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75% mark and I have to dine upon a bit of crow it would seem. I really enjoyed the surprise plot twist in the third quarter. The author skillfully unveiled it and without addressing all of the pathology which kept me guessing. I also enjoyed the increasing friction and aggression that Marly was dealing out on his lackey. It was icing on the cake to have the flip flop on the torture tape especially with a cliffhanger.

And the beat goes on. Author Stuart Bray occasionally makes subjective comments about the content of his subject's poorly written, sick and sadistic tale of kidnapping and torturing. The stooge the psychotic uses as a tool and a whipping boy is unsympathetic. The novel has not improved in any area which I can ascertain.

This Isn't Who We Are by Stuart Bray is a January 2026 Group Read for the Horror Book Club Splatterpunk. A disturbed violent psychopath is somehow in a position to literally type his own autobiography with horror author Stuart Bray observing and occasionally commenting. There are editing errors which are occasionally noted. Not a reading style that appeals to me as a reader.

Read the first third of this short work of horror about a Paiute malevolent spirit and a cursed river running through Bishop, California. It is interesting because the supernatural ocurrences are filtered through a young schizophrenic living in the smalltown who is off her meds and heavily into street drugs. Wrath published this in 2010 and the name of the song a few years earlier rang a bell. Snappy title.

The days of Natasha's oppression are passing slowly with the "trunk", sea-sickness, starvation and heated squalor behind her. She is learning how it feels to be assessed like a piece of property on an auction block. There is more about the psychology of BDSM and the awareness that this " play" was a part of the dating ritual during the early days of the relationship. It had Natasha more amenable a pact of slavery.

Status Update failed to upload. Tonight's reading chronicled the stressful journey endured by the endangered married couple from California who purchased only a mirage with their gold and put their lives in the hands of sadistic sociopaths in the service of the monarchy.

Tonight I read the story of the journey across country taken by our couple from embattled California who were frightened enough and emboldened to pay human smugglers to safely transport them to a safe haven with the monarchy of Pacifica. The story is rendered in a bleak tone punctuated by bittersweet moments of love and human connection between Dann'ell and his wife. The two deranged escorts added a sadistic touch.

The pace of the storyline has stabilized with less shifting timelines of this dark romance. The reader learns more about the main character but through the eyes of his adoring white girlfriend. She has reportedly warmed to his teachings about the 400 Years Of Oppression his ancestors had been subjected to for the past several hundred years. The rich detail was both well documented by the author and well presented.

I am ready to excitedly declare as I approach the halfway mark that this fascinating and fatalistically bleak horror epic has found its stride. Immersive and gripping as this chilling futuristic hellscape has been, it is now a book that has outstanding and memorable written in every page. Rich characterization, claustrophobic culinary setting of the Royal Kitchen with chilling tension, intrigue, intensity,and levity.

Whoa! I am reading the 2025 Second Edition of WJW's controversial horror story "400 Days of Oppression". Including his Foreword. I might have stepped in it. The narrative sinuously ensnares and traps you in a painful vice grip. It is a horror story to be certain but one that the author appears to be channelling from the depths of the bloody horrors of our nonfiction past. There are landmines in every other sentence.

This is definitely a horror novel but its foundational motivation for the author was not a fictional creative exercise wherein he imagined the unconscienciable blood, sweat, pain, and strife man can inflict on his brothers. This is the Second Edition, published this year in 2025 a dozen years after it was originally released in 2013 to a rabid fan response. I imagine so. It is well written and even more incendiary.

I have read nearly a third of (Food, #4) and I am leaning in the direction that this part (Mise en Place) may be my favorite in the series so far. It reads itself. Riveting is not too strong a word. I found out today that the novel does not end with #5 and I am really looking forward to reading the conclusion in 2026.

I will be finishing up talented Jeffrey Caston's vision of a barren wasteland that spells extreme horror in every corner we attempt to seek refuge. I will also bravely tackle the most controversial piece of disturbing fiction ever written by the Knockout King Of Hardcore Extreme Horror Wrath James White. My first impressions anticipated as December winds down.

It is difficult to believe that I have only read to the 14% mark and I already feel entangled by the horror and cannibalism of a brutal future for mankind that Caston ingeniously imagines. This is an outstanding piece of extreme horror served cold as the ice in a megalomaniac's veins.

