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It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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The narrators are outstanding here.
- By Jennifer Baratta She/Her on 05-16-21
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They Did Bad Things
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In 1995, six university students moved into the house at 215 Caldwell Street. Months later, one of them was found dead on the sofa the morning after their end-of-year party. His death was ruled an accident by the police. The remaining five all knew it wasn’t, and though they went on with their lives, the truth of what happened to their sixth housemate couldn’t stay buried forever. Twenty years later, all five of them arrive - lured separately under various pretenses - at Wolfheather House, a crumbling, secluded mansion on the Scottish isle of Doon.
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The town of Northfall, Minnesota, will never be the same. Meteors cratered hardwood forests and annihilated homes, and among the wreckage a new metal was discovered. This “omnimetal” has properties that make it world-changing as an energy source…and a weapon. John Frontier returns for his sister’s wedding to find his family embroiled in a cutthroat war to control mineral rights and mining operations. His father rightly suspects foreign leaders and competing corporations of sabotage, but the greatest threat to his legacy might be the US government.
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Everyone Will Enjoy This Except My Mother
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Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns 12, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the "Saturday Night Ghost Club." But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined.
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Emotionless
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Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light
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First published in 1989 and taking place in downtown Toronto, one of the earliest of the modern urban fantasies, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light is the story of a fight against encroaching darkness by a developmentally handicapped young woman, a street musician with no idea of his potential, a bag-lady who's tired of picking up the pieces, and an adept of the light. Mixing actual Toronto ghost-stories with traditional Faire, a police procedural, and a cat, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light opened a gate at street level to the urban fantasy that followed.
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Old favorite novel, awful narrator...
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I Am Not Who You Think I Am
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Dear Steven Weber,
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Horrid
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Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone...and more tormented.
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- Christopher C.
- 09-27-23
Disappointing
The book was all over the place and pace was grueling slow at times. Overall story was not very clear, no direct ending just missing something.
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- Marshall Bewley
- 05-15-24
Layers upon layers
An absolute haunting, and it would only have been better reading in October. I loved the infusion of horror, gay history, and the timeline aspect of the book. If you like horror, this is a must read. Gay men would definitely appreciate it.
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- Jessica
- 08-23-24
Vulgar but good.
Not for anyone who doesn’t like vulgar or graphic words but I found that the book was well written and kept me listening but by the end I felt it could have been shorter and I found the ending underwhelming. It’s a good one time read.
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- Jason
- 09-15-21
Lush Horror Story
This delicious and sinister little novel was a delight. Loved reading about characters with whom I could identify, and was genuinely creeped out at times. I liked the narrator shift although I was skeptical at first. Found myself imagining optioning it for a movie adaptation…
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- Katie Neal
- 09-23-23
I don’t know how I feel
The story is great and there are spooky moments but I hated the author insertion into the story, breaking up the momentum
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- Devan Worsham
- 05-21-22
Please, don’t waste your time or credits.
Currently, I have less than two hours left in this story, and the only reason I’m still here is because I’ve spent this much time already. Do yourself a favor and skip this story. This is a jumbled, incoherent mess of a book, so self aggrandizing and shallow, it’s a marvel anyone actually published it.
There are moments where the author speaks, bringing any story momentum to a grinding halt, as he speaks about his upbringing and past, while giving no relevance to the story he has written. The characters are all throwaways, as they’re so underwritten, you don’t care about any of them. What are supposed to be reveals or shocking character moments fall completely flat, because so little time is spent with anyone, you’ll find yourself wondering “who?” more times than you can count.
This is not a good story. It is not a good idea. And this author not a good author. I’ve not read any other works, though a high school creative writing course could craft a more compelling, thoughtful narrative.
And to make it worse, using this as some sort of work for the LGBTQ+ community feels like a slap in the face, and as someone in the community, I am fairly insulted at this. It feels almost pandering, while being fully self serving to the author who has not true voice or endgame in mind.
I’m going to finish this story, and I will not enjoy it. But I’ve wasted a credit, so here we are.
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- Henry Duarte
- 02-21-24
This book is okay, it needed a directors touch.
I wouldn't take this away from the narrator, they tried to convey the story being told and it was a queer horror telling of a creature/monster story going for the beautiful and broken. I liked that aspect of the story.
What took me away was the halt of the story of the author trying to put their life into the book, like I am not reading this to read a biography, I am listening to this for queer horror. and it would be at the end of each chapter or somewhere in the middle. if the author wanted to tell his life story I would have placed it at the end of the book instead of the middle of the story taking the reader away from the space the author created, What took away even more is that sometimes the life story of the author didn't match or have any input onto what was going on in the story.
If I could get this story but someone cut or ripped out the biography aspect of the story and giving more to the characters, and their connections and fleshing it out a little more to get me to emotionally connect to them, I believe I would have enjoyed it a lot more.
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