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Welcome back to our Goosebumps Bookclub! I've made some fun changes that I think you will all like. Goosebumps Bookclub is now open to ALL members. Not just paid members. After careful consideration, I really wanted to open this up so everyone could have a fun, nostalgic time.\\
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For paid members, I totally understand if you need to cancel. However, I do have some upcoming surprises for my paid members. So feel free to stick around or cancel as you see fit, It's not about the money, it's about everyone having a good time!!!!\\
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We last finished Ghost Beach, making RETURN OF THE MUMMY our next read!\\
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For those new to our bookclub, you will have two weeks to complete the book before we move on to the next one! Discord is open for discussions and just general talk! Sundays are bookclub days! Every other Sunday I'll drop some book recs based on the Goosebumps book we are currently reading. If there is an episode based on the book we will also set a time to watch it together and chat about it via discord.\\
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Return of The Mummy can be watched for free on The Roku Channel HERE\\
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[Welcome back to what I'm reading this week!\\
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Another week is here. We are getting closer and closer to fall which makes me soooo happy!\\
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I'm currently finishing Partially Devoured by Daniel Kraus and am about 10% into The Reddening by Adam L.G. Nevill.\\
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Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen\\
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Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle\\
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Welcome back to Goosebumps Bookclub! Today we are wrapping up Return of The Mummy and kicking off Phantom of The Auditorium.\\
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Join us tonight as we watch Return of The Mummy on Roku. Feel free to watch anytime this evening and come chat about it in the discord group chat!\\
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How did everyone like Return of The Mummy? I gotta say the two Mummy books in the Goosebumps series have been really good! Exploring ancient tombs and pyramids is really fun and I can't believe we don't see more of it in horror books!\\
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And Now to kick off Phantom of The Auditorium. We will watch it in two weeks! You can access it here.\\
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Brooke's best friend, Zeke, has just been given the lead role in the school play, _The Phantom_. Zeke's totally into it. He loves dressing up in the grotesque phantom costume. And scaring the other members of the cast. Brooke thinks Zeke's getting a little too into it.\\
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But then really scary things start happening. A message appears on a piece of scenery: "The Phantom Strikes!" A stage light comes crashing down.\\
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Is someone trying to ruin the play?\\
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Or is there really a phantom living under the stage?\\
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[Vampires will forever be relevant, because let's be honest...they do live forever. If you are a huge Vampire fan, you'll VANT to sink your teeth into these five books releasing this year.\\
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What other topics would you like some recs/release info on? Drop some suggestions in the comments!\\
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 ****Milkteeth by Caitlin Starling-- October 20th**** \\
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> _The only thing more terrifying than a brood's hunger . . . is its mothers._\\
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> _Beatrice is a broodmother: a vampire responsible for nursing newly made fledglings through the first years of their unlife. She nests in an abandoned, isolated warren of office space beneath her patron's skyscraper, where she raises her fledglings—two difficult, hungry children of the night._\\
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> _Desperate to master herself once more, Beatrice courts a mortal OBGYN who might be able to unravel the secrets of her unnatural anatomy. But soon their connection threatens the secrecy of her vampiric coven as well as the safety and development of her dependent nurslings… and in a world governed by secrecy, even the smallest revelation could prove fatal._\\
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 **The Brides by Charloette Cross-- July 7th** \\
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> _1884\. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, Lucy, hurries from London to comfort her, with chaperone and lady's maid in tow._\\
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> _But lady's maid Alice, blessed and cursed with the Sight, is tormented by terrifying visions. When chaperone Eliza falls prey to a disturbing wasting illness, the women hope to seek the healing waters of Transylvania. At a nobleman's invitation, they set out for Castle Dracula._\\
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> _In the depths of the forest, miles from civilization, their host reveals his true intentions; a monstrous ambition which will tear the women apart._\\
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> _And not all of them will survive._\\
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 **The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley--July 7th** \\
