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Summer Slashers: Gory Horror Reads for the Hottest Days of the Year
January in Australia is the perfect time for Slashers. The days are hot (it’s 37 degrees today, or 98.6 for my American friends), the drinks are cold, and everything feels like it’s coming apart at the seams, and that engery that off-kilter, unhinged vibe is exactly what I want from my first TBR of the year. Summer Slashers is my January TBR, its a collection of gory, fun unputdownable (I hope) horror reads packed with masked killers, summer camps, cabins in the woods, bad decision’s and some serious final girl energy and who doesn’t need some of that in their life. My hope is these books will feel like watching…
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6 Gothic Books to Read if You Loved Crimson Peak
Gorgeous gothic ruins and whispering ghosts, doomed love stories that end in blood, this is Gothic Horror at its most beautiful and most captivating. Crimson Peak isn’t just a film; it’s a feeling. The soft glow of candlelight as you walk down an epic staircase in a beautiful nightgown, rotting wallpaper next to glittering jewels, the sound of footsteps echoing in empty halls, the ache of memory filling rooms that once held romance. These six books capture the same haunting magic, the same grief and beauty of the film, and they’ll leave you just as obsessed. A mysterious author, his famous book and the girl who’s obsessed. A crumbling seaside…
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Short But Scary: 12 Horror Stories to Devour Quick
There’s something wonderful about a story that can scare you silly in a single sitting. Something you can read before bed, over lunch or while your tea slowly goes cold beside you as you turn page after page, desperate to get to the end because you just have to see what happens. If you love a short but scary horror story, then these twelve short horror reads are exactly what you need. They prove you don’t need 400 pages to feel your pulse quicken. From gothic dread to twisted modern tales, these stories are perfect for anyone who likes their stories eerie, atmospheric, bloody and over before the lights start…
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