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Lisa Lee Tone
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Book critic/reviewer, editor, and collector. Unapologetic Bibliophile.
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ecause You’re Mine by Kristopher Triana is a brutal extreme horror romance that surely defines this unimaginable subgenre of horror . . .
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Because You’re Mine
BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE By Kristopher Triana *** Bryan’s elderly mother is terminally ill, and that’s the way he likes it. Mom comes from old money, making it easy for Bryan to hire an in-home nurse, b…
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January 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tales of suspense and dread and terror, of human monsters and the relentless dead. These stories will raise your brows, chill your insides, and have you gasping out loud.
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The Horror Collection: Morte Edition
THE HORROR COLLECTION: Morte Edition KJK Publishing The 21st book in The Horror Collection series brings you a plethora of new stories from some of the industry’s best authors. Review The Hor…
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January 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Garrets Lodge by D.W. Hitz is an intense and driving story, and Hitz’s immersive storytelling had me feeling this one in my body, mind, and soul ...
Garrets Lodge
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Garrets Lodge
GARRETS LODGE By D.W. Hitz *** Something is stirring in the woods outside Custer Falls. A haunted place that’s been waiting a very long time. After Wanda’s indefinite psychological susp…
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January 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
An intense, gruesome, and moving story of grief, terror, and an ancient power of legend from the brilliant mind of Rowland Bercy Jr.
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The Dryad of Dueling Oaks
THE DRYAD OF DUELING OAKS By Rowland Bercy Jr. *** City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is home to the world’s oldest and most breathtaking collection of live oak trees. Among this vast lands…
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January 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Inferno Bound and the Hell Hounds by Patrick C. Harrison III
A brutal, gruesome, and sexy Grindhouse Novel ...

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Inferno Bound and the Hell Hounds
INFERNO BOUND AND THE HELL HOUNDS (Nora Avery Grindhouse Pulp) By Patrick C. Harrison III Have you ever had a dream that changed you in some way? What if a dream could not simply change your though…
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December 29, 2024 at 6:17 PM
November 28, 2024 at 9:07 PM
A relentless and driving story of sex, violence, depravity, and shapeshifting wererats ... brilliant but boundary-crossing Extreme Horror ... a solid and compelling story, and the graphic, extreme nature of the telling is disturbingly integral ...
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Wererats Underground
WERERATS UNDERGROUND By Terry Miller *** THEY’RE HUNGRY! THEY’RE HORNY! THEY’RE EMERGING FROM THE SEWERS TO TURN YOUR TOWN INTO A BUFFET OF FLESH AND BLOOD! Having terminated a de…
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November 10, 2024 at 5:17 PM
... an exquisite collection of impactful horror tales, bizzarro stories, and horror genre essays ... from @ghoulish.bsky.social Ghoulish Books.
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Ghoulish Tales Issue #2
GHOULISH TALES ISSUE #2 *** The second issue of Ghoulish Tales features stories & essays from Saswati Chatterjee, Jen Conley, Lor Gislason, Jess Hagemann, Justin Lutz, Lena Ng, Shannon Riley, E. F. Sc...
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April 15, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Playground by is an impactful and powerful read that will test both your emotional and intestinal fortitude ...
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Playground
PLAYGROUND By Aron Beauregard *** ONCE IN A LIFETIME Three low-income families have been given a handsome retainer to join Geraldine Borden for a day at her cliffside estate. All the parents must do t...
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April 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Transformation by Candace Nola@candacenola.bsky.social
... an aptly named story of pain, growth, and terror. Fans of Bishop will love Transformation and do not want to miss it!
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Transformation
TRANSFORMATION By Candace Nola *** What would you give for a clean slate? Garrison Russo was an angry, overweight slob until he found himself quite suddenly alone in a cruel world without a mother tha...
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February 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Unclean Verses makes Dante’s “Inferno” look like a fairy tale ... Structured much like “Inferno” and written in brilliant, poignant verse, Unclean Verses is nevertheless a visceral and gruesome story ... @kaijupoet.bsky.social
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Unclean Verses
UNCLEAN VERSES By John Baltisberger *** Demons are real. Richard knows because he has listened to them his entire life. No longer able to bear their screams echoing in his head, he embarks on a rampa...
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February 7, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Hunted Highways is a relentless anthology of horror and terror, and these authors bring it without mercy.
Stories by Lucas Mangum@lucasmangumhorror.bsky.social Rowland Bercy Jr., and Carver Pike @carverpike.bsky.social
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Hunted Highways: Road Trip Horror
HUNTED HIGHWAYS: Road Trip Horror *** Embark on a journey into terror, where every mile is marked by suspense and horror. These three horror novellas transform travel into a treacherous adventure wher...
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January 25, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Lisa Lee Tone
Out now: PURE HATE, an extreme horror and crime thriller by Splatterpunk legend Wrath James White! They know his name. They know his next victim. They know almost everything about him - except how to stop him. tinyurl.com/WJWPureHate
January 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The Thing Under Your Bed is a novella of terror by Stephen Kozeniewski. It taps into that age-old childhood fear in a new and horrifyingly brutal way ...
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The Thing Under Your Bed
THE THING UNDER YOUR BED By Stephen Kozeniewski *** There’s something under your bed. It hates you. It wants to devour you and everyone you love. Dad’s at work. Mom’s dead drunk and no help wha...
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January 22, 2024 at 6:25 PM
The Eleventh Door by James G Carlson.
The combination of gruesome physical horror, disturbing psychological horror, dark symbolism, and suspense make this a story like no other ...