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> _Paris, 1869. The Théâtre Saint-Siméon is the place to be, if you can get in. The black slips of paper that guarantee entry are rare and highly desired, and given only to certain persons. The actors on stage are magnetic and ageless, performing only at midnight and never seen during the day…_\\
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> _Arnault and his clan of vampires have survived for as long as they have by observing a rigid set of rules. At night, they perform on stage at the Théâtre Saint-Siméon, picking off just enough people in the audience to survive. But they understand the city, and how to live in it without being noticed._\\
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> _Their peace is shattered first with a visit from Béatrice, a witch who forms a strange connection to Arnault; then with the arrival of Victor de Rouvray and his sister Françoise, vampires from a very different world. And, as Arnault grows closer and closer to the beautiful, enigmatic Victor, he risks becoming distracted from the constant bickering of his immortal friends, from the daily running of the theatre, and worse, from the premonitions of blood, death and starvation that he receives at night._\\
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> _For a terrible change is on the horizon, revolt and revolution are brewing in the streets and soon, the city, and Arnault will never be the same again._\\
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 **Blood Rising by Markus Redmond--August 25th** \\
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> _Kwadzo Okoro never believed the bloody legend of Ramanga was real. Now, he stands as the leader of a new Ramanga Tribe, one that sieged the Barrow plantation in a storm of righteous carnage, liberating its formerly enslaved Africans. Reclaimed as the Crimson Plantation, it is now also home to the wronged Natives who fearlessly aligned with the Ramangans._\\
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> _But Kwadzo knows that freedom is not secure. Bartholomew and Constance Crabtree, the most influential slaveholders in the region since the demise of Big Jim Barrow, are galvanizing the Lakeside community to strike back—violently. The threat they pose, however, pales in comparison to the insidious menace of Penelope Knudsen. Her white-hot hatred, now fueled by Ramangan blood, and an ability to survive the sunlight—a power Kwadzo doesn’t have—threatens to upend Kwadzo’s advancement of Ramangan might throughout the colonies to free his people._\\
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> _But the gravest threat comes from within: Rafazi. His blood fathered the rebellion, but he will not take orders from his own creation. And when Rafazi makes a deadly deal with the Crabtrees, Kwadzo is forced into a battle with his maker that he may not survive, while the everlasting freedom of every enslaved person in the colonies hangs in the balance._\\
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 **Mothersucker by Kim Bohyun--September 1st** \\
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> _When a man’s body is discovered in a park outside of Seoul, Detective Noh Jin-seon is called to the scene, but she soon discovers this case is unlike anything she's seen before. The man, who had been accused of stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend, was killed with startling force, set on fire, and drained of blood. There are no footprints, no murder weapon, and no leads. Weeks later, another man is discovered murdered in the same way._\\
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> _A brisk, lacerating exploration of power, privilege, and the pursuit of justice—and a foray into the dark underbelly of gender-based violence in Korea—Mothersucker reveals just how far a woman will go to avenge the ones she loves._\\
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[Another week, another update. Let's see what I'm diving into this week!\\
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I just started Partially Devoured by Daniel Kraus which is a deep dive into the movie Night of the Living Dead and Kraus' love for it. So far I am loving it and learning so much about the movie! This was kindly sent to me by Counterpoint Press.\\
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Welcome back to Goosebumps Bookclub. Today we are diving into some readalikes to Return Of The Mummy. The books below all feature some kind of ancient evil awakening--just like a mummy ;D\\
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**The Reddening by Adam L.G. Nevill-**- _A journalist and lone parent investigate strange happenings in a coastal town_, uncovering ancient horrors and facing their own personal demons.\\
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**The Hollows by Daniel Church--** _Folk horror meets ancient gods in a remote snowbound Peak District town where several murders take place…_\\
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**The Ruins by Scott Smith _--_** _Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine..._\\
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**Ararat by Christopher Golden- _-_** _When an earthquake reveals a secret cave hidden inside Mount Ararat in Turkey, a daring, newly engaged couple are determined to be the first ones inside...and what they discover will change everything._\\
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**The Anomaly by Michael Rutger _-_** _-Nolan sets out to retrace the steps of an explorer from 1909 who claimed to have discovered a mysterious cavern high up in the ancient rock of the Grand Canyon. And, for once, he may have actually found what he seeks. Then the trip takes a nasty turn, and the cave begins turning against them in mysterious ways_.\\
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[Are you feeling the heat? I know that where I live, Summer is here in full swing. I'm melting and wishing that fall weather was here already. \\
