pickPerfect for fans of Cemetery Boys and The Magnus Archives, embodying horror, tragedy, and resilience through the lens of a non-binary Brujo and a transgender cleaner who combine their powers to exorcise a haunted house. Moon's prose is hypnotic and perceptive. Heart, Haunt, Havoc is a novella that packs quite a punch and is an absolute feast for the imagination.
#horror #trans #enby #lgbtq #romance #magic
"Tongues of fire leaped & danced & twisted tormentedly to the sky, writhing into grotesque shapes of evil... horned shapes curdling into yellow smoke which billowed and blew towards the bog, where they seemed to pause and quiver, in a stygian green radiance before the screams came..."
The Dark Land by Mary Williams has a painter of possessed landscapes, Julie Carrington, who seems inspired by surrealist Leonora Carrington: perhaps just suggestion.
pick"Lisheen" by Frederick Cowles, set in 17th century Cornwall, tells of a young parson's damnation due to his obsession with the Satanically-fathered girl he adopts (that bit is icky, but then feeling uncomfortable is part of the effect, I suppose).
There is a stone circle, naturally, where pagan fires flame on the nights of the old festivals, a lost city, and the presence of the Horned Man, who exacts a price for the gifts he bestows on the unwise.
“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”
Cleverly written post-apocalyptic novel of NYC
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pick79/150 While the big reveal was pretty obvious, the author still does a very good job of ratcheting up the levels of mystery and suspense leading up to the explanation of what's really behind the murders and the strange, half feral creatures roaming the forests. I thought the ending was a little rushed, too much running around, too many characters to keep track of as they ran off in different directions. 3.75/5
pickA light hearted, unconventional approach to a vampire novel. Lots of juicy family drama. This would be a fun movie. 3.5/5
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