The False Sister: Briar Ripley Page - a book review
Brilliant, intelligent and heart-wrenching. This story delivers a punch in the gut to anyone who didn’t manage to live up to their...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 6, 20231 min read
The Soul Stealer: Graham Masterton – a book review
It may be because I was so impressed with the last book I read, but this one lacked lustre in comparison. I’ve enjoyed Masterton’s...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 5, 20231 min read
The Mill – A Corporate Nightmare – a review
The Mill is a made for TV film about a middle-manager, Joe, waking up in a concrete and dirt triangle, expected to push a stone wheel...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 2, 20232 min read
The Sun is a Circle Meant for Serving: P.W. Feutz - a book review
I am amazed by how much Feutz managed to pack into a 91-page novella while still achieving the right balance between showing and telling....
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carmillavoiez
Nov 1, 20232 min read
The Changeling - Horror TV review
When I embarked upon The Changeling (AppleTV+), I believed that one of my favourite novels, Victor LaValle’s The Changeling, would be...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 31, 20232 min read
The Fisherman: John Langan – a book review
I’ve read a multitude of reviews that have raved about this book, calling it a masterpiece of horror. So, I knew I would buy a copy...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 27, 20231 min read
A Light Most Hateful, Hailey Piper – a book review
A Light Most Hateful manages to be simultaneously hard-hitting and uplifting. With a cast of LGBTQ+ characters, well the L and Q at...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 19, 20232 min read
The Fall of the House of Usher, episodes 6 to 8
You can find my thoughts on episodes 1 – 5 here. Contains small spoilers. I will say it again, The Fall of the House of Usher is a...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Book Review: Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House
The story is divided into five main parts, each reflecting one of the stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 17, 20232 min read
The Fall of the House of Usher, episodes 1-5, review
As with his TV adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan uses the source material as a springboard to tell his own story in...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Book Review: Dead Water, C.A. Fletcher
Dead Water balances the strengths and weaknesses of its main characters to great effect, isolating them on a cursed island to battle...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 15, 20234 min read
October Frights: Our Fearful Roots
Mary relocates her family to her aunt’s old house in Alabama, a place she fled from sixteen years earlier. When her family experiences...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 14, 20234 min read
October Frights: Starblood
Starblood was first released in 2011, just after my 40th birthday. Since then, new books have been added, and for 2023 the three novels...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 13, 20234 min read
October Frights: The Colour of Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft is infamous for his racism and xenophobia, even by the standards of his time, championing KKK lynchings and warning...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 12, 20233 min read
October Frights: Evil Dead Rise
For day three of October Frights, I am reviewing Evil Dead Rise. For anyone who wants to check it out, it’s currently available on...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 11, 20233 min read
October Frights: Talk to Me
On the second day of October Frights, Carmilla gives to you, a review of Talk to Me. Released by A24, Talk to Me is a rollercoaster of a...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 10, 20232 min read
October Frights 2023 - Day One
Welcome to October Frights. Between October 10 and 15, horror and paranormal authors will be sharing their thoughts and writing with the...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 9, 20231 min read
The Unclean by Nuzo Onoh
The Unclean is a horror novella set in Nigeria. According to the blurb: A dead child is cast into the evil forest by the clansmen in a...
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carmillavoiez
Sep 26, 20231 min read
New Horror: HOLLOW by Davide Tarsitano
HOLLOW BY DAVIDE TARSITANO From Davide Tarsitano, author of the acclaimed horror novel “The Tooth Fairy,” comes “HOLLOW,” a symphony of...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 2, 20232 min read
Unspeakable Horror 3 - a book review
My short story Departures was featured in this awesome collection, but I won’t review my story; I’ll let you make your own mind up about...
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