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While we're all withering under the sun's rays, I've put together a list of five different horror subgenres with some book recs in each that are perfect to read this time of year.\\
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**Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss--** A family reenacts the Iron Age deep in the wilderness where the past begins to bleed into the present.\\
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**Monumental by Adam L.G. Nevill--** A group of kayakers enter forbidden land and stumble upon an ancient sacrificial ritual.\\
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**Withered Hill by David Barnett--** A woman wakes up in s small village with no memory of how she got there and finds out quickly that she can't leave.\\
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**Double Walker by Michael W. Conrad--** A couple vacationing in Scotland experience a tragedy while on a hike in this chilling graphic novel. \\
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**The Residents Of Honeysuckle Cottage by Elizabeth Davidson--** A couples fresh start to a remote cottage just outside a small village slowly turns into a nightmare.\\
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**My Heart Is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones--** A teenage girl obsessed with slashers believes one is starting up in her small town. \\
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**Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley--** A wellness retreat turns into a deadly slasher.\\
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**Under The Blade by Matt Serafini-**-A woman who survived a summer camp massacre finally returns home after two decades on the anniversary of the slaying, awakening true evil once more. \\
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**Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning--** A canceled sitcom star goes to an adult summer camp and gets trapped in the middle of a slasher.\\
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**You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron--** A scare camp where guests pay to be scared turns into a real life horror movie.\\
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**Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant--** A research crew investigating the last location of a ship discovers deadly sirens.\\
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**The Deep by Nick Cutter--** A man travels to the bottom of the Marianas Trench to a research facility to check on the scientists investigating the possible cure of a worldwide disease.\\
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**Whalefall by Daniel Kraus--** A man dives into the ocean to search for his father's bones and gets swallowed by a whale.\\
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**The Sea Hides It's Dead by Megan Bontrager--** A group of academics in an ancient sea cult get trapped in an underwater cave.\\
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**Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield--** A woman comes back changed after being trapped deep underwater in a submarine for months.\\
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**Hide by Kiersten White--** A completion for a sum of money playing the game of hide and seek turns deadly if found.\\
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**FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven--** A theme park gets hit by a hurricane and the employees trapped in the park quickly turn on one another. \\
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**Shock Waves by Matt Kurtz--** An explosion near a theme park releases monsters upon the park.\\
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**Ride or Die by Delilah S. Dawson--** A girl trying to impress a popular group of girls winds up in the abandoned part of an amusement park where she might ride to her death.\\
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**A Cold Night For Alligators by Viggy Parr Hampton--** A determined CDC epidemiologist goes rogue to tackle a mysterious outbreak in Savannah, only to find himself entangled with a pair of urban explorers.\\
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**The Ruins by Scott Smith--** A group of friends get trapped on ancient ruins and must fight for their lives.\\
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**This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer--** A woman and her team discover an untouched cliff face and make it their mission to be the first to climb it.\\
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**The Anomaly by Michael Rutger--** A tv show that focuses on hidden mysteries try to find a hidden cavern only to find it and get trapped within it.\\
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**The Hunger by Alma Katsu--** A retelling of the fateful Donner Party.\\
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**The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn-**-A group of friends get trapped in a cabin by both a snow storm and deadly creatures.\\
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I'm listening to the audiobook of Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera, which is a cutthroat novella about the dark side of the fashion industry.\\
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A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young which is a translated, Korean apocalyptic novel with sea monsters and other lovecraftian creatures.\\
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We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets which follows a woman recounting her time at a content monitoring company, detailing the dark content she's seen.\\
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An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino\\
