Comment on I've got one more (short) horror book to read before Halloween. Have you
templetongate@mastodon.social 9 hours ago
@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I can highly recommend Nghi Vo's new novel, The Scarlet Ball.
Comment on I've got one more (short) horror book to read before Halloween. Have you
templetongate@mastodon.social 9 hours ago
@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I can highly recommend Nghi Vo's new novel, The Scarlet Ball.
@templetongate @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I have Nghi Vo's City in Glass. She did a small group chat in an online con I attended recently. I don't know how I did this, but somehow I purchased two copies if anyone is interested. I also purchased her Empress of Salt and Fortune.
Though not recent reads/acquisitions, here are a couple of other horror faves. I especially like stories:
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror, Michel et al
The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
@MargaretSefton @templetongate @bookstodon I do enjoy both Nghi Vo (The Chosen and the Beautiful) and Mariana Enriquez (Our Share of Night, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed). Enriquez scared the crap out of me with one of her doppelganger stories.
@kimlockhartga @templetongate @bookstodon She's a very powerful writer. I want to read more of her work. It set me on a course of reading more Argentinian/South American female writers in general--Samantha Schweblin, Silvina OCampo. I just purchased Maria Ampuero's Human Sacrifices (Ecuador).
@MargaretSefton @templetongate @bookstodon You are speaking my language. I love me some Samanta Schweblin, but her style is very unusual, so people are either hot or cold about her work. Mouthful of Birds was amazing!