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The Eleventh Door
THE ELEVENTH DOOR By James G Carlson Madeline Sharpe, a disgraced detective turned private investigator, is asked by a former colleague to consult on a perplexing homicide case. She reluctantly accep...
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January 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Pennyroyal Tea by Aaron Lebold.
... you are not prepared for the hard twists to come and the horrors that follow ...
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Pennyroyal Tea
PENNYROYAL TEA By Aaron Lebold * Rebekah, a pro-life activist, and Laban, a lapsed Christian on a drunken path to promiscuity, wake to find themselves held captive in separate rooms. They have no ide...
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January 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Rabbit Hunt by Wrath James White @wrathjw.bsky.social is an intense and brutal story, both compelling and gut-twisting. Not for the squeamish or easily triggered.
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Rabbit Hunt
RABBIT HUNT By Wrath James White Six college kids go into the woods to drop acid, eat mushrooms, smoke weed, commune with nature, and have sex. But they aren’t alone. There are others who have come ...
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January 8, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The Horror Collection: Monster Edition

... everything from monsters of legend and folklore to new creations to horrifying spiders ...

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The Horror Collection: Monster Edition
THE HORROR COLLECTION: MONSTER EDITION Kennedy once again collects a fantastic group of horror authors together for the newest book in his Horror Collection series. Join them in a carnage filled journ...
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January 6, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Beverly Kills Again by Sean McDonough
... a hard-hitting, spectacular page-turner that will have you chuckling, cringing, and gasping out loud ...
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Beverly Kills Again
BEVERLY KILLS AGAIN By Sean McDonough Adulthood can be Murder! Once upon a time, Beverly Kilbourne made her choice. She killed her friends. She killed her parents. She left Los Angeles and chased her...
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January 2, 2024 at 4:24 PM
January 1, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Fantasmagoriana Deluxe from Dark Moon Books is a must-have anthology of German ghost stories from the early 1800s. These stories range from intriguing and mysterious to downright creepy ...

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Fantasmagoriana Deluxe
FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE A Combined Edition of Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead *** First published in 1812, Fantasmagoriana has become one of the most seminal ghost-story anthologies of all time. ...
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November 29, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Psych Ward Blues by Judith Sonnet. @judithsonnet.bsky.social

The collection as a whole is a brilliant and powerful presentation of horror literature. Fans of extreme horror and Splatterpunk will love this reading experience ...
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Psych Ward Blues
PSYCH WARD BLUES By Judith Sonnet *** Synopsis When the world ended ... we were left to fend for ourselves. Trapped in a mental health clinic, we watched from our window as everything around us fell t...
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November 13, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Vampires from KJK is a dark and delicious anthology of eight intense vampire stories by eight talented authors. There’s no romanticizing here ...
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Vampires
VAMPIRES from KJK *** Synopsis A collection of vampire tales from some of horror’s best. You will find no friendly vampires between these pages. In these stories, vampires are once again a source of...
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November 6, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Essig’s ability to inspire thought, engage emotions, and turn one’s stomach, sometimes simultaneously, is one of the things that puts him high on my list of go-to authors ...

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Sick! Sick! Sick!
SICK! SICK! SICK! By Robert Essig *** Synopsis Seven vile excursions into hardcore horror! What lurks in the S&M club hidden behind an unsuspecting storefront? Do you have the guts to play a twisted a...
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November 2, 2023 at 2:56 PM