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A collection that’s a little all over the place, but wholly enjoyable

Hex Life by Christopher Golden, Rachel Autumn Deering

May 22, 2022 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

I do not think I am the target reader for a short story. I value stories that have complete resolutions. I want characters that have had the chance to rise and fall, succeed and fail, and sometimes more than once. These things are not always the aim of a short story. I get that, and yet I keep going back to these collections. This is one of the first collections that I have read that are all written by different authors. Though each story centers […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: alma katsu, Amber Benson, Angela Slatter, Ania Ahlborn, chesya burke, Christopher Golden, Rachel Autumn Deering, helen marshall, hillary monahan, Jennifer McMahon, Kat Howard, Kelley Armstrong, kristin dearborn, madaug kenyon, Mary SanGiovanni, rachel autumn deering, Rachel Caine, Sarah Langan, sherrilyn kenyon, tananarive due, theodora goss

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: alma katsu, Amber Benson, Angela Slatter, Ania Ahlborn, chesya burke, Christopher Golden, Rachel Autumn Deering, helen marshall, hillary monahan, Jennifer McMahon, Kat Howard, Kelley Armstrong, kristin dearborn, madaug kenyon, Mary SanGiovanni, rachel autumn deering, Rachel Caine, Sarah Langan, sherrilyn kenyon, tananarive due, theodora goss ·
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Ghost Murder story? Or Murder Ghost story?

February 7, 2017 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

The beginning of this book pulls you in, because it starts with a letter that the murderer sent to true crime writer Lucas.  Jeff (the murderer) tells Lucas that if he moves across the country (from NY to WA) and rents the house where 10 people died in the 80’s, he’ll grant him interviews.  It’s a big deal because Jeff never talked about the crimes.  We then go to Lucas and his wife fighting about the move.  His wife is cheating on him, and basically […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Ania Ahlborn, cult, murder

kfishgirl's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Ania Ahlborn, cult, murder ·
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