Reading Fantasy/Horror in October 2026

[Prairie_Dog]

It is! You say it depicts events in the book? I see the two creatures' heads in the silhouette, but what's the thing on the right? I think it's a human, but it's not defined enough to really tell.

Yes, I think it’s a person in silhouette wearing a wolf-skin cape.

 

[Prairie_Dog]

Might be a Europe/US thing... it happens, sometimes. (But it is now there.... thank you!)

This one's my cover:

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For it's time, I enjoyed it a lot. You've pointed out the issues of the time - mainly male readership, mainly (if not all) male characters, women, if there, often being shown as a shrieking, shrinking violet. But yes, there's still creepy moments. Very much of that Weird Tales type era.

It’s a good cover! Accurate as well, depicting something described in the story.

 

[blailock]

I finished An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham. Book 3 in The Long Price Quartet.
Wow! These just keep getting better and better. I love it when books don't go the way I expect them to and the way they go is so much better than what I thought. I can't wait to read the last one, but it'll have to wait until after Spooky Season.

 

[blailock]

I finished Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson.
This was so good. It's a vampire story set in the late 70's. I love the writing here. Great characters with excellent backstories. Yes, please! This was an awesome start to Spooky Season.