“New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker’s new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie’s imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can’t be—can it? Tillie can’t bring herself to believe vampires exist. … Continue reading
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Wolf Winter (2014) #25DaysofCreepmas
This is the closest thing to “non” horror on this list. We’ll call it a historical thriller mystery with….a murder. That’s horrific right? Set in the 1700s, a family moves in order to start anew. Unfortunately, they’re soon faced with the grisly business of a dead neighbor, one that was supposedly attacked by wolves. The … Continue reading
The Winter People #25DaysofCreepmas
This is another novel from McMahon that uses two time periods to tell a startling story. Back in 1908, a woman is found dead behind her house just months after the death of her daughter. Now, a mother of two girls goes missing and it’s up to her oldest to decipher the mystery spiraling out … Continue reading
Mistletoe (2019) #25DaysofCreepmas
Alone in a big, empty house by a smoldering fire is probably one of the most haunting feelings. Mistletoe imitates it perfectly. And you bet your sweet ass this is another Gothic, Neo-Victorian ghost story. Suffering from grief, a widow purchases a new home in time for snow fall and finds herself tormented by beings … Continue reading