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When You Leave I Disappear (by David Niall Wilson)
The thing I love about horror stories is how they can creep me out and get my mind racing in a million different directions trying to figure out what’s happening. When I close the book...
From a Buick 8 (by Stephen King)
As I started reading From a Buick 8 by Stephen King, I couldn’t keep my mind from thinking about one of his earliest novels, Christine. These novels turn out to be quite different from one another. The Buick 8 is…
In Bloom (by Paul Tremblay)
There are advantages to reading short stories. For me, short stories are a challenge to enjoy. I’ve analyzed my struggle and concluded…
The Institute (by Stephen King)
I never know where a novel by Stephen King is going to take me and that’s what I love about his story telling talent. In The Institute, readers first meet Tim Jamieson, a cop who is relocating to Dupray, South Carolina to escape a tragic life event. Next, we meet Luke Ellis, an amazingly intelligent young boy…
Ankle Snatcher (by Grady Hendrix)
Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix is a terrifying short story. If you fear what lurks underneath your bed at night, this story will make your fears seem like a fairy tale. When Marcus was a child, his father blamed the boogeyman…
It Waits in the Woods (by Josh Malerman)
Josh Malerman delivers fear and terror with this short story, It Waits in the Woods. There’s a legend that a creature lives deep in the Michigan forest. An adventurer will know they have found the creature when…
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