Horror Hodgepodge

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Let’ sleuth around in Fell, New York, where a young woman tries to solve the mystery of her missing aunt at a creepy, off the beaten path motel. What I loved 😍 I think this was a decently fun read. I like the crime-thriller-mystery aspect and the fact that the two stories, for Carly in present day and her missing aunt Viv in the past, were very paralleled and…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Dive into a collection of cosmic horror with me, notably many in Washington State, where the strange, unusual, fever dreams from beyond the stars collide with reality. Story Ratings The Forest – 2 stars. Honestly, it was very difficult to follow what was happening even for a cosmic horror short. Occultation – 3 stars. Had some decent tension in it, but overall…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 In sunny California, Ji-won struggles with her mother’s new relationship, her first year of college, friendship, and the haunting allure of eyes. What I loved 😍 This is book that you can devour as easily as Ji-won’s mother with a couple of fish eyes. Seriously, from the opening chapter of this book and the description of eating fish eyes, I was grimacing. There’s so…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Spend a summer in Alabama with the Savage and McCray families as they deal with more than just the oppressive heat of the deep south. What I loved 😍 The imagery of the landscape was so perfectly detailed an interesting. In the forward, Michael Rowe talks about how the heat itself is a character in this book. I absolutely agree- the way McDowell describes the…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Outside of Holwell, Maryland stands the ruins of an old house with a dark secret and a lingering presence. What I loved 😍 I loved the art throughout this graphic novel. It has such a great, clean, classic comic book style. It brings the story to life and is a beautiful adaptation of the original novel, which is a 1980s young adult introduction to horror. Look at this…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 In the early 1900s, a young adopted boy named Jack chases his dreams to Chicago, Illinois, where instead he meets a nightmare. What I loved 😍 The art is absolutely beautiful. The artist, Attila Futaki, did an amazing job portraying the characters and the time period. The use of color to convey emotions and horror is well done. It feels like rural, early 1900s America.…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Flash back to the summer of 1970 with me, as we make a literary pitstop in St. Augustine, Florida where at a home for pregnant teenagers, Fern turns to witchcraft as a way to cope with feeling powerless. I am a huge Grady Hendrix fangirl and I had such a hard time settling on a rating for this book. On the one hand, he knocked the historical fiction, complex…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 We can’t have a haunted American road trip without a pitstop at a Haunted House in Virginia! In Episode Thirteen, we experience a found footage journey following a group of reality TV ghost hunters as they investigate The Foundation House, a historical home where in the 1970s, the Paranormal Research Foundation did bizarre experiments on people before…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Come with me on a journey to rural Alaska, a place of beautiful wilderness and terrifying secrets. Bone White centers on the small town of Dread’s Hand, Alaska, where more than your average amount of people tend to go missing in the wilderness, the Hand is full of superstition, and our main characters Paul Gallo and Jill Ryerson struggle to solve the mystery at…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Kill Creek takes us on our horror journey to Kansas, to a beautiful farm house in the middle of nowhere where six creators become consumed by the history and lore surrounding this old home. 🏠🌾 What I loved 😍 Of this whole book, the only part I really enjoyed was Part 3. After a slog of 200 pages, its where the book really picks up the pace and the plot moves forward.…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 The Autumnal is a beautiful graphic novel and has everything you’d want to experience from a stopover in New Hampshire, the next state on this literary adventure. Young single mother, Kat, returns to her hometown of Comfort Notch with her daughter Sybil, just in time for the Autumn Equinox. 🍂🍁 What I loved 😍 It really captures the essence of New Hampshire in the fall.…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Let’s veer north now on our horrifying literary road trip to the corn fields of Missouri. A new arrival to the town, Quinn, learns that there’s more to this dying slice of Americana than an old factory’s clown mascot. What I loved 😍 This is a really fun book. I wasn’t sure what to expect, since this is aimed at a young adult audience, but Adam Cesare really packs a…

Hey fellow horror fans! 🦇 Cutting southward on our horror-filled American road trip, we come to Louisiana. A small bayou village called Alligator Point must face the legendary, ancient evil that lurks in the swamp. What I loved 😍 The lore and mythos is really interesting. Pay the Piper is ultimately a folk horror tale – legends, arcane symbols, and backwater lore all blend together. There’s a…