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| Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar; foreword by Stephen KingWhat it's about: Years after a sinister gift-giving box wreaked havoc on her childhood, 37-year-old Gwendy finds it in her possession again.
What happens next: Returning to her hometown of Castle Rock for the holidays, Gwendy contemplates harnessing the box's power to cure her mother's cancer and solve a rash of local disappearances.
Series alert: This unsettling 2nd entry in the Gwendy series follows the novella Gwendy's Button Box, co-written with Stephen King. |
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The twisted ones
by T. Kingfisher
What it's about: When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods. By a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.
Book buzz: "Readers will stand back in awe as it all unravels, slowly at first, and then with great and terrifying speed. This is a modern retelling of Arthur Machen's seminal weird fiction tale, The White People, a story that greatly influenced H.P. Lovecraft, but readers won't need that context to enjoy The Twisted Ones." - Booklist Online, September, 2019
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| Chokehold by David MoodySeries alert: Set in the world of David Moody's Hater novels, Chokehold is the gory 3rd entry in the Final War series.
What it's about: In postapocalyptic Britain, Unchanged human Matthew Dunne and his fellow survivors face off against the blood-thirsty Haters and enter an uneasy alliance with Estelle, a woman from Matthew's past with ambitious plans to eradicate the Haters once and for all.
For fans of: World War Z and 28 Days Later. |
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| The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire NorthWhat it's about: Decades after he failed to save a young Zulu boy from a lynching, guilt-ridden English doctor William Abbey recounts his experiences in 1880s Colonial South Africa and the (figurative and literal) shadow that has followed him since that fateful day.
Is it for you? Readers interested in big-picture issues like the legacy of colonialism and the nature of guilt and culpability will want to check out this thought-provoking novel; period-authentic racist language may be off-putting for some readers. |
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Man-Eaters 1
by Chelsea Cain
What it's about: A mutation in toxoplasmosis causes menstruating women to turn into ferocious killer wildcats - easily provoked and extremely dangerous. As panic spreads and paranoia takes root, the fate of the world rides on the shoulders of one twelve year old girl.
Author note: Writer Chelsea Cain was born in Iowa City, Iowa on February 5, 1972 and lived on a commune in Iowa and then in Bellingham, Washington. Cain publishes in several genres and has penned a memoir, works of humor, and thrillers. She wrote her first thriller Heartsick in 2004, while pregnant with her daughter. It was published in 2007, and was an instant New York Times Bestseller along with her other works Sweetheart, Evil at Heart, and Let Me Go.
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| Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation by Miles HymanWhat it is: a haunting adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic 1948 short story "The Lottery," illustrated by her grandson.
Art alert: Escalating dread is conveyed through the Norman Rockwell-esque illustrations' changing colors, panel sizes, and perspectives.
Reviewers say: "One of the strongest graphic adaptations of a classic work to come along in some time" (Booklist). |
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Smashed : Junji Ito story collection
by Junji Itō
What it's about: Thirteen chilling nightmares presented by the master of horror.
Author Note: Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki, which have been adapted into live-action films; Gyo, which was adapted into an animated film. Ito's influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.
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The Wake
by Scott Snyder
What it is about: Marine biologist Lee Archer is sent by the Department of Homeland Security on a secret mission to deal with a threat from an unknown aquatic life form, but things aboard her underwater vessel turn chaotic when she and the other scientists find themselves under attack.
Book buzz: "Snyder's story is a ripsnorter from start to finish, heavy on the action and quips. The threads keeping the settings together barely hold, but Snyder's punchy style and Murphy's detail-dense pages and Tank Girl-style art are highly satisfying." - Publishers Weekly, December 2014
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