Author Interview: Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman Some horror stories rely on monsters while others rely on the slow, suffocating realization that the world we live in (the systems we trust, the choices we make, the people we depend on) might already be the nightmare. In Shiny Happy […]
Author Interview: Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet In Beth Is Dead, debut author Katie Bernet takes one of literature’s most beloved tragedies and gives it a razor-sharp twist, reimagining Little Women as a contemporary murder mystery. What begins with the familiar heartbreak of Beth March’s death quickly spirals into […]
Author Interview: An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew In An Ocean Apart, Jill Tew delivers a fierce and immersive eco-thriller that feels both cinematic and heartbreakingly real. The world has fractured into the flooded Marshes below and the glittering cruise-ship cities above, where the privileged sail away from the wreckage […]
Author Interview: The Dysfunctional Family’s Guide to Murder by Kate Emery Families fight, bicker, and keep secrets but in Kate Emery’s The Dysfunctional Family’s Guide to Murder, Ruth takes it a step further: she suspects her relatives of actual homicide. With a blend of laugh-out-loud wit and genuine chills (including […]
Author Interview: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride Amber McBride’s writing has always lingered at the edges of the mystical and the deeply human, and The Leaving Room is no exception. In this novel, we meet Gospel, the Keeper of a liminal space where the young must pause between life […]
Author Interview: Try Your Worst by Chatham Greenfield Chatham Greenfield’s Try Your Worst is a romcom that mixes prank wars, tourist-town shenanigans, and a rivals-to-lovers romance that’s as heartfelt as it is hilarious. Sadie and Cleo’s journey from lifelong enemies to something much softer is full of laugh-out-loud moments, swoony […]
Author Interview: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto Jesse Q. Sutanto is best known for the laugh-out-loud hijinks of the Aunties series and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, but her newest novel, Next Time Will Be Our Turn, takes a quieter, more intimate approach. Blending […]
Author Interview: Keep Your Friends Close by Cynthia Murphy Cynthia Murphy has mastered the art of the gasp-worthy YA thriller, and her latest, Keep Your Friends Close, is no exception. Set in the glittering yet sinister halls of Morton Academy, the novel dives into ambition, morality, and just how far […]
Author Interview: Hear Her Howl by Kim DeRose Kim DeRose’s Hear Her Howl sinks its claws into girlhood, hunger, and the holy hush of secrets kept behind convent walls, then lets them out to run wild under a blood moon. We chatted with Kim about what it means to turn […]
Author Interview: Dead & Breakfast by Rosiee Thor & Kat Hillis Dead & Breakfast by Rosiee Thor & Kat Hillis is a paranormal murder mystery, yet the vampires are the ones trying to solve this mystery! I love this genre-bending plot, plus its gay, always a good addition. We had […]