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All The White Spaces: Fortitude or Devastation

Jami Moore

Feb 10, 202311 min read

All The White Spaces: Fortitude or Devastation

I picked up Ally Wilkes' novel, All The White Spaces, on the recommendation of a few author and bookseller mutuals on Twitter. It was a...

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The Ballad of Black Tom: Lovecraft, Without the Bullshit

Jami Moore

Jan 23, 20238 min read

The Ballad of Black Tom: Lovecraft, Without the Bullshit

I discovered the Lovecraftian mythos when I was in my twenties, and it sucked me in right away. The cosmic horrors beyond the stars, the...

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Ring: Sometimes a Girl Just Has to Curse People

Jami Moore

Jan 13, 202312 min read

Ring: Sometimes a Girl Just Has to Curse People

I watched The Ring in a friend's dorm room, my freshman year of college. As much as I'd nursed a love of middle-grade horror lit when I...

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A Spindle Splintered: A Modern Fairytale With My Favorite F-Word

Jami Moore

Dec 30, 20229 min read

A Spindle Splintered: A Modern Fairytale With My Favorite F-Word

What's that? A callback to a previous post? Well, if you haven't read all of my blogs religiously, then kindly get your mind out of the...

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Lucky Girl: Holiday Reading That Isn't Kissing Under the Mistletoe

Jami Moore

Dec 23, 20226 min read

Lucky Girl: Holiday Reading That Isn't Kissing Under the Mistletoe

Holiday romance isn't really my thing. I have nothing against Hallmark movies and books about a big-city girl coming home to her charming...

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This Appearing House: Courage Looks A Lot Like Kindness

Jami Moore

Dec 9, 20227 min read

This Appearing House: Courage Looks A Lot Like Kindness

I've been a chronic book lover since before I could read. I have memories of astounding my parents with reading picture books, when I'd...

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White Horse: Justice for the Dead -- With Dave Mustaine

Jami Moore

Nov 25, 202210 min read

White Horse: Justice for the Dead -- With Dave Mustaine

Last night, I was about two-thirds of the way into Erika T. Wurth's White Horse. I dabbed cleanser on my face and scrubbed at my makeup...

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Ghost Eaters: Sometimes the Void Stares Back

Jami Moore

Nov 18, 20229 min read

Ghost Eaters: Sometimes the Void Stares Back

"Wanna get haunted?" Not high, they insist. Haunted. Clay McLeod Chapman's Ghost Eaters is a brilliant new take on the idea that there...

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The Only Good Indians: The Hunters Become The Hunted

Jami Moore

Nov 11, 20227 min read

The Only Good Indians: The Hunters Become The Hunted

I was twenty pages into Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians when I was lurking around on the hellscape of Twitter, and someone...

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5 Female Authors You Should Start Reading This Year

Jami Moore

Nov 8, 20228 min read

5 Female Authors You Should Start Reading This Year

It used to be that if a woman wanted to be published, she would have to submit under a male name. Writing, much like everything else, was...

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They Drown Our Daughters: Grief Therapy From Beyond the Grave

Jami Moore

Nov 4, 202210 min read

They Drown Our Daughters: Grief Therapy From Beyond the Grave

Katrina Monroe's They Drown Our Daughters is, above all things, about mothers and daughters. The relationship between generations of...

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The Shining, Halloween Edition: WTF Even is Jack Torrance?

Jami Moore

Oct 31, 20229 min read

The Shining, Halloween Edition: WTF Even is Jack Torrance?

In case it isn't blatantly obvious by now, I love horror literature. For me, it's an astonishingly mindful, happy place where my...

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River Woman, River Demon: Badass Bruja Bitches (and More!)

Jami Moore

Oct 28, 20227 min read

River Woman, River Demon: Badass Bruja Bitches (and More!)

If I had to whittle down Jennifer Givhan's book River Woman, River Demon into a word, it would be "strength." Strength of self, strength...

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Hug an Author (With Consent) and 7 Other Ways We Support Books

Jami Moore

Oct 25, 20227 min read

Hug an Author (With Consent) and 7 Other Ