The Hungry Ones – Chris Sorensen

MY RATING ☆☆☆☆ SYNOPSIS     At the outskirts of Maple City sits the Crossroads Motel, a throwback to the days when the motor lodge was king. Two years ago, the motel was the site of an act so brutal that its buildings were left to rot. Jessie Voss, however,...

The Nightmare Room – Chris Sorensen

MY RATING☆☆☆☆☆ SYNOPSIS     A boy in a basement, a man in a booth and a darkness that threatens to swallow them both… New York audiobook narrator Peter Larson and his wife Hannah head to his hometown of Maple City to help Peter’s ailing father...

The Dark Game – Jonathan Janz

MY RATING☆☆☆☆ SYNOPSIS     Ten writers are selected for a summer-long writing retreat with the most celebrated and reclusive author in the world. Their host is the legendary Roderick Wells. Handsome, enigmatic, and fiendishly talented, Wells promises to...

On the Shortness of Life – Seneca

MY RATING☆☆☆☆☆ SYNOPSIS     The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless...

Violet – Scott Thomas

MY RATING☆☆☆☆☆ SYNOPSIS     In the lineage of Peter Straub’s Julia, Scott Thomas’ Violet is the disturbing tale of a woman haunted by her long-abandoned imaginary friend. For many children, the summer of 1988 was filled with sunshine and laughter. But...

The Twisted Ones – T. Kingfisher

MY RATING☆☆☆☆ SYNOPSIS     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. When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother’s...