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The Short Story Reader #111 - Twenty Pieces of Documentation Presented To the Emergency Committee On the Study and Understanding of the M3D1154 Contagion by Damien Angelica Walters
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What if women didn’t have to be afraid of men? What if they had a way to protect themselves from those predators who hide among us and strike at the vulnerable at their weakest?
This short epistolary piece, less than two thousand words in length, examines the aftermath of a world in which women have just this power. It does not play coy, doesn’t shy away from the poisonous…
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PRISMS - PRE-ORDER
PRISMS – PRE-ORDER
PRISMS, an anthology of dark science fiction and fantasy co-edited by Darren Speegle and Michael Bailey, is now available to pre-order. This anthology was previously published in limited hardcover by PS Publishing in March 2021, but will be made available in a wider release by Written Backwards on March 21st, 2023. Features cover artwork by Ben Baldwin.
Prisms are instruments, mirrors,…
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The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
"When you're twelve, it's different. You can believe in something so strongly you make it real, and then you can't tell any difference between the truth and the story."
Year Read: 2022
Rating: 2/5
About: As a child, Heather and her friends formed the Dead Girls Club, a group of girls obsessed with serial killers and urban legends like the Red Lady, a vengeful ghost who was buried alive as a witch. Heather doesn't know what to do when Becca starts insisting the Red Lady is real, and that belief ultimately gets her best friend killed. Heather is the one who killed her. Thirty years later, Heather gets Becca's half of their heart-shaped friendship necklace in the mail, the necklace she was wearing when she died. Someone else knows what happened that night, and they're determined to make Heather pay. Trigger warnings: death/child death (on-page), child abuse/abusive households, alcoholism, fire, stalking, threats, mental illness, depression, bullying.
Thoughts: This is how you take a really cool urban legend and turn it into the most boring adult thriller ever. I was drawn in by the premise of the Red Lady and a group of girls who may or may not be messing with the occult. I never had the fascination with serial killers when I was younger, but my friends and I did spend a lot of time telling scary stories and playing morbid games at our sleepovers. The mythology of the Red Lady is easily my favorite part of the book, and we would have scared ourselves silly with a story like that back in grade school.
Unfortunately, there's little I like about the way this story is told. For one thing, telling the Red Lady's stories in Becca's voice takes them down several notches from frightening urban legend that could have happened to your friend's cousin's cousin in Canada to, well, a made-up story that children tell to scare their friends. I'm not the biggest fan of excerpt chapters, but this is one instance where I feel like they would have worked really well. The Red Lady's story would be far scarier if it was told like something that actually happened.
Then there's Heather. I don't have any particular feelings about her character one way or the other. We don't really see what she's like before the weirdness starts, and she grows increasingly paranoid and illogical over the course of the novel. That's probably a reasonable reaction to being stalked and threatened, but there were moments I found myself wondering how this person ever became a mental health professional. Mostly, though, my problem with Heather is that, young or old, she never once believes that the Red Lady might be real, which means I could never believe it either. If the narrator is constantly insisting that things aren't happening, then why would I be frightened by them? Some books expertly walk the line between supernatural and human horrors, but this one has zero ambivalence. It's kids trying to scare each other, and that's exactly how it comes across.
I suppose we can call that ending a twist. If we're being less charitable, we can call it a descent into total absurdity. The villain of the story is out of left field, and I doubt even more attentive or invested readers could see it coming. It’s less a shock or a logical conclusion than a poorly executed attempt to insert some thrills into a story that fell flat over a hundred pages ago. The final reveal with Heather is less shocking but at least makes sense, and I was more satisfied with her character arc than I was with the plot as a whole. Still, it’s far from enough to save a book that commits basically the greatest sin a thriller can commit in being entirely unthrilling.
#book review#the dead girls club#damien angelica walters#thriller#adult fiction#2/5#rating: 2/5#2022
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Damien Angelica Walters in Sharp & Sugar Tooth: Women Up To No Good, now available for pre-order: Amazon ; B&N ; IndieBound!
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Review of Cry Your Way Home by Damien Angelica Walters
Cry Your Way Home (Apex Publications, 2018) features seventeen of Damien Angelica Walters’ previously published short stories in a brilliant collection showcasing her beautiful prose and carefully plotted tales. Not for the faint of heart, the stories contained within this book veer frequently toward the creepy and unsettling.
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The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
3 Stars
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Date of publication: December 10th, 2019
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Where you can find The Dead Girls Club: Barnes and Noble | Amazon | BookBub
Book Synopsis:
A supernatural thriller in the vein of A Head Full of Ghosts about two young girls, a scary story that becomes far too real, and the tragic–and terrifying–consequences…
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HOW WOMEN AUTHORS ARE RESHAPING THE HORROR GENRE, Damien Angelica Walters
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Books Read 2021
~ = denotes reread
* = denotes A Big Rec of The Year (Nothing I reread was allowed a Rec note. If I’m rereading it, I probably think it’s pretty good)
#--denotes Follower Pick
^--denotes Pitchless Draw
1. A Wizard of EarthSea by Ursula LeGuin#
2. Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas~
3. Atonement by Ian McEwan~
4. The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
5. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia*
6. In The Woods by Tana French#
7. The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
8. The Killer Wore Leather by Laura Antoneiu
9. The Likeness by Tana French
10. The Secret History by Donna Tartt#
11. The Dwelling by Susie Moloney
12. Feed by Mira Grant
13. Cephalopography 2.0 by rasiqra revulva^
14. If it Bleeds by Stephen King*
15. A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang#
16. This House is Haunted by John Boyne~
17. East of Eden by John Steinbeck~
18. Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis*
19. It by Stephen King~
20. The Shining by Stephen King~
21. Into the Drowning Deep by MIra Grant
22. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir#
23. The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck# (I actually read this way earlier in the year)
24. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King~
Reading: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
On deck: My Cousin Rachel
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The Dead Girls Club, by Damien Angelica Walters
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Best New Horror #30, edited by Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2020. Cover art by Warren Kremer, info: pspublishing.co.uk.
