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Debra’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Debra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Debra Castaneda
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Rooted in the Past, Blossoming in the Imagination
They say, “write what you know.” But when I decided to set several of my stories in Chavez Ravine, I didn’t know the area in Los Angeles first-hand. The city had evicted the residents long before I was born. But my mother and her family talked about what it was like living in the hilltop neighborhoods of Palo Verde, La Loma and Bishop before the evictions.
My family described the rolling hills, the
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I discovered this book on a list of must-read folk horror books, so that's what I went in expecting. It's not. But once I shook off my mistaken expectations, I'm so glad I read Ghost Wall which I might have otherwise missed. It's an unsettling coming
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All the stars for Cold Eternity, S.A. Barnes' latest SciFi horror set on a space barge filled with tanks holding cryogenically frozen bodies. Who would take a job on a creepy ship like that? Someone desperate enough to want to hide out where the peop ...more |
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Do you enjoy stories open to interpretation? If you love a great folk horror story that will leave you guessing, check out this short novel by Elizabeth Hand. (If you need firm answers, then Wylding Hall may not be for you.) There’s so much to love ab ...more |
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This is one helluva great folk horror book by the author of Diavola. Lute published in 2023 and now I’m sad it took me so long to read it. I’m embarrassed to admit the cover threw me off. Don’t get me wrong. The cover is gorgeous, but I got the impre ...more |
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Debra wrote: "Heather D wrote: "This one is coming up soon for me on my tbr!"Happy very dark reading!"
To you as well! I've been on such a good roll th ...more " |
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What Swallows the Light: Alien Horror Novellas (Dark Tide Horror Novellas)
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Like Neapolitan ice cream, there are three delicious flavors of alien horror in What Swallows the Light that will satisfy most readers. There are three novellas in Book 19 of Crystal Lake’s Dark Tide series. John Durgin’s Suffocating Skies has relata ...more |
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“When he looked over at her, it was like she was leaking, and the seat was all wet, and that’s when he started to get scared.”
― The Haunting of Chavez Ravine
― The Haunting of Chavez Ravine
“some parents don’t realize this, but the silent treatment is considered emotional abuse. Your mother was punishing you by withholding connection. It’s a form of control, and it’s very damaging.”
― The Root Witch
― The Root Witch
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Horror Aficionados :
November 2022 Group Read Nominations
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| Horror Aficionados : 2022 Halloween Season Challenge | 243 | 764 | Dec 17, 2022 02:03PM | |
| Book Nook Cafe: What did you read in ~~ August 2023 | 45 | 32 | Nov 01, 2023 07:25AM | |
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Horror Aficionados :
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85 | 504 | Jul 16, 2024 08:02AM | |
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| Turn of a Page: Kristen's Horoscope | 158 | 36 | Feb 21, 2025 03:56AM |
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