
Title: Linghun
Author: Ai Jiang
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 178
Rating: A-
Recommended?: Yes

Title: Linghun
Author: Ai Jiang
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 178
Rating: A-
Recommended?: Yes
A dark comedy/horror hybrid about a man’s phobia escalating out of control. I wrote it today but was sitting on the idea for several years. Trigger warning for violence.
Title: Bad Ronald
Author: John Holbrook Vance
Genre: Classic Horror
Number of Pages: 219
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
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Title: Transmuted
Author: Eve Harms
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 113
Rating: C+
Recommended?: No
Title: The Girl in the Video
Author: Michael David Wilson
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 108
Rating: C+
Recommended?: No
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Title: We Spread
Author: Iain Reid
Genre: Psychological Thrillers
Number of Pages: 304
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
Title: Monsters
Author: Emerald Fennell
Genre: Horror
Number of Pages: 340
Rating: A+
Recommended?: Yes
Title: The Atrocities
Author: Jeremy C. Shipp
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 105
Rating: B-
Recommended?: Yes
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Title: This Is Where We Talk Things Out
Author: Caitlin Marceau
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 114
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
Batshit crazy mother. Isolated locale. Impending snowstorm. What could possibly go wrong?
This Is Where We Talk Things Out is an engaging psychological horror novella about a woman, Miller, drawn back into a toxic relationship with her mentally disturbed mother Sylvie. Miller’s girlfriend Florence warns her against getting sucked back into Sylvie’s drama, but she reluctantly decides to give her one last chance in a long series of last chances. But when Sylvie’s behavior gets more and more out-of-control, Miller finds herself fighting for her life.
The big reveal of this story was… not surprising. I didn’t mind, though. The predictability didn’t get in the way of me enjoying the book. I liked that even though Sylvie’s homophobic attitudes towards her daughter are touched upon there wasn’t a huge focus on that aspect of the story. The mother-daughter relationship felt very realistic and very uncomfortable. It only jumped the shark a bit and allowed the situation to become borderline cartoonish in the last 10 pages or so. Still, a fun read with some genuinely spooky and disturbing moments.
Title: What Do Nightmares Dream Of
Author: Antonija Mežnarić
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 122
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
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