*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1534313361 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology Maika Halfwolf and Corvin D’Oro of the Dusk Court travel in search of the young Arcanic Kippa, who was kidnapped at the end of the third volume. Meanwhile, […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Bone Parish, Volume 2 by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Jonas Scharf BOOM! Studios, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1684154258 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology Bone Parish, Volume 2 follows the Winters family, a New Orleans crime family that created a hallucinogenic drug made from the ashes of the dead. Anyone who takes the drug, […]
Book Review: Five Midnights by Ann Cardinal Davila
August 31, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Five Midnights by Ann Cardinal Davila Tor Teen, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1250296078 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, and audiobook “When the U.S. gets a cold, Puerto Rico gets pneumonia.” In the United States, the mainland tends to forget that Puerto Rico is part of the country, and many Puerto Ricans have […]
Book Review: Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner
August 27, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner Vesuvian Books, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1944109363 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Speak No Evil is an unusual book in that while it has some mild supernatural elements, is really about the often unspeakable horror of what humans do to each other. Melody is a selectively […]
Book Review: Oware Mosaic by Nzondi
August 24, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Oware Mosaic by Nzondi Omnnium Gatherum, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1949054163 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition I am always excited to see Afrofuturist writing getting positive recognition, so I was really looking forward to reading Oware Mosaic. The novel is set in Ghana in 2025, following worldwide natural disasters caused by climate change and […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Colleen Doran Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781506709796 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology Adapted from Gaiman’s short story in the collection titled Smoke and Mirrors, Snow, Glass, Apples is a dark fairy tale version of Snow White. The Queen, terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter, has her […]
Book Review: Shapeshifters: A History by John B. Kachuba
August 17, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Shapeshifters: A History by John B. Kachuba Reaktion Books Ltd, 2019 ISBN-13: 978 -1789140798 Available: Hardcover Do you know the origin of the word berserk? Have you heard about a community of vampires in Buffalo, New York? Do you think of Jesus as a shapeshifter? These are some examples […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Dead Beats: A Musical Horror Anthology edited by Joe Corallo and Eric Palicki A Wave Blue World, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781949518030 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology Dead Beats contains 24 tales of music and horror introduced by a sort of horror host, The Shoppe Keeper. As she leads the reader through her record shop, […]
Book Review: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
August 10, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Viking Books for Young Readers, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1984837011 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition The legend of Lucy Gallows says that 12 year old Lucy Callow ran into the woods after an argument with her mother, and when her brother went after […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Illuminati Transport Volume 1 by the Fillbach Brothers First Comics, Inc., 2017 ISBN-13: 9781618550385 Available: Paperback Jim Kowalski makes his living as a transporter for Illuminati Trucking, picking up supernatural threats captured by the Department of Paranormal Experts, or DPE. With his dog, Geech, and Crystal Skull of Doom, […]