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Nightjars Michael by Michael Wehunt\\
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The Calamaties by Chuck Wendig\\
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Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latine Horror\\
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**Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle--** Fashion influencer by day and grave robber by night, Poppy Stringer is on call when Eddie Michaels—a flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar and queer icon—unexpectedly dies. All Poppy has to do is retrieve Eddie’s body from the medical examiner’s office, but what starts as a routine delivery quickly goes off course when Eddie wakes up. Now, Poppy must fight for her life in a blood-soaked night of carnage and fabulous entertainment all across Palm Springs.\\
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**Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist-**-A troubled woman seeking a fresh start in the Scottish countryside believes her neighbour may be behind the strange disturbances in her home in this psychological horror debut. (I've read this one and loved it!)\\
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**The Sea Hides It's Dead by Megan Bontrager--** Trapped in an underwater cave, a group of academics must face a series of deadly, supernatural trials–each one demanding they confront their darkest sins–in this chilling aquatic cult horror debut\\
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**We Sent Them Down Singing by Libby Edwardson--** In the small coal camp of Jubilee, West Virginia, Phinnie “Skinny” Caldwell has been plagued with nightmares of the last time she ever saw her mama alive and the man responsible for stealing her away: Zell Dorsey. When Zell Dorsey returns thirteen years later, alone, Skinny is determined to find out what really happened. As she uncovers disturbing truths about her mama’s fate and Zell’s sinister plan, she turns to Happy Walker, her school bus driver and the closest thing she has to a father. However, nothing can prepare them for what they find: Behind Zell Dorsey’s charming veneer, is a creature both older and far more evil than any devil, and he’s hellbent on turning everyone Skinny loves into oil-slicked monsters.\\
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**The Winter Folk by Jen Julian--** A woman returns to the mysterious lodge in the woods where she once worked, and to the inscrutable creature that bound her there, in this haunting Appalachian gothic horror from singular voice Jen Julian.\\
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**Ripped Up The Middle In Two by Viggy Parr Hampton--** New mom Sadie is struggling with the reality of caring for her three-month-old daughter-the loss of identity, autonomy, and selfhood are grinding her down. When a casual stroll with the baby leads to the discovery of a secret trail leading to a miniature door hidden deep in the woods, Sadie’s world unravels even further. Who put the door there? Why does the trail only appear when Sadie is alone? Why is the door surrounded by a clearing full of tiny bones? And, most terrifying of all: What lives behind that door, and what will it do to her baby. \\
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**Corpse De Ballet by Megan Kearny--** Arriving at Saint Anselmus in the middle of the year, Rosamund Hammond is ready to practice hard and prove she deserves to be there. But something at this boarding school doesn’t feel right.\\
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It turns out that just before Rosamund enrolled, a student disappeared without telling anyone. Was it really a leave of absence—or something more sinister? Together with her new roommate, Rosamund spirals deeper and deeper into an obsession with the truth. As the school prepares for its showcase performance of _Coppélia_, can she commit to her hard-earned ballet dreams while solving the mystery that’s haunting her—or will she lose herself in the process? (LOVED this graphic novel!)\\
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**A Penance For Crows by Shannon Morgan--** An unnerving, hypnotic, modern gothic thriller set on a remote Irish island, where an artist is caught between deadly secrets, ancient superstition, and echoing madness. \\
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Happy Summerween all you BEA-utiful people. If you are unfamiliar with what Summerween is, it's a week long reading challenge hosted on Instagram. I've linked the insta account HERE.\\
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3. Read A New to You Author-- A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young (Author), Sophie Bowman (Translator)\\
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What Hunger by Catherine Dang--A coming of rage cannibalisim story dealing with loss and tragedy. 4 stars\\
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Going To The Six by A.C. Hessenauer--A found footage, documentary style horror novel about the discovery of a sunken ship in Lake Superior. 4 stars\\
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The Vessel by Adam L.G. Nevill--A woman takes the job of caregiver to an CREEPY elderly lady. 5 stars\\
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Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson--Steeped in Irish folklore, this book follows a child's tv show keeping a sinister goat puppet in a box. 3.5 stars\\
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Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward--Nowhere is a place where runaways and lost kids can go for safety. The ranch is also the place of a murdered movie star. 3.5 stars\\
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Corpse De Ballet by Megan Kearney-- A graphic novel reminiscent of Suspiria following a cut-throat ballet school. 4 stars\\
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Ghost Beach by R.L. Stine--Two kids are visiting family on a possible haunted island. 4 stars\\
