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Monsters in the Archives — CandiKat Horror Like a lot of people - including Caroline Bicks, author of Monsters in the Archives, I have been reading Stephen King since I was 11 or 12 years old, and I loved reading about her time studying his ar...

Stephen King fan or not, I recommend reading Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by @carolinebicks.bsky.social. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and @randomhouse.bsky.social for the advance copy for my honest review here: candikathorror.com/reads/monsters-in-the-archives

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You know Gothic is one of my favorite subgenres! Gonna be a wonderfully dread-inducing issue. 🏚️ Sign up now to have it in your inbox as soon as it drops Friday! #BookSky #FilmSky #Gothic

The Creek, the Crone, and the Crow — CandiKat Horror I read mostly horror, so, as much as I enjoy a lot of what I read, I rarely find myself wishing I were part of the world of the book. But in The Creek, the Crone, and the Crow, Leah Weiss has created ...

In The Creek, the Crone, and the Crow, Leah Weiss has created not only a world I would be happy to inhabit, she has created characters I would like to know & a mystery I would like to investigate. #BookSky TY #NetGalley, @readlandmark.bsky.social, & @rbmediaco.bsky.social for the ARCs. Full Review:

A Vow for Breaking — CandiKat Horror The heroine in A Vow for Breaking by L.M. Riviere is Sloane McIntyre, a sharp, smart, poor young Irish woman from Boston who has inherited a demon as a constant companion - whether she wants him or no...

A Vow for Breaking by L.M. Riviere was a chilling Appalachian folk horror & a lot of fun to read. You’ll want to set aside a few hours for reading because it’s hard to put down once you start. (I assume…I didn’t even try.) TY to the author & Burnt Leaf Press for the advance copy. Full Review:

Come Sing for the Harrowing — CandiKat Horror Come Sing for the Harrowing by Dan Coxon brings all the folk horror it promises in its title (and the title of the first story) and its cover art. It also brings body horror, cosmic horror, the supern...

Come Sing for the Harrowing by Dan Coxon brings all the folk horror it promises in its title (and the title of the first story) & its cover art. It also brings body horror, cosmic horror, the supernatural, and ROCK AND ROLL! #BookSky TY #NetGalley & @clashbooks.bsky.social for the ARC. Full Review:

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Takashi Yamazaki's Foodlosslla is a Food Waste Fighting Kaiju With all of the discussion about Godzilla Minus Zero, it's a good time to bring up Takashi Yamazaki's gastro creature feature, Foodlosslla.

Did y'all know that Takashi Yamazaki, the director of Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus Zero, directed a gastro creature feature short/commercial called Foodlosslla? Well, you're going to after you read this article!

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Puff, puff, pass 🚬, Marty in ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ was on to something 🏚️, Get stoned or die 🪨, & more!

Get a head start on your 4/20 whether you celebrate or not with these book and movie recs plus more! #BookSky

The Last Witch — CandiKat Horror The Last Witch by C.J. Cooke is a thrilling and infuriating historical horror novel based on the true story of the victims of the infamous witchfinder Heinrich Kramer who wrote the famous Malleus Male...

The Last Witch by C.J. Cooke is a thrilling and infuriating historical horror novel based on the true story of the victims of the infamous witchfinder Heinrich Kramer. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @berkleypub.bsky.social for the ARC for my honest review here: candikathorror.com/reads/the-la...

Japanese Gothic — CandiKat Horror In Japanese Gothic, Kylie Lee Baker masterfully weaves together the story of a Samurai girl from 1877, a college boy from 2026, the ghost and folk stories they hear, and the memories they hold into a ...

In Japanese Gothic, Kylie Lee Baker masterfully weaves together the story of a Samurai girl from 1877, a college boy from 2026, the ghost and folk stories they hear, & the memories they hold into a haunting tale of loneliness, love, and grief wrapped in a supernatural mystery. #BookSky *ARC Review:

You Did Nothing Wrong — CandiKat Horror You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews is a haunted house, domestic suspense, psychological thriller from the perspective of an unreliable narrator, and, yes, it's as good as that sounds.

You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews is a haunted house, domestic suspense, psychological thriller from the perspective of an unreliable narrator, and, yes, it's as good as that sounds. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley, @stmartinspress.bsky.social, & Macmillan Audio for the ARCs. Full Review:

The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own — CandiKat Horror Much like the narrator in “Her Skin Was a Grim Canvas” could not merely wear clothes, there is no such thing as merely reading a Gwendolyn Kiste work. The stories in The Haunted Houses She Calls Her O...