In this latest edition of the world’s longest-running annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy you will find cutting-edge stories by such authors as Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Alison Littlewood, Graham Masterton, Michael Marshall Smith, Damien Angelica Walters, Reggie Oliver and Thana Niveau, amongst many others. You’ll also find the usual Introduction: Horror in 2018 and Necrology of those who have left us.
Contents.
Introduction of Horror in 2018 – Stephen Jones
The House – Peter Bell
Smiling Man – Simon Kurt Unsworth
Holiday Reading – Rosalie Parker
Resonant Evil –Graham Masterton
Redriff – Michael Chislett
The Blink – Nicholas Royle
The Deep Sea Swell – John Langan
Sisters Rise – Christopher Harman
The Run of the Town – Ramsey Campbell
The Marvellous Talking Machine – Alison Littlewood
Who’s Got the Button? – James Wade
The Typewriter – Rio Youers
The Keepers of the Lighthouse – Ken Mackenzie
The Hungry Grass – Tracy Fahey
Ghostly Studies, Dr. Grace, and The Diodati Society – Daniel McGachey
It Never Looks Like Drowning – Damien Angelica Walters
The Window of Erich Zann – Michael Marshall Smith
Posterity – Mark Samuels
Octoberland – Thana Niveau
Porson’s Piece – Reggie Oliver
He Sings of Salt and Wormwood – Brian Hodge
Virginia Story – Caitlin R. Kiernan
The Virgin Mary Well – Peter Bell
Necrology – Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
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2020 Reading List
I saw Jaime did this last year and thought it was super cute!
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (1/04)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (1/11)
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus (1/16)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (1/20)
Frankly in Love by David Yoon (2/6)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2/11)
Saint Anything by Sarah Desseb (2/18)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (3/10)
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (3/17)
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston (3/28)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling(4/14)
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertall and Adam Silvera (4/15)
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters (4/27)
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (5/2)
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (5/10)
Silver Bells by Luanne Rice (5/10)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (5/17)
Scythe by Neal Shusterman (5/21)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (5/30)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (6/6)
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Nancy Schoenberger and Sam Kashner (6/23)
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (7/1)
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (7/2)
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Claire (7/5)
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (7/9)
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (7/14)
You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson (7/17)
The Silence of Bones by June Hur (7/20)
The Toll by Neal Shusterman (7/28)
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman (8/1)
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (8/8)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (8/11)
The Burning by Megha Majumdar (8/16)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (8/20)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (8/23)
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (8/25)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (8/31)
The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu (9/1)
Rush by Maya Banks (9/3)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (9/6)
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (9/10)
We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian (9/15)
The Golden Compas by Philip Pullman (9/23)
The Agony House by Cherie Priest (10/1)
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (10/3)
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (10/8)
The Wicked King by Holly Black (10/12)
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (10/13)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (10/14)
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (10/22)
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (10/25)
Know My Name by Chanel Miller (10/27)
Leave the World Behind by Rumania Alam (10/28)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (11/2)
The Midnight Heir by Cassandra Clare (11/4)
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (11/5)
Circe by Madeline Miller (11/9)
The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (11/12)
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (11/18)
The Last To Let Go by Amber Smith (11/24)
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black (11/30)
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (12/1)
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (12/2)
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (12/7)
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (12/9)
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (12/12)
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (12/16)
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren (12/18)
Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (12/21)
The Lost Sisters by Holly Black (12/22)
A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos (12/25)
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (12/27)
#to update as i go#books 2020#im trying to get to 30 this year!#i made it to 28 last year so well see#books#reading#reading list#bye alyshia#alicia’s 2020 bookish list
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PRISMS
Prisms (co-edited by Darren Speegle and yours truly) is now available by PS Publishing. Available in trade hardcover or limited signed / numbered hardback (only 100, signed by all).
Instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained herein are nineteen transformative tales from some of speculative fiction’s…
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February
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reviews
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum (5/5)
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (4/5)
All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (4/5)
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (3/5)
Alien: Echo by Mira Grant (3/5)
It Will End Like This by Kyra Leigh (3/5)
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters (2/5)
In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power (2/5)
rereads
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (5/5)
etcetera
Readalikes: The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes & None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
Flash Book Review: The Legend of the Golden Raven by K. Ancrum
TMST: Top 5 Books by Black Authors
TMST: Top 7 Fictional Kisses of All Time
challenges
Forgotten YA Gems Annual Reading Challenge (4/20)
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Damien Angelica Walters in Sharp & Sugar Tooth: Women Up To No Good, now available for pre-order: Amazon ; B&N ; IndieBound!
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Our May book club pick is The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters!
I’m so excited to read this one with you all as it has both a beautiful cover and ~spooky~ vibes. Furious Love came in as a very close second so if any of you fast readers out there feel like another read-a-long this month feel free to join me in reading it. We’ll be having a live discussion at 3pm EST on May 17th moderated through this blog using the #tsbookclub tag, I look forward to your always wonderful thoughts!
#tsbookclub#ahhhhh I'm so so excited I really like this publisher#and I'm v curious about furious love i don't read a lot of biographies!
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