I’ve ketamine therapy tonight so I can’t have caffeine or my ADD meds and even meals and in order that’s in all probability why I simply emailed hundreds of individuals an e-mail with a 500-year-old drawing of a medieval cat carrying off what appears to be a dismembered penis (my substack is weirder than regular in the present day, I’m so sorry) and why this submit may be crammed with ramblingness (which is an actual phrase, spellcheck.)
Listed here are issues to know:
First off, a number of instances a 12 months we open up grown-up thriller containers at Nowhere the place you may inform us your private likes and we’ll customise a novel shock field only for you. They promote out shortly so if you would like one, click on right here. Right here’s one we despatched out final time to somebody who clearly needs to be my pal as a result of they’ve the identical unusual likes I do:
(Be sure to test your e-mail for the shape to inform us about you or else we’ll simply guess what you want primarily based in your identify. This appears ridiculous however I actually simply signed a e book to somebody who had “COMPANY IS NICE BUT CALL FIRST” of their handle and I’ve by no means associated extra.)
In case you’re in search of good October books, I’ve two wonderful picks for the e book golf equipment. Unbelievable Strangelings members are getting The Lavatory Spouse by Kay Chronister, which I can’t cease excited about and I would like you to learn. 5 siblings in West Virginia unearth long-buried secrets and techniques when the supernatural cut price entwining their destiny with their ancestral land is abruptly ruptured. Half Southern Gothic, half psychological thriller, half insane. It jogged my memory of Shirley Jackson blended with Cormac McCarthy and Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
And Nightmares from Nowhere members are getting This Cursed Home by Del Sandeen. On this Southern gothic horror debut, a younger Black lady abandons her life in Nineteen Sixties Chicago for a place with a mysterious household in New Orleans, solely to find the darkish reality. They’re beneath a curse, they usually assume she will be able to break it. So good.
And if you happen to want extra, I additionally appreciated these new October books:
Memorials by Richard Chizmar – A bunch of scholars encounter a supernatural terror whereas on a haunting highway journey via Appalachia.
The place the Useless Brides Collect by Nuzo Onoh – A robust Nigeria-set story of possession, malevolent ghosts, household tensions, secrets and techniques and homicide from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and ‘Queen of African Horror’.
A Bit A lot by Lyndsay Rush – The debut poetry assortment from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a witty and festivity of massive emotions, tender truths, and (in opposition to all odds) knowledge
Fearless by Alison Monda – Hilarious and horrible tales from an absurd life spent within the woods.
The Youngsters Are All Proper by Gabrielle and Ben Blair – a novel information that subverts the idea of “excellent parenting” by embracing uncertainty.
