Genre: Horror
The Child Eater by Rachel Pollack
The Child Eater is a fantastical story about two boys, born in different worlds and centuries apart, who are bound together by magic and fate, and a monstrous creature known only as The Child Eater. He has preyed on generations of children and their ghostly voices cry out for help, cry out for someone to end their curse.
The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden
The Pretenders is the first graphic novel in a series, which follows a girl who wakes up a cemetery, with no memory of who she is. All she knows is that she was left for dead, and that she’s probably better off pretending to be dead and living in the…
White Space by Ilsa J. Bick
White Space combines elements of Inkheart, The Matrix and Inception into a twisted, mind-boggling read. Although it is enjoyable, I found it rather difficult to read – I was conscious of always working at reading it, rather than it sweeping me away. The protagonist, Emma, randomly blinks into different lives….
The Corpse Rat King by Lee Battersby
Gritty, filled with black humour and bordering on heretic, The Corpse Rat King isn’t a book for the faint hearted. It’s titular character is dead, and he looks and smells it. There’s an almost sick fascination with excrement and waste of any kind throughout. The whole book is dirty, filthy,…
Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
I had to stop reading this book 30 pages in to process. This is what I wrote on Goodreads: “I’m on page 32 of 432 of Fairytales for Wilde : So far: Deliciously creepy. Haunting. Clever. Witty. Impeccably imaged. Brilliant. Perfect.“ That basically sums it up, you don’t need to…
Fighting to Survive by Rhiannon Frater
Date published: 8th November 2011 Publisher: Tor Books Format: Paperback, 386 pages Series: As the World Dies: A Zombie Trilogy, Book 2 ISBN 13: 9780765331274 ISBN 10: 0765331276 Categories: Fantasy Goodreads / The Book Depository / Booktopia (AU) / Bookworld Source: library Picking up where The First Days ends, Fighting to Survive features the further zombie-killing, civilization-saving adventures of a pair…
The First Days by Rhiannon Frater
Date published: 5th July 2011 Publisher: Tor Books Format: Paperback, 335 pages Series: As the World Dies: A Zombie Trilogy, Book 1 ISBN 13: 9780765331267 ISBN 10: 0765331268 Categories: Fantasy Goodreads / The Book Depository / Booktopia (AU) / Bookworld Source: library The morning that the world ends, Katie is getting ready for court and housewife Jenni is taking care of…