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy-- A 1950's housewife starts getting visions from ghosts--one being a girl who was recently murdered. 5 stars\\
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Decomposition Book by Sara Van Oh--A woman staying in a cabin finds a dead body and its journal. 4 stars\\
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Muñeca by Cynthia Gomez-- A witch takes the job as a caregiver to a woman trapped in her own body. 3.5\\
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Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams--A twisty thriller of a woman fighting for her life in a cave system. 5 stars\\
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The Anomaly by Michael Rutger-- A crew of explorers travel to the Grand Canyon to see if they can find a legendary cave. 5 stars\\
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Twisted Tales To Tell In The Night: Another Halloween Anthology-- A fun, nostalgic Halloween collection of short, spooky stories. 4 stars\\
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The Tumor In The Clay by Nick Francis--A Graphic Novel about an elderly man who is a retired surgeon. He elects to try and take his tumor out at home in his bathtub. 5 stars\\
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Odessa by Gabrielle Sher-- When his daughter is murdered, a Jewish man will stop at nothing to bring her back. Even if she comes back changed. 4 stars.\\
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[Our Bindery Bookclub is back and with it comes some fun new features!\\
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Movie: Shelby Oaks\\
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Where to watch: Hulu\\
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Plot: A woman's search for her long-lost sister becomes an obsession when she realizes a demon from their childhood may have been real, not imaginary.\\
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Run Time: 1 hr and 31 minutes\\
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Pre-Watch Thoughts: I love a found-footage/Mockumentray so I hope I love this one. I know I loved Lake Mungo!\\
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I got my candle lit, my red moodlights on, and my trusty Mochi by my side. So without further ado, let's do this.\\
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Glitchy video is never a good sign...\\
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The tension in the opening scene is fantastic\\
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Love the missing Paranormal Investigators. Makes me think of Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie.\\
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Also getting Lake Mungo vibes as well which I am all here for.\\
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Their videos are CREEPY\\
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OMG SIR SPOOKS. I've watched that youtube channel lol\\
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Oooh abandoned amusement park. Yes please\\
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Gotta love when the childhood demon catches up to you.\\
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WTF JUST HAPPENED\\
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Makes me never want to open my door again.\\
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OH whats he got there...\\
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Some Hell House LLC vibes as well\\
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OMG NOPE. The scene with the person on the porch was scary\\
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The jumpscare dun JUMPED ME GOOD\\
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EXCUSE ME.... That was not just there in the window\\
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Digging deep with some research. Time to connect some dots\\
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Dang husbands need to listen...\\
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OMG no thank you... go away dog.\\
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I would not be exploring a haunted, abandoned prison alone... no thank you\\
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BEHIND YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU\\
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RUNNNNN DON'T JUST SIT THERE\\
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I always wonder when people go this deep in investigation how they expect to survive.\\
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Shelby Oaks is a very tense horror movie at its core. The use of found footage and a documentary really helped make this movie feel real and grounded. Watching the horrors unfold as Mia looks for her missing sister held me captive the entire time. The direction of the film was not what I was expecting by the end, but overall I still enjoyed it.\\
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Watch Alikes: The Blair Witch, Hell House LLC, Lake Mungo\\
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Read Alikes: Rosemary's Baby, Episode Thirteen, Going To The Six\\
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Themes: Found Footage, Demons, Urban Exploration, Missing Person\\
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We're wrapping up Go Eat Worms and kicking off Ghost Beach!\\
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And now for our kick off for Ghost Beach!\\
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Jerry can't wait to explore the dark, spooky old cave he found down by the beach. Then the other kids tell him a story. A story about a ghost who is three hundred years old. A ghost who comes out when the moon is full. A ghost . . . who lives deep inside the cave! Jerry knows it's just another silly made-up ghost story . . . isn't it?!\\
