A Well-Read Tart

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I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the slasher horror novel I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones. I admired so much about I Was A Teenage Slasher. The story concept is brilliant, the humor is sharp and witty, the book’s unique setting of a rural West Texas town is practically its own character, and I love how the author tied everything...

N0S4A2 Book Review

N0S4A2 is a Christmas book in the way that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It's a horror novel that just so happens to be centered around Christmas. There are all the entrancing, alluring elements of the holidays that we love: carols, trees decorated with ornaments, and the smell of gingerbread in the air. But, author Joe Hill doles out each charming tidbit with a sinister twist that morphs the innocent into something incredibly dark and...