September 2017 list by Darlene Nethery
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"The mighty rhododendron bushes flourished unchecked, and in the orchard the trees turned wild and the apples were eaten by blackbirds." ~ from Lauren Owen's The Quick |
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I Wish I Was Like You
by S. P. Miskowski
Greta didn't set out to solve a murder. But if the first thing you see when you come home after a long day at a lousy job is your own dead body, it can make even the most cynical non-starter in 1994 Seattle take an interest. Refusing to believe her dead eyes Greta tries to prove she didn't die a lame-ass, suicidal Cobain imitator.
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Nona's Room
by Cristina Fernández Cubas
A award-winning collection of six Gothic and uncanny stories from one of Europe’s most celebrated contemporary writers of short fiction. Suffused with the chilling tones of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and the psychological intensity of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, Cubas turns the everyday fantasies of her female characters into nightmare, delusion and paranoia.
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The Twilight Pariah
by Jeffrey Ford
All Maggie, Russell, and Henry wanted out of their last college vacation was to get drunk and play archaeologist in an old house in the woods outside of town. When they excavate the mansion's outhouse they find way more than they bargained for: a sealed bottle filled with a red liquid, along with the bizarre skeleton of a horned child.
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Under a Watchful Eye
by Adam Nevill
Seb Logan is being watched. He just doesn't know by whom. When the sudden appearance of a dark figure shatters his idyllic coastal life, he soon realizes that the murky past he thought he'd left behind has far from forgotten him. What's more unsettling is the strange atmosphere that engulfs him at every sighting, plunging his mind into a terrifying paranoia.
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What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror
by David Wong
Investigating the activities of a shapeshifting entity that is snatching local kids, the friends from This Book Is Full of Spiders are challenged to navigate an uproariously convoluted maze of illusions, incompetence and lies.
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Who's Afraid?
by Maria Lewis
Tommi Grayson's never exactly been a normal girl. Bright blue hair, a mysterious past and barely controlled rage issues have a way of making a woman stand out. Yet she's never come close to guessing who she really is.
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