The stories in The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste have to be savored, lived in, passages read again to relive the language or wallow in the emotion - be it fear, horror, dread, grief, humor. #BookSky TY #NetGalley & @rdspress.bsky.social for the ARC. Full review:

The Fourth Wife — CandiKat Horror The Fourth Wife by Linda Hamilton is a feminist Gothic horror with some historical Mormon folklore that takes place in 1882 Salt Lake City, and, yes, it’s as interesting as it sounds. 

The Fourth Wife by Linda Hamilton is a feminist Gothic horror with some historical Mormon folklore that takes place in 1882 Salt Lake City, and, yes, it’s as interesting as it sounds. #BookSky TY #NetGalley, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social, & @rbmediaco.bsky.social for the ARCs. Full Review:

The Curse of Hester Gardens by Tamika Thompson is not your typical haunted house story. And that’s a good thing. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social, & @rbmediaco.bsky.social for the advance copies for my honest review. Full review: candikathorror.com/reads/the-cu...

When I saw Mothman Is My Boyfriend by McKayla Coyle, I thought it'd be a cute, breezy, potentially clever light romantasy - like a G-rated version of one of Chuck Tingle’s infamous cryptid eroticas.
This is not that. #BookSky Out May 5! TY #NetGalley & @quirkbooks.bsky.social for the review copy!

Which scary mermaid books made the cut? Plus, more cryptid book recs from me, movies recs from the team, and more! #BookSky #FilmSky #Cryptids

The Hong Kong Widow — CandiKat Horror The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch is a haunting Gothic tale that follows one woman who is trying to put the ghosts that have haunted her, literally and metaphorically, since she was a child, to rest.

The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch is a haunting Gothic tale that follows one woman who is trying to put the ghosts that have haunted her, literally and metaphorically, since she was a child, to rest. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and @berkleypub.bsky.social for the ARC. Full Review:

The Wampus Cat

I’m from central Appalachia, so it has to be…

the Wampus Cat (you thought I was going to say Mothman, didn’t you?) #HorrorSky #Cryptid

Sarafina — CandiKat Horror Sarafina is the fourth book I have read by Philip Fracassi, and it is definitely my favorite so far.  Unlike many from my part of the United States (the "South"), I have never been a big Civil Wa...

Sarafina is the fourth book I have read by @pfracassi.bsky.social , and it is definitely my favorite so far. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and @clashbooks.bsky.social for the advance copy. Full review: candikathorror.com/reads/sarafina

We Call Them Witches — CandiKat Horror We Call Them Witches by India-Rose Bower is an interesting mix of post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story with pagan mythology and a touch of romance. 

We Call Them Witches by @inkyrosey.bsky.social is an interesting mix of post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story with pagan mythology and a touch of romance. TY to #NetGalley and @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social for the advance copy. #BookSky Full review: candikathorror.com/reads/we-call-them-witches

Bodies of Work — CandiKat Horror Curse you, Clay McLeod Chapman! I really wanted to feel nothing but contempt for Winston Kemper, and while his victims remind each other that he does not deserve our compassion, in so doing, they remi...

Curse you, @claymcleod.bsky.social! I really wanted to feel nothing but contempt for Winston Kemper, and while his victims remind each other that he does not deserve our compassion, in so doing, they remind us why he does. Bodies of Work out April 7. #BookSky Full Review:

Cruelty Free — CandiKat Horror Cruelty Free by Caroline Glenn takes a satirical look at Hollywood, fame, beauty standards, paparazzi and anyone in the sphere around fame, including bloggers and podcasters, but it’s also a tale abou...

Cruelty Free by Caroline Glenn takes a satirical look at Hollywood, fame, & anyone in the sphere around fame, including bloggers and podcasters, but it’s also a tale about how grief can break someone and how far one will go just to relieve that ache, however temporarily. #BookSky Full Review:

Where are your deep cut cryptid films but not so deep we can’t find them on your big streamers, or Tubi, YT, FoundTV - yeah, we go there, Shudder, ScreamBox, etc.? Or tell us?

Bitterbloom — CandiKat Horror Bitterbloom by Teagan Olivia King is a dark, atmospheric, gothic horror fantasy (with a dash of spice) with some interesting worldbuilding around death and the afterlife.

Bitterbloom by @teaganoliviawrites.bsky.social is a dark, atmospheric, gothic horror fantasy (with a dash of spice) with some interesting worldbuilding around death and the afterlife. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and Turner Publishing for the ARC. Full Review: candikathorror.com/reads/bitterbloom

I said “I don’t think I explained myself well” when I know I did fully explain myself well on a cross-functional project at my day job. I also used the phrase “cross-functional project” with a straight face so, when is somebody going to start paying me 6 figures just to read books, please? #DayJob

Well, you’re really gonna love next week’s!

Is ‘Faces of Death’ a great title or a perfect title? Plus, check out my book recs about resurrections! #BookSky #HorrorSky