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Hello everyone and welcome back to what I'm reading this week! So sorry for the radio silence last week, but let me tell you...last week was the week from HELL at work. I came home every day EXHAUSTED and uninspired. I worked nearly 45 hours last week. Short staffed due to vacations. GOOD TIMES...\\
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Decomposition Book by Sara Van Os\\
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A woman discovers a corpse in the woods and subsequently forms an unusual connection with the deceased through their journal.\\
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Corpse de Ballet by Megan Kearney\\
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A graphic novel perfect for fans of Black Swan and Suspira. A girl arrives mid year to a dancing boarding school only to find that one student went missing before she arrived. \\
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kenndey\\
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I'm buddy reading this one with my friend @Death By TBR Books\\
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A domestic housewife in the 1950s starts hearing voices from the other side from a local girl who was murdered. \\
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Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson\\
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Seeped in Irish folklore, this novel follows a family two decades apart, all centering around a child's tv show with a sinister underlying plot.\\
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[Another week is upon us and I have a new set of books ready to go.\\
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Last week I was able to finish out Accumulation, Trad Wife, Nowhere, and As Told Under The Moon.\\
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Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist\\
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Tamsin starts over in a remote cottage far away from her old life. But the cottage of her dreams is actually a split house with a very thin wall separating her from her neighbor. Her very odd neighbor...\\
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Going To The Six by A.C. Hessenauer\\
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A found footage horror book following a documentary crew investigating the wreck of a ship in Lake Superior.\\
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What Hunger by Catherine Dang\\
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A coming of age story about the daughter of a Vietnamese immigrant as she faces loss, generational trauma, and feminine rage.\\
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I've been diving deep into some urban legends for research on something special. Most times, urban legends start from a truth before embellishment and fabrication make the tale more sinister than it originated. But let's be real, as horror fans, we live for the scary details that are added in. We chase that thrill of possibly summoning Bloody Mary in front of a mirror, or exploring a supposedly haunted house.\\
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The graphic novels Bad Dreams In The Night and Let Me In Your Window by Adam Ellis both feature beautiful artwork with amazing, scary stories. Many of these stories feature urban legends and tales of folklore.\\
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Jack O' Dander by Priya Sharma\\
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Killer on The Road/The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones\\
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Both of these novels play on common urban legends. Killer on The Road deals with the legend of a serial killer on the road picking up hitchhikers. The Babysitter Lives centers around the babysitter receives a call/knock on the door urban legend. Both are great books and I love that they are featured together. \\
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Daphne by Josh Malerman\\
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Did you ever play "The Game" back in school. Oops... sorry just made you lose it. This book is very similar to The Game. The urban legend named Daphne comes to life when you think of her. The more you think of her, the higher chance she will come and kill you...better stop thinking of her or else...you may be next.\\
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Ahh the good ole cursed object. Schrader's Chord follows a man who inherits a supposed cursed record from his recently deceased father. Legend has it that all four records are played at the same time, the listener will open a gate to the land of the dead...\\
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Narcissus by Adam Godfrey\\
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After hearing about a subterranean pool that's rumored to be the one by which Narcissus once wasted away by, a group of college kids learn the hard way that legends can be true.\\
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Scanlines by Todd Keisling\\
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Maggie's Grave by David Sodergren\\
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The House On Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke\\
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[It's time to wrap up The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight and kick off Go Eat Worms.\\
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The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight had some creepy scarecrows that came to life. I loved the building dread showcased in this one. I actually don't remember this one as a kid and don't think I read it, so getting to read it now was a pure delight.\\
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My fourth grade class went and saw How To Eat Fried Worms in theater, so I'm surprised I never read this one! Worms are gross. They're slimy and squirmy. I'm sure this book grossed out a ton of kids back in the day.\\
