\”It\’s Hard to Be a Vampire\” by Viktoria Faust \”It\’s Hard to Be a Vampire\” by Viktoria Faust is a captivating short story collection that delves into horror and science fiction. Faust, a prominent Croatian author, has earned the \”Queen of horror novels\” title in her home country, with over thirty published books and four […]
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Book Review, Macabre ThrillerAnita Nair\’s Cut-Like Wound Book: Cut Like Wound Author: Anita Nair Publication: Harpercollins Pages: 368 Price: Click the link Anita Nair, author Introduction: She is an Indian English writer. Her most famous novels are: A Better Man (1999) Mistress (2005, this novel by her was later adapted into a play Nine Faces of Being) (2005)
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Book Review, Macabre ThrillerAlice Thompson\’s Gothic Novel The Book Collector: Publication: Salt Publication Pages: 176 Price: Click the link “Once I have owned a book I am longing for the next one. Collecting is a creative act. One of perpetual longing and desire. One is never fully fulfilled. Collectors live in dread of satisfaction. There is that brief,
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Book Review, Macabre ThrillerBook: Cinderella’s Not-So-Ugly Stepsister Author: Lee Hayton Publication: Gimmer Fairy Tales Pages: 112 Price: Click the link \”My tale to you has been littered with shattered and battered corpses of everyone I\’ve ever loved.\” Sometimes I like to go through some romance-fictions that will give my brain a bit of relaxation and my heart
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Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray Author: Oscar Wilde Publication: Fingerprint Pages: 256 Price: Click the link Introduction: I\’m not sure if it is a book on art or on character or on an everlasting conflict between human vices and virtues or the pamphlet of the movement art for art\’s sake. The Picture of Dorian
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Macabre Thriller, SatireBook: Train to Pakistan Author: Khushwant Singh Publication: Penguin; 1st edition (2 February 2016); Penguin India Pages: 192 Price: Click the link Backdrop: Set up in the historical background of partition in 1947 Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh is a masterpiece of literature. The unresolved massacre and bloodshed is documented very emphatically yet cogent
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Macabre Thriller, Social IssuesThe Poison of Love By K.R. Meera Publication: Penguin Random House India Introduction: K. R. Meera, an eminent Indian author and journalist who writes in Malayalam and is known for such famous novels as The Gospel of Yudas, Hangwoman etc, is again sparkling with unique vivacity in The Poison of Love. Translated by MINISTHYS,
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Book Review, Love Story, Macabre ThrillerAuthor: B.P. Smythe Publication: Createspace Independent Pub Pages: 238 Price: Click the link Introduction: A collection of ten macabre short stories, From a Poison Pen, B.P. Smythe is a binge reading with a compact storyline and well-decorated blood-curdling plot. Every story is dipped in dark humour and spine-chilling thrills. The writer’s gripping over motif
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