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Epeolatry Book Review: Grey Noise by Marcus Hawke

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Title: Grey Noise
Author: Marcus Hawke
Publisher: Hawke Haus Books
Genre: Horror
Release date: 19th June, 2023

Synopsis: Evan Grey is just trying to get his store, REWIND VIDEO, up and running. Fate, unfortunately, often has other plans. Then he finds something that would be the perfect touch, an old vacuum tube TV. One that keeps turning to static. And it too has other plans.

It follows you.

Drives you.

It’s already inside you.

Lose yourself in… GREY NOISE.

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Epeolatry Book Review: A Shadow of Your Former Self by Amy Grech

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Title: A Shadow of Your Former Self
Author: Amy Grech
Publisher: Alien Buddha Press
Genre: Horror, Poetry, Short Stories
Release date: 19th June, 2023

Synopsis: A chapbook collection of dark short stories and poems.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

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Title: Maeve Fly
Author: CJ Leede
Publisher: Tor Nightfire
Genre: Horror 
Release date: 6th June, 2023

Synopsis: By day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place in the world as every child’s favorite ice princess.

By the neon night glow of the Sunset Strip, Maeve haunts the dive bars with a drink in one hand and a book in the other, imitating her misanthropic literary heroes.

But when Gideon Green – her best friend’s brother – moves to town, he awakens something dangerous within her, and the world she knows suddenly shifts beneath her feet.

Untethered, Maeve ditches her discontented act and tries on a new persona. A bolder, bloodier one, inspired by the pages of American Psycho. Step aside Patrick Bateman, it’s Maeve’s turn with the knife.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Winter Harvest by Ioanna Papadopoulou

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Title: Winter Harvest
Author: Ioanna Papadopoulou
Publisher: Ghost Orchid Press
Genre: Greco-Roman Myth & Legend Fantasy eBooks, Mythology
Release date: 21st November, 2023

Synopsis: When her beloved daughter Kore vanishes, Demeter is distraught. Suspecting betrayal and mistrusting of her family, she searches across the world, unable to come to terms with such a loss. But Demeter is one of the original goddesses of Mount Olympus, and a force not to be underestimated. She is determined that she will find her daughter, even if it means destroying humanity in the process.

Winter Harvest is a brand-new, dark reimagining of the tale of Demeter and Persephone by Greek author Ioanna Papadopoulou. Steeped in lore and with a deep understanding of the many different facets of Demeter’s personality, this retelling will change your perspective on one of the most well-known stories of Greek mythology.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Dead by Daylight #1 by Nadia Shammas, Dillon Snook, Emilio Lecce

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Title: Dead by Daylight #1
Author: Nicole Shammas
Art: Dillon Snook, Emilio Lecce
Publisher: Titan Comics
Genre: Horror Graphic Novels, Media Tie-in Graphics
Release date: 14th June, 2023

Synopsis: When the rebellious FRANK crashes into the lives of JULIE, JOEY, and SUSIE, together they’ll unleash bloody chaos onto the sleepy, dead-end town of Ormond.

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey

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Title: The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City #1)
Author: Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
Publisher: Tor Nightfire
Genre: Occult Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Cosmic Horror


Release date: 3rd October, 2023

Synopsis:  Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill.

Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She’s been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to the top. But nothing can prepare her for the toughest job yet: when her best friend, Sarah, shows up at her door in need of help. Keeping Sarah safe becomes top priority.

Julie is desperate for a quick fix to break the dead-end grind and save her friend. But her power grab sets off a deadly chain of events that puts Sarah—and the entire world—directly in the path of annihilation.

The first explosive adventure in the Carrion City Duology, The Dead Take the A Train fuses Cassandra Khaw’s cosmic horror and Richard Kadrey’s gritty fantasy into a full-throttle thrill ride straight into New York’s magical underbelly.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Doctor Who : Once Upon A Time Lord by Dan Slott

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Title: Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord
Author: Dan Slott
Artist: Christopher Jones
Publisher: Titan Comics
Genre: Science Fiction
Release date: 31st, October, 2023

Synopsis: An epic story that sees companion Martha Jones captured by the insatiable Pyromeths, and her only hope for survival is to keep them distracted with sensational untold tales of the Tenth Doctor facing off against his greatest foes– both classic and new!

Witness the incredible adventures of the Tenth Doctor like never-before! You’ll be on the edge of your Tardis as she recounts three unbelievable tales of The Doctor facing off against his deadliest foes!

Bursting straight out of the long-running hit television series, this Doctor Who collection continues the time-travelling tales of the Doctor and friends.

Buy it, read it, then travel back in time to read it for the first time all over again…!

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Epeolatry Book Review: Nightwood by Elana Gomel

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Title: Nightwood
Author: Elana Gomel
Publisher: Crystal Lake Publishing
Genre: Mythology, Historical Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure Fiction, Horror
Release date: 18th January, 2023

Synopsis: All fairy tales were history once.
Ally is a Ukrainian bride who married a wealthy Californian, Carl Morris. Everything is strange in her new home: the shadowy redwoods, the peculiar neighbors, and the mystery surrounding the death of Carl’s first wife. But Ally is determined to leave her own tragic past behind and to be a good wife and a good American.
Escaping darkness is not so easy, however. Ally discovers that her house is situated on the borders of Nightwood, where fairy tales become nightmares and nightmares become reality. And the ruler of Nightwood has plans of his own.
When Carl is abducted by a forest monster, Ally follows him into the land where the Red, Black, and White Horsemen drag the sun in their wake. There she is taken prisoner by the ghoulish Little Mother and is forced to labor in a filthy farmyard filled with deformed human livestock. But Little Mother is not the most terrifying creature in Nightwood. The Ogre, squatting in the Castle with no Windows, is poised to invade our world. He has Carl; and he wants Ally.
Unexpectedly joined by new friends, Ally escapes to embark on a perilous journey across a dying land filled with mythical beasts and creatures from fairy tales. To save Carl, Ally will have to brave the horrors of Nightwood and uncover the shattering secret of her own identity.

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