It had only been six months since Margo, an accountant in Chicago, met Sam Wailing, yet she had agreed to marry him and follow him back to Iowa to meet his parents. All Margo hopes for is that Sam’s family will accept her. But she...

The Dark Key by Graeme Winton is a captivating story about Matthew Wilson, a librarian who lives in a small town in Scotland. Matthew goes for a walk and notices strange ghost-like monks, which terrify him. He starts carrying out research and secret investigations, which...

In R.K. Jack's The Mist from Beyond, Dorothy and her fellow sorority members at Arizona State University decided to conduct a Wiccan-style ritual to summon the Damned on a Saturday evening. They all thought it would simply be an innocent initiation for their newest sister,...

Nicolas Portinari seemed to have it all as a vampire: fame, fortune, love, and eternal youth, but he has never lost his desire to live as a human. He and Giuliana, his soul mate, were linked by love, blood, and five hundred years together. However,...

Thorns of Fate: The Thornforged Chronicles by Miranda Howman follows Elora, a girl who was sold off at a young age to her future mentor, Tehvan. He takes her to the Miros Institute, where she becomes his protégée, but little does she know that her...

Toxic Turkey by Gage Irving begins as a family drama and slowly unravels into a gripping supernatural conspiracy. We’re with the Donnelly family as they attempt a heartfelt Thanksgiving reunion, which soon becomes a crucible for long-buried secrets and unspoken conflicts. But the fractures in...

The Call of Abaddon (The Abaddon Cycle Book 1) by Colin Searle launches a gripping sci-fi epic that pits humanity’s will against an ancient, alien malevolence. We’re with scavenger Jason on a dying Earth inside the arcology New Toronto, where he barely survives his day-to-day...

In P. E. N. Bortolotti’s The First Son of Man, the world is filled with monsters. At the dawn of the 22nd century, scientists resurrected dead bodies. Then, they modified them into powerful beasts, the Nosferatus. Hungry for blood and medically manipulated to madness, the...

The Wordless Book by Shawn Spencer is a thrilling fantasy that will appeal to fans of horror. It has everything that excites me — horror, adventure, mystery, and the supernatural. The story follows Robert, a Korean-American camp caretaker, and Jessica, a dedicated teacher, as they...

To Those Willing to Drown by Mark Matthews is a story driven by Lucas Lamia, a cursed former Civil War surgeon who made a dark pact with a supernatural Well at Torch Lake to save his sick son Benjamin, exchanging blood and limbs for life....