Final Women

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Summer Slasher Horror Anthology Vol. 1 is a collection of slasher stories, given the title. It's not; only one of these stories conceivably falls under that category. That doesn't mean it's not worth a read though. The editors have gathered an incredibly solid collection of horror stories here, especially so given that these authors are all fairly little known. Aside from the fact they're not slashers, these stories have little in common with each other, apart from a generally high quality. Mark Braught's "Best Friends Forever" is a bittersweet Halloween tale, while "Intermission: Death at Weddings" by Bonnie Medford is dark poetry. The haunting "Death Comes in Threes" by Greg Bhatia takes place during the London Blitz, while Austin C. Nichols's "Beneath the Boat" is a creature feature set on the open ocean.  The two best stories are the longer entries, "Cold Canaries" by

 Do you ever read a book and you enjoy it so much, you just kinda can't get it out of your head afterwards? You want to tell everyone you encounter how much you enjoyed the book and convince them to read it too? That was this book for me. I was initially a little wary of this series by Brooklyn Ann, because I'm not a huge romance person. But my love of 80's flavored fiction won me out, and I ordered this one and the first book in the series, His Final Girl. I decided to jump into this one first, since it's Halloween themed and would get me into the holiday spirit. This one's also heavily inspired by Night of the Demons, one of my absolute favorite films. Needless to say, I loved it. Her Halloween Party is so much fun and feels just the reading equivalent of watching my favorite 80's horror films. I even enjoyed the romance; it was sexy and sweet and I was fully invested in it by the book's end. I can't recommend this one enough, especially to 80's ho