(Editor’s note: I moved from an apartment into a house starting January 1st, 2020, and I had to toss all my CDs into a big garbage bag during the move. The idea for this feature is I write a review about each CD as I unpack that bag, one CD at a time, and rank …
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One-Sentence Reviews: My 2nd Quarter 2022 Reads
(Editor’s note: Author Priscilla Bettis’ quarterly one-sentence review posts are just the bee’s knees.)

This quarter includes stories about Bigfoot, Vikings, amateur sleuths, and Gothic ghosts!
The Devil Took Her by Michael Botur is a gritty and compelling collection of horror short stories with subjects like gangs and rats rather than werewolves and specters. Kindle.
Autumn Gothic by Brian Bowyer. Despite the title, my favorite Bowyer book yet is more extreme horror than Gothic horror, and NONE of his characters are safe. KU.
Whodunit? I was clueless until the end!
Double Date Disaster by Hope Callaghan. A cute, Golden Girls type of cast made this a fun cozy mystery. Whodunit? I was clueless until the end! Kudos to Callaghan for stumping me. KU.
Murder in a Dream by Thea Cambert. Happy people in happy places with nice conversations don’t make a cozy mystery very exciting, but readers’ mileage may vary. KU.
The nice-guy prince of horror wrote a YA space adventure?!
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SHORT SHOTS | ‘Slashbacks’
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review horror short stories.) "Slashbacks" by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner is a vicious little wish-fulfillment tale of vengeance set inside a horror movie lover's dream video store. The short story appears in the 2022 anthology Attack from the '80s edited by Eugene Johnson and …
Rachel Harrison’s CACKLE wins 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novel
Rachel Harrison's witchy tale, Cackle, won Best Novel for the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards, according to an announcement by the LOHF on June 29. The LOHF also announced winners in the other seven categories. Zakiya Dalila Harris’ The Other Black Girl won Best Debut. The Best Collection category resulted in a tie with Isabel …
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Nominees announced for 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards
V. Castro, Hailey Piper, and Isabel Yap each received multiple nominations for the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards, according to announcements by the LOHF team on its website. Castro's The Queen of the Cicadas is nominated for Best Novel and Goddess of Filth for Best Novella. Both works also received nominations for 2021 Bram …
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW | Emerian Rich
Horror Hostess Emerian Rich created HorrorAddicts.net as a forum for other creators to explore all aspects of the horror lifestyle. Her latest project, Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2, brings together years of that exploration and packs everything into one book. And we're talking EVERYTHING. Here's the book's description: "Do you love the horror genre? …
AUTHOR INTERVIEW | Jeff Strand
Jeff Strand holding his first Bram Stoker Award on May 14 in Denver, Colorado. It's 2022 and horror author Jeff Strand now lives in Chattanooga. But he still watches Survivor, his cat Chaos is still spoiled, and he's still writing his unique blend of horror and comedy. What else? Oh, he won a Bram Stoker …
2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards honor eclectic mix of movies
Credit: http://www.fangoria.com Unlike the past three years, voters decided to spread the love with a dozen different films represented on the winner’s list of the 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards streamed May 15 on Shudder. Featuring two new categories, the Chainsaw Awards honored an eclectic mix of horror movies with no film winning more than two of the …
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SHORT SHOTS | ‘Quiet Embers’
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review horror short stories.) “Quiet Embers” opens with the heart-wrenching line, “My neighbors house burned down six months ago with their children inside.” The tale then gently explores how the now empty lot haunts the narrator, a new resident of the neighborhood. “Quiet Embers” is one …
Jones joins exclusive group with 2021 Bram Stoker Award
Stephen Graham Jones joined an exclusive group of authors when he won Superior Achievement in a Novel for the second consecutive year at the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards on May 14 in Denver, Colorado. Stephen Graham Jones Since the inception of the Bram Stoker Awards in 1987, Jones is only the sixth writer to win …
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