THE FICTIONFOX

Genre: Horror novella Published: Dead Ink Press, June 2026 My Rating: 4/5 stars Every now and then I like to take a chance on an indie-horror book on Netgalley, with a unique premise and little to no context otherwise. Sometimes, this flops phenomenally, and other times I discover a hidden horror-gem such as this one. Inhalation follows Milo, a man in the terminal stage of his battle with cancer, haunted by fragmented and distorted memories of his disturbed childhood. Seeking

October Releases Children of Owl - Darcie Little Badger Genre: middle-grade fantasy Expected Release date: October 6th Synopsis: From the peerless master of contemporary fantasy comes a tale of three cousins and the world of creatures, ghosts, and murderers that surrounds their trailer park. Illustrated throughout with comics pages! Maisie: hasn't gotten her life back on track since her best friend died and she saw Owl, harbinger of ill tidings and doom. Joel: Streaming prodi

Genre: Mystery/Horror Published: Grove Press, May 2026 (UK) / October 2026 (US) My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Oh yes, we are the lunatics, and yes we dwell in hell. The flames are hot but hey guess what? There’s torture here as well! Yet there’s a niggling conundrum, and that riddle go-eth thus: Are we dreaming this place, or is this place dreaming us?" I went back and forth on whether I could justify rounding up my rating to a full 5-stars.. On the one hand; objectively, this wasn

Genre: Memoir, Disability Essays Published: Red Hen Press, June 2026 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "I’m not sure which inheritance has shaped me more— that of the women in my family who came before me, or that of my non-blood community, my Crip siblings and ancestors. I am someone with stories written on my body because of how my body is made, how it looks , how it inhabits the world— I need people to help me in order to live, a need that is painted as beautiful by some and horrible