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“How cheap is life to someone who could do this? How entitled is the man who can treat another soul like a tool to be employed and then discarded when it breaks? How could one be so blind as to love such a man?” – Tim McGregor, Eynhallow Plot Summary Agnes Tulloch lives an incredibly…
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Last March, I was scrolling through the r/horrorlit subreddit, when I saw someone mention a book called Ghosts of East Baltimore. Considering I spent the first 20 years of my life growing up on the southwest side of the city, I immediately was intrigued by this title and looked it up right away. The cover…
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“Perhaps I am meant to drown after all. But if I do, then at least it will have been by my own hand” – C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny Plot Summary London, 1853. A time of plentiful scientific discovery. Every single day, new scientists are coming forward with new theories and exhibitions to help further…
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“People thought life was a miracle, but it wasn’t. Life was everywhere. The miracle was knowing you were alive. Sentience. Mind. That was the rare, precious gift.” Plot Summary Children around the world are suddenly dropping dead, struck down by a mysterious illness aptly named Herod’s Syndrome. It spreads rapidly, killing every single child under…
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“Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us together” Linghun by Ai Jiang follows multiple characters who reside in the town of HOME, a town infamous for its susceptibility to hauntings. People move to HOME in hopes of reuniting with their deceased loved ones, and Wendqi’s family is…
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The library has been a very important staple in my life, ever since I was a little girl. I have so many fond memories of my parents taking me to different events at my local library as a child, participating in their summer reading program, and always coming home with stacks of new books in…
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“On the day of my first period, I was more dead doe than human woman. Was womanhood always so violent, raw?” Plot Summary Ren Yu is a teenage athlete, one of the stars of her school’s swim team. Swimming is everything to her: her escape from the banality of day-to-day life, her meal ticket to…
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PLOT SUMMARY So Bad, So Good is a beloved YouTube channel where fans and followers can watch a group of friends get drunk & review the trashiest of horror movies. The crew has been in pursuit of “Creepies”, a supposedly cursed film that’s been impossible to track down; some rumors claim that the cast died…
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I read 140+ books this year, and I typically do an end-of-year recap of my favorites. Due to the incredibly high number of books I read this year, I’m separating my posts into horror and non-horror. None of these books are listed in any particular order. ALL’S WELL by MONA AWAD Out of all the books…
Ghoul Digest: a celebration of horror fiction 