Ran across this new one from Camphouse and thought I would read. I like her works. She is quite creative and her tales of extreme horror are very original. Support Buddy is an intriguing tale about a most unusual pair of childhood best buddies. One is a successful criminal attorney and the other a programmer who is a self-aware pedophile who is effective in keeping his sickness in check. Very promising!!!

I am enthusiastically impressed by the wide range of Triana's flexibility, his master class capacity to use descriptive prose, and wield biting sardonic dialogue with the same aptitude he evokes with beautiful poetic scenes that break your heart. Always been blown away by his chameleon ability to step seamlessly into any environment or era and "own it" like a native. This novel showcases that dynamic range, talent.

Tension and intrigue building Main by the minute. Ian is in illegal quicksand. Sometimes the sand is cool against his skin but he always recalls it is a dream. Ian always recognizes a colorful hellscape rendering as hell and a dishonest dreamscape. Zoe is on a tear pushing more product and her cousin Dennis is a lunatic. Ian is proving it doesnt pay to be honest with some people, a concrete pool of desperate acts.

Ian continues to be demoralized and depressed with his hopeless situation and beloved dog needing treatment. Will he resort to temptation to work for the criminal element to introduce contraband or will he stand tall and continue the ball crushing hours of overtime. A chess game is beginning that will change the trajectory of all their lives. It is for sure that the landscape will entirely change for the worst.

I Don't Recognize This World Anymore by Triana is an absorbing novel, and it is so immersive I feel like I am walking in the shoes of the main character Ian. The setting is a high security woman's prison. I can relate to Ian on so many levels, likely not healthy. It it a novel with lots of heart, empathy and emotional depth. He is parading his extraordinary versatility writing in other genres.Love it.

More thrilling comic acts from playboy Ed and histrionic buddy crashing intimate dinner party for Ed and Elaine. Doesn't take long to go sideways. Soon Ed is on the road again but dragging a heavy Albatross around his neck with the guy not getting anywhere with innuendos and groping. So "plays like" he is going to jump in the water beneath the bridge. The poser threatening to jump,the men below say come on in!

Now up reading because I can't sleep. The reader learns about Ed's friend Kirkus and his new girlfriend Jeannie (one of them I should say). Ed is planning leaving her alone drunk to go chase after the mystery girl Casey..She is a little less mystery to me at this point. So okay I dislike the character of Ed. I don't care if he and Kirkus are 19 years old. My theory of the book would answer a whole lot of questions.

Ed goes out hunting for his "mystery girl" and finally runs into her. Is her name really "Casey"? She introduces Ed to the October night life like the pro wrestlers " Linda and Walinda Wiggins"and tells him about the missing left arm from the shoulder down now in an aquarium. Casey explains that half the people at night are "nuts or zany". Casey tells him a chilling tale about almost not getting away from a " crazy".

Halfway point of this offbeat heavily atmospheric Halloween tale of teen terror and topsy turvy chilling shenanigans. Like it certainly but feel untethered periodically and disenchanted with immature decision making. Please also check Discussion Thread for Buddy Read Splatterpunk. I am likely behind the other two readers.

Buddy Read in progress on Splatterpunk Horror Book Club. I have reached the halfway mark and this storyline is dark as onyx, peppered with Satanisn and absolutely riveting. Also refer to Discussion Notes if members.

, Night in the Lonesome October is presently a Buddy Read on Splatterpunk Horror Book Club this month. This is a later novel by Laymon and the scenic ambience and the direction the author appears to be going seems very different from what I am used to experiencing with Laymon. Please also refer to Discussion Thread if club members.

Emily: The Sequel/Prequel to Rabbit Hunt is a current Buddy Read on Splatterpunk Horror Book Club presently and reading this novel from the creative genius of a master like WJW is an absolute thrill. I love it so far and the pace has been perfect.

Buddy Read this month for Splatterpunk Horror Book Club. This is very different from his othe books I have read. It has atmosphere and carries a sense a dread like an extra handkerchief. Interesting main character. Like it.

Began Night in the Lonesome October tonight but only a few chapters into it. Atmospheric. Really looking forward to a novel by Laymon this close to the Fall Season and the leaves on the trees changing. A long walk underway by a broken hearted young man headed for takeout cookies and safe passage for a lovely young lady partial to felines encountered in the night.