In this novel that draws strongly from𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, Christina Henry has created a haunting sequel that digs deeper into the tale of the Ichabod Crane, Brom and Kristina, and the Horseman.
Category: Dark Fiction
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The Essence of Darkness – a Review
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• •Something strange is going on in the small town of St. Mary’s. Their children are disappearing, and the FBI are called in to investigate. The investigating agent discovers something way more sinister than kidnapped children. Human trafficking? The slave trade? Yes, children being kidnapped is bad, but that is only the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in St. Mary’s.
Book Reviews, Dark Fiction, Fiction Writing, Holiday Fiction, Horror, New Words Learned, Short Stories/Novellas, Words
The Feast and Other Horrifying Tales – a Review
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• •David Vorhees has a great imagination for horror. All of these tales of horror are linked to one of the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Once you read them, you might never think of these holidays the same way. They will root themselves in your mind so deeply, especially “Thanksgiving,” that you’ll never forget them.
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Immortals’ Requiem – a Review
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• •Fantasy and reality collide. The result is total chaos. Creatures from parallel worlds thought to exist only in our nightmares enter modern times, bringing their bloody and gory existence with them. This unputdownable dark fantasy has a huge cast of characters that includes humans, elves, ifrits, ORCS, barghests, satyrs, syartalfars, therians, shapeshifters, werewolves, wereleopards, vampires,…
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Accents of Horror: Four Flavors of Death – a Review
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Killer of Souls – a Review
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• •The story opens on the dark night of July 31, 1995. That night is dark in more ways than one. A ritualistic human sacrifice is being made. Oh, and the woman being sacrificed is pregnant. Then the story skips ahead to twenty-one years later. Has the sacrifice been forgotten? What about the child she was pregnant with? What became of it?
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Tread the Darkness – a Review
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Vices and Virtues: A Horror Anthology – a Review
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• •From weird happenings in the woods to an empathic girl to the Suicide Forest in Japan, these stories are about things such as remembrance, empathy, vanity, lust, etc. “The Girl Who Died” – A girl who loves animals better than people has pity on an animal that she finds dead in the woods. She decided…
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Strigoi – a Review
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• •Something rotten is going on in the world of the aventurieri, the winged, nocturnal hunters with a dietary need for blood. Yes, they are a type of vampire. But the aventurieri can eat food, have wings, are able to reproduce, and can be shot with regular bullets. In the violent beginning, Marek Strigoi’s family is…
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Hop-Frog (Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs) – a Review
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• •Being part of the king’s court should be a dream job, right? Unfortunately, it wasn’t so for Hop-Frog and Tripetta. The king’s jester, Hop-Frog, was a dwarf and a cripple. Hop-Frog wasn’t the name with which he was christened; he was called that because of the way he moved around. Along with a female dwarf,…