"Fiercely powerful short fiction about the darkest aspects of human nature, from the acclaimed author of Tender is the Flesh In these tense, macabre stories, bodies fall from the sky, perfect nails conceal grisly secrets and violence pulses behind gleaming façades. From hellish visions to obsessive relationships, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica takes us to the dark … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica (translated by Sarah Moses) @PushkinPress #NineteenClawsandaBlackBird #19ClawsandaBlackBird #BookTwitter #damppebbles
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#BookReview: Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi @TitanBooks #Ghostwritten #damppebbles
"Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, manuscripts – the written word has never had sharper teeth… BOOKS CAN BE DEADLY From the bestselling author of Come with Me, Four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their … Continue reading #BookReview: Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi @TitanBooks #Ghostwritten #damppebbles
#BookReview: A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor @MichaelJBooks #ASliverofDarkness #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"A creak of the floorboard, a shiver down your spine, the feeling that you're not alone . . . _________ Join a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island only to make a horrifying discovery. Meet a cold-hearted killer who befriends a strange young girl at a motorway service station. Travel along … Continue reading #BookReview: A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor @MichaelJBooks #ASliverofDarkness #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BlogTour: CWA Anthology of Short Stories edited by @medwardsbooks @the_cwa @OrendaBooks
"Crime spreads across the globe in this new collection of short stories from the Crime Writer’s Association, as a conspiracy of prominent crime authors take you on a world mystery tour. Highlights of the trip include a treacherous cruise to French Polynesia, a horrifying trek in South Africa, a murderous train-ride across Ukraine and a … Continue reading #BlogTour: CWA Anthology of Short Stories edited by @medwardsbooks @the_cwa @OrendaBooks
#BookReview: Two Dark Tales: Jack Squat and The Niche by Charles Lambert @BelgraviaB
"A pair of disturbing novellas from the master of ‘the literary uncanny’. In ‘Jack Squat’, unemployed Gordon and his partner Omar see a money-making opportunity helping expats buy homes in southern Italy. But their scheme catches up with them after the first home they sell, curiously built with four entrances but no connecting doors inside, … Continue reading #BookReview: Two Dark Tales: Jack Squat and The Niche by Charles Lambert @BelgraviaB
#BookReview: Sleep No More by P.D. James @FaberBooks #SixMurderousTales #ShortStories
"The acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', P. D. James, was a past master of the short story, weaving together motifs of the Golden Age of crime-writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping, suspenseful tales. The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories contained four of these perfectly formed stories, and this companion volume contains a further six, published here … Continue reading #BookReview: Sleep No More by P.D. James @FaberBooks #SixMurderousTales #ShortStories
#BlogTour | #BookReview: Dark Minds @Bloodhoundbook #charity #crimefiction
"Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds - a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. From master authors such as Lisa Hall, Steven Dunne, Louise Jensen and Anita Waller, as well as less familiar writers, readers can expect a one hell of … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: Dark Minds @Bloodhoundbook #charity #crimefiction
They Move Below by Karl Drinkwater *Blog Tour: Guest Post & Review*
"Horror lives in the shadows. It exists under the earth’s surface in ancient caves; below the vast sea’s undulating waves; under dense forest cover; within a storm’s thick, rolling clouds; downstairs in our homes, when we hear the knife drawer rattle in the night. Even our minds and bodies harbour the alien under the skin, … Continue reading They Move Below by Karl Drinkwater *Blog Tour: Guest Post & Review*
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