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Hi everyone and welcome back to another author interview! This week I'm joined by the Hash Slinger Slasher... oops I mean the AMAZING Brian McAuley. McAuley is a super talented author who loves exploring horror through slashers. He's written _Curse Of The Reaper, Candy Cain Kills, Candy Cain Kills Again,_ and _Breathe In, Bleed Out._\\
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> Oh hello! Brian McAuley here. I'm a USA Today Bestselling author of horror novels and a WGA screenwriter who has written everything from Lifetime movies to sitcom reboots. Born and raised in the Garden State, but now slowly melting in the Arizona desert, where I'm screenwriting professor at ASU.\\
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2\. You're the author of several books, i.e Curse Of The Reaper and Breathe In, Bleed Out, and I love that all your books are slashers in their own unique way. What keeps drawing you back to the slasher genre?\\
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> There's something about the structure and tropes of a slasher that just feels like a warm blanket to me. As a writer, I have a lot of fun crafting those elaborate death set pieces where you know a character is about to die, but you're not quite sure how it's going to unfold.\\
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> So far, I've been most interested in exploring different subgenres through a slasher lens. CURSE OF THE REAPER is rooted in psychological horror, CANDY CAIN KILLS and its sequel are religious horror, BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT dips a toe into cults and folk legends, and my upcoming book FAIRLY BAD WAYS TO DIE plays with the fantasy genre by virtue of being set at a Renaissance Faire.\\
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> CURSE OF THE REAPER was the hardest to write because it was my first attempt at writing a novel, ever. For that same reason, it remains my favorite. I lived with those characters for years in screenplay form before I adapted the story into a book, so I'll always be grateful to Howard Browning for helping me expand my artistic horizons.\\
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5\. I saw your most recent announcement about your newest work, Fairly Bad Ways to Die, which is a slasher involving a plague doctor at a renaissance festival (HELL YEAH! I absolutely love Plague Doctors so this makes my day). Care to tell us a little more about it? \\
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> This book focuses on a band of college students who have been performing at their local Renaissance Faire for years, waiting for their big break. Unfortunately, that opportunity arrives the same year as a mysterious killer who's dispatching patrons with medieval brutality. It was incredibly fun to write because of the world building and large cast of colorful characters. One thing I can promise is that the title is no false promise.\\
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> I'm presently doing a final polish on what I hope will be my first YA horror novel. You'll be shocked to hear that it's a slasher, but I can't say anything more at the moment, so stay tuned!\\
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> Speaking of slashers, I loved FATALLY YOURS by Jessica Lacy. On the non-slasher front, BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG by Kylie Lee Baker blew me away. I got a sneak peek at Hailey Piper's upcoming THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT and had such a fun time with it.\\
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> I'm primarily a morning writer, so a big pot of black coffee is absolutely necessary. If I've still got energy after my teaching day, I'll bring my laptop to my favorite local brewery, pop a movie soundtrack playlist into my ears, and have an IPA-fueled writing session in the evening.\\
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Horror is booming! But do you ever feel like the same books get recommended all the time? There's nothing wrong with loving the popular books. They are popular for a good reason! \\
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Today I want to talk about some Indie Horror Books that left a lasting impression on me!\\
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Child Of Dark Water by E.G. Rand\\
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This horror novella is perfect for people who love small town secrets and revenge horror with a supernatural twist.\\
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Powder & Poison by Julia Jackson\\
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A historical horror novel following Marie Antoinette's arrival to Versailles. This one features haunting ghosts and an almost slasher vibe. \\
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Something Dead by Andrea Mckenzie\\
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A mysterious invitation invites two friends to come and compete in a scavenger hunt in a mysterious mansion for a large sum of money. But when contestants start to go missing, the game quickly turns into a fight for survival. \\
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A book that follows a woman who moves into an old house with her husband in hopes that a fresh start will fix their marriage. But when she discovers a clue to a bigger puzzle, Margo quickly finds herself on a deadly scavenger hunt that endangers her and everyone around her. Perfect for fans of Ghost Mother. This one is more of a thriller with horror elements. \\
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An ode to House Of Leaves. The book is narrated by three different women over several time periods. It has found footage elements and footnotes. \\
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