Tag: horror fiction
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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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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. PSYCHIC TEENAGE BLOODBATH by CARL JOHN LEE Psychic Teenage…
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“Rage does not do it justice. Fury. Frenzy. Savagery. Madness. Spleen. Bile. Wrath. There is no word for what fills me.” Plot Synopsis Maeve Fly is living a double life. She spends her days working as a princess entertaining children at the happiest place on Earth. She spends her evenings haunting the Sunset Strip and…
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The horror genre has a long history of utilizing creepy children to strike fear into our hearts. From The Shining and Children of the Corn to Orphan and The Omen, both horror cinema and literature have created some downright chilling children to unnerve audiences for decades. To some, this may be a tired trope; to…
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Warning: major spoilers ahead for Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Ira Levin was an incredibly established author of both novels and plays, with his two most famous works falling within the horror genre. He is most well known for his novels Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives, which are both considered…
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Considering how long I’ve been reading horror, I would call myself a seasoned reader when it comes to the genre. With that being said, it typically takes a lot for a book to scare me nowadays. Fear is incredibly subjective; what may seem downright terrifying to one person may seem like child’s play to someone…
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Ghoul Digest: a celebration of horror fiction 