adult
As 2016 comes to a close, (how the heck did that happen?) it’s time for me to reflect on the books that found their way into my heart this …
As a child, I always had an aversion to the song, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. I mean, as a kid you have enough people telling you, “better …
When it comes to horror writing, there are some names that everybody recognizes— authors such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.P. Lovecraft. But there are a huge …
Christianna Marks
November 30, 2016
Author Spotlight, Crime, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Human Interest, New Releases, Reading, Suspense/Thriller, Young Adult
Do you enjoy a brooding gentleman who also happens to be tall, dark, and handsome, and not without extreme amounts of wit? If you answered yes, then allow me …
A previously unseen ghost story written by the science fiction author H. G. Wells has been published in the Strand magazine. Discovered in the archives of the University of …
Christianna Marks
November 27, 2016
Adult, Book Lists, Charlotte Bronte, Chick Lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Human Interest, J.K. Rowling, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Neil Gaiman, Potterheads, Reading, Relationships, Romance, Suspense/Thriller, TBR, Travel, Young Adult
I’ve been to quite a few different countries in the few years I’ve been traveling, but one sticks out to me more than the others: England. I firmly believe …
Between the election results and widespread riots, there’s no denying that things are pretty unsettled in the U.S. Add in last year’s global ebola scare, and you’ve got a …
Raise your hand if you read the delicious series of juvenile horror stories called Goosebumps when you were younger. Me too! Goosebumps weren’t the first books written by R.L. …
Eleanor Hicks
November 12, 2016
Book Lists, Charles Dickens, Classics, Crime Fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, George R.R. Martin, Horror, J.K. Rowling, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, WTF, Young Adult
Death comes for us all, including our favorite book characters. Sometimes, those fictional deaths are heartbreaking. Othertimes, they’re deserved. And sometimes…well, sometimes they’re just plain weird. And kind of …
A new biography of Shirley Jackson, author of beloved ghost story The Haunting of Hill House, seeks to dismiss the standard relegation of the writer to middlebrow spookiness and …
Halloween is fast approaching and if you are in search for something new and haunting to read this year, why not check out one of these 10 graphic novels …
Where has this gem been all my years? I have been on a middle-grade reading kick lately and since it was October, I decided to have some fun with …
Christianna Marks
October 25, 2016
Adult, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Book To Movie News, Children, Classics, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Human Interest, Middle Grade, Music, Mystery, Neil Gaiman, Potterheads, Relationships, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Young Adult
If you’re like me, sometimes a creepy villain, or an anti-hero, becomes your favorite character when you’re reading a book. To have a good story, you have to have …
Edward Gorey, sometimes also known as Ogdred Weary, is well known for writing and illustrating books with Victorian style illustrations and dark humor. If you do a quick google, …
The spookiest time of the year is upon us and instead of just “Netflix and chill”-ing with some horror flicks, why not throw in a couple of absurd, frightening …
Few writers can boast of being either as prolific or as popular as Stephen King. The acclaimed horror writer has authored over 50 best-selling books, many of which have …
If you haven’t made Halloween plans yet, don’t worry: you may be able to spend it acting out one of the most famous horror novels of all time. Thanks …
This time of year, we seem to be fascinated with witches. We’ve rounded up a perfect list of books that will both delight and fright. If you want to …
Stephen King made his debut into the feature film industry in 1976 with two Oscar Award Nominations for Carrie. The novel, Carrie, was first released in 1974. 16-year-old Carrietta White is a …
R.L. Stine has made a ton of books under his series, Goosebumps, from deadly chicken transformations to haunted sponges. However, outside of that series, he has also written a …