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🐉RATING: 🔥🔥🔥🔥/5 Is Literary Horror a recognized sub-genre? Because that’s how I would categorize It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino. My only experience with horror writing was reading The Shining as a teen (and I now have teen daughters), but the description of this book intrigued me. And I’m so glad I decided to try something different. I won’t go into too much detail so I don’t spoil anything. The story centers around artist siblings Lark and Betsy, and what happens when they are swept up into the world of extremely rich art collectors. The anticipation builds slowly to allow time for character development, while dropping hints about their past. As the plot unfolds in the present, the reader is treated to flashbacks that provide further depth and understanding of the artists and their relationship. The mood throughout is dark, but thankfully has moments of levity. The action is broken up by large chapters devoted to Rayanne, a spirit who resides in the collectors’ compound. Rayanne, a country music one-hit-wonder, is plucky with a wry sense of humor. It is through her memories and observations that the reader begins to understand the full horror of what Lark and Betsy could face. The book definitely has some gruesome moments, but the way it was described provided enough distance that it didn’t feel overwhelming. Quite a bit is shared as backstory by Rayanne, and her narrating style is light despite the nasty tales she tells. And I much prefer the supernatural horror that infuses this story over the more “real world” settings of many scary books and movies. I found It Rides a Pale Horse to be incredibly engaging, although with its literary style (i.e. big words) and frequent references to the art world, it won’t appeal to every casual horror fan. But for readers like me, who enjoy literary fiction and fantasy, and want to test out their tolerance for horror, this book just might be the perfect fit. ❓QOTD: Do you read or watch horror? Thank you to @redhookbooks @orbitbooks and @netgalley for providing this ARC. #itridesapalehorse #andymarino #literaryhorror #horrorbooks #netgalleyreads #arcreview #spookybooks #scarybooks #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj73fdKLhJQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Medusa was the most beautiful of the land, who was later seduced by Poseidon. Athena discovered this and cursed her, transforming her beautiful hair into a head of snakes and her figure into that of a snake. Cursed to live as a beast, a gorgon. No longer could men, or anyone look at her gaze without turning to stone. * A hero heard of this beast, thinking to behead this monster offered a powerful weapon. Holding the head of the beast can turn his foes into stone. * If only the he could slay medusa with her own gaze, given a shield so shiny that it caused a reflection to cast upon it like a mirror. Surely if she saw her own gaze she would die. * He went into the forest where it was said no one who went there came out alive. He knew he had come upon the right place, what appeared to be crumbled statues of men who wandered in before some just normal folks other decorated with rusted armour and shields. * He thought to himself this isnt a normal shield it would definately kill the snake, he would not fall to the same fate. * The gorgon slithered out rapidly catching him off guard, but he had practiced, closing his eyes swiftly and raising his shield. There was a pause, a slow hiss then silence. * He did the gorgon turned to stone. * Lowering his shield, he peers over and gazes right into he eyes, he felt a paralyzing fear. Unable to move from fright...Or was it he was turning to stone. * Before his body hardened the gorgon snake from her hair pumped painful venom into his veins, and the whip like tail, ripped through his body. * What went wrong he had the perfect plan? * Of course a snake cannot be affected by it's own poison, a realization to late. * Tossed on the ground, in the next hour he would be left on the ground, slowly flesh hardening along with the organs, left as another statue to decorate the forest floor and another shield to rust in the rain. * #horrorstory #horrorcommunity #literaryhorror #medusa #monsters #horror_sketches #horrorfan #horrorwriter #horrorwriting #horrorart #horrorstories #horrorartwork #horror https://www.instagram.com/p/CLIUZNODSZ7/?igshid=12cfazl8skns4

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Today is the cover reveal for my upcoming poetry collection, Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare, coming December 15 from Raw Dog Screaming Press. The cover art is done by the wonderfully skilled, Steven Archer, and the preorder link is as follows: http://rawdogscreaming.com/books/sheet-music-acoustic-nightmare/ #poet #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #rawdogscreamingpress #horror #horrorwriter #confessionalpoet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #publishingnews #coveralreveal #sheetmusictomyacousticnightmare #womenwhowritehorror #literaryhorror