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“X-Files” Meets “The Twilight Zone” in Epic Thrill Ride Through Paranormal Plane

In Last Job: File 3454 by co-authors Zachary Berue and Buck Bloom, two Hunters of the supernatural embark on what they hope is one final mission. Soon, they are caught in a paranormal plane where they face alien spaceships, haunting tarantulas, un-dead cows, omnipotent bees, massive sandworms, nightmare-inducing entities and…

BookTribJanuary 16, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

9 Unsettling Books to Get Under Your Skin This Halloween

I never liked to read anything scary — in fact, I would actively avoid reading anything that threatened to keep me up at night or made me afraid of what lurked in the dark. Then, a few years ago, I picked up a copy of The Only Good Indians by…

Megan BeauregardOctober 31, 2024

Fiction Listicles

7 of This Year’s Most Spellbinding Releases

This spooky season, I’ve decided to embrace all things witchy. As a longtime fan of everything Hocus Pocus — and now the spellbinding Agatha — I wanted to find some books that match the vibe. What I found was a wide assortment of witchy tales. The women in these stories…

Katie BloomerOctober 23, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Detailed Exploration of Medieval Life — With a Unique Twist

What would you do if you could suddenly live hundreds of years? What would your future look like? Would you even know where to start? Anthony Hamer answers these questions and more in M Was Twenty August 1346, a historical novel that’s sure to excite every reader’s imagination. An Unexpected…

Katie BloomerOctober 21, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Why One Author Set Her New Vampire Horror In 19th-Century Indiana

Author Michelle McGill-Vargas discusses the process of writing her historical vampire novel American Ghoul, the importance of time and place, and how her home of northwest Indiana inspired the book's setting. The setting of a story is just as important as the characters. Settings not only describe where the story…

Michelle McGill-VargasSeptember 3, 2024

Young Adult

Murderous Mist, Female Rage & Queer Romance in YA Horror Debut

So Witches We Became is an explosive YA horror debut from author Jill Baguchinsky that draws you in from the very first page and doesn’t want to let you go. Full of dramatic tension, anxiety and everything else you could hope for in a horror novel – creeping mist, oozing…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 23, 2024

Romance

Heroine Makes Deadly Bargain with Fae in Steamy Romantic Fantasy

Geneva Lee’s dive into romantasy with her first in series, Filthy Rich Fae, was more like a joyous hop. After writing book boyfriend Julian Rousseaux in the Filthy Rich Vampire series, readers won’t have to venture far or steel themselves for what some in the subgenre call “fairy smut”. In…

Y. M. NelsonJune 27, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Cover Reveal for Lindy Ryan’s “Another Fine Mess”, a Mystery of Humor, Heart and Horror

From Lindy Ryan, "one of the “most electrifying voices in the horror genre” (Gwendolyn Kiste), comes Another Fine Mess, the sequel to Bless Your Heart, coming from Minotaur Books on April 15, 2025. Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor,…

BookTribJune 7, 2024

Thrillers

C.J. Tudor’s Snowy Alaskan Thriller Breathes New Life Into Vampire Fiction

For someone who loves literature with a bit of bite, C.J. Tudor’s The Gathering (Ballantine Books) not only surprised me with its genre-bending ways, intricate storytelling, and characterization but also made me fall in love with vampire fiction again! Reinvigorating the vampire genre, steering away from the romanticized depictions that…

Monique SnymanMay 24, 2024

Recommended Thrillers

Supernatural Intrigue Meets Real-World Grit in the Heart of Philadelphia

“… I can tell you that I have memories from as far back as Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Rome, and so on. The memories are vague and unclear, making it difficult to create a timeline. I have memories of my kind being worshiped as gods at some ancient times…

Monique SnymanMay 16, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Be Careful What You Witch For: Revenge and the Salem Witch Trials

Revenge gets a bad rap. This uncharitable thought popped into my mind as I was reading Stacy Schiff’s The Witches, a nonfiction masterpiece that explores the ins, outs, and maddening cruelties of the Salem witch trials. Schiff provides a handy-dandy “cast of characters” at the start of the book, and…

T.M. BlanchetMay 8, 2024

Fiction Recommended Romance Young Adult

Profound Insights Underpin a Tale of Forbidden Love

How much control do we have over our own choices? If you knew in advance that a particular choice would lead to heartbreak, would you still choose it? Is love worth the risk? These profound questions underpin Books of Destinies Vol. 1, a young adult paranormal romance by Martha Kowalski.…

Cynthia ConradApril 17, 2024

Thrillers

Demon-Priest’s Daughter Solves Mysterious Attacks on Her Village in Supernatural Thriller

Sometimes, moving forward means looking back. Sri Lanka native Amanda Jayatissa demanded the crime fiction community’s attention with her culturally infused debut, My Sweet Girl, which won ITW’s Best First Novel Award in 2022. Her follow-up, You’re Invited, earned a recommendation from Brad Thor on The Today Show and was named a Book of…

John B. ValeriMarch 6, 2024

Romance Thrillers

The Chill Quill: Romancing the Gothic

This is the first edition of The Chill Quill, a twice-monthly Horror, Suspense and Speculative Fiction column by Lindy Ryan. There’s something beautiful about the dark, isn’t there? Characterized by dark atmospheres, grotesque characters and events, and powerful emotions that blur the line between love and hate, Gothic fiction has…

Lindy RyanFebruary 20, 2024

Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: Paranormal Vampire Romance Gets a Bonus Companion Collection

Visions of Flesh and Blood: A Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium (Blood And Ash Series Book 6) by Jennifer L. Armentrout & Rayvn Salvador (Blue Box Press) Dear Reader, Today is the release of Visions of Flesh and Blood, the Blood and Ash / Flesh and Fire Compendium, and I…

AuthorBuzzFebruary 20, 2024

Fiction Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: “Maame” Giveaway, Holiday Romance and a Demon-Slaying Paranormal Love Story

Sorry, this promotion has ended. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! Maame by Jessica George (St. Martin’s Griffin) Dear Reader, Exploring the idea that a ‘coming of age’ can occur at any age and a number of times is at the heart of Maame. An often introspective, often funny,…

AuthorBuzzFebruary 12, 2024