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Book Review – Snake-Eater by T Kingfisher
30-year-old Selena has just turned up in Quartz Creek, with her black lab Copper and $27 to her name, ready to escape her life as a deli manager and her ex-partner, Walter, after the death of her mother. She’s decided that this tiny remote desert town, the home to her Aunt Amelia, is exactly what she needs while she figures out what to do. Except when she arrives, she finds out her Aunt is dead, and Selena is stuck in Quartz Creek until she can scrape together the cash for a train ticket somewhere else. As it turns out, the people who live in Quartz Creek are happy to let…
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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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My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen – Book Review
Roos Beckman has had a spirit companion since childhood. Ruth has meant she was never alone, not even in her darkest moments and with Roos mother there are many dark moments. Roos Mother forces her to perform as a medium in back room séances, and in 1950’s Netherlands there are plenty of clients. Ruth is the spirit of a centuries old body in the bog that latched on to Roos keeping her company as her mother uses her to scam the neighbours. When the wealthy Agnes Knoop attends one of the séances trying to speak to her husband, Roos and Ruth finally find a way out of their current life…
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