By Faun_me Available Free on Webtoon Dark Castle is a hidden gem available only online. In gorgeous images the author tells of a beautiful woman who finds herself in some kind of dark, possibly underworld realm inhabited by strange, dangerous creatures, with no memory of who she is and how she came to be there. […]
Graphic Novel Review: Angel Mini series
August 5, 2024By Christopher Cantwell, Daniel Bayliss & Patricio Delpeche A miniseries set in an alternate universe where Buffy died shortly after being called to be a slayer, this pair of graphic novels focuses on the familiar Angel crew. In this setting Angel and Cordelia are a hot item, both as a couple, and as […]
Book Review: The Raven’s Crux by Julie Boglisch
June 12, 2024**Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk.** The Raven’s Crux by Julie Boglisch Black Rose Writing, 2024 ISBN: 9781685133672 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The only drawback to The Raven’s Crux is the cartoonish, completely uninspiring cover of the book. It doesn’t do justice to the thrilling ghost story contained inside, a story that manages the “crossover” […]
Book Review: Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi.
June 7, 2024Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0593309032 Available:: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Bitter is a prequel to Pet. In Pet, Jam accidentally brings a monstrous angel created by her artist mother through a gate to our world, opened by her bleeding on the image. In Bitter, we […]
Lot 13 by Steve Niles, art by Glenn Fabry Dark Horse, 2023 ISBN: 9781506734484 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The story opens in 1670, in Fairfax, Virginia. The bodies of the Wyatt family are on trial. The father, Robert, stands accused of murdering his family before committing suicide. The court ultimately finds him guilty […]
Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, illustrations by George Williams Oni Press, 2023 ISBN: 9781637152362 Available: Paperback, KIndle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com It’s 1979. Mitch wakes up after a terrible assault near the local Y. His friends scold him for going there alone and take him home to recuperate. There’s also been a murder in the […]
T.V. Review: Dead Boy Detectives
May 27, 2024Do you like paranormal detective series? Do you like Neil Gaiman? Loosely based off characters created by Neil Gaiman for the Sandman universe and definitely done in his trademark dark and whimsical style, this new Netflix series follows two ghosts, Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland, who are hiding from Death to help a world where […]
Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
May 23, 2024Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Tor.com, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1250788832 Available: Hardcover, paperback, library binding, KIndle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com This is not so much a horror novel as it is an homage to classic monster movies and a critique of golden-age Hollywood. Readers looking for blood and gore will not find […]
ISBN: 9781948463553 Somewhere between YA and full paranormal romance House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildstein begins with Fallon, a half-fae young woman living in a world where everyone has strict expectations of her, but they mostly–infuriatingly–just expect her to “Be good and not cause trouble”. Everyone, it seems, knows secrets about her. All Fallon […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2023 ISBN: 9781974736041 Available: Kindle, hardcover Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Junji Ito’s Tombs presents a collection of nine original horror manga tales. In the titular story, Kaoru and her brother Tsuyoshi take a trip to visit their mutual friend, Izumi, in her new town. […]