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American Ghost Stories

Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins

January 28, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Claire Vaye Watkins has an infamous father. I don’t point this out in a salacious “looky here” way, but this father looms large over the first story in this collection. Her father is Tex Watson, yes, that Tex Watson. Murderer. Manson Family member. Currently and indefinitely imprisoned Tex Watson who married a prison pen pal and fathered four children while in jail. Claire wrests the reins from her father, her family, and her history to tell her own story- and it’s a doozy. All of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Western Tagged With: American West, claire vaye watkins, curses, ghosts, Gold, Las Vegas, Longing, manson, Nevada, Reno, silver, Spahn Ranch, Tex Watkins

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Western · Tags: American West, claire vaye watkins, curses, ghosts, Gold, Las Vegas, Longing, manson, Nevada, Reno, silver, Spahn Ranch, Tex Watkins ·
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Gold Fame Citrus

Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

August 18, 2019 by Claire Badger 1 Comment

I’m not sure about this book. It took me a long time to read (nearly six weeks) and I stopped mid-way and didn’t touch it for nearly three weeks, until finishing the last 150 pages in one night. In general, I’m not averse to unlikable protagonists, end of the world settings, or literary prose, but there were times with this book where I really felt myself questioning whether or not I do like those things, or if I just want to like those things so […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: apocalypse, claire vaye watkins, dystopia, end of world

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: apocalypse, claire vaye watkins, dystopia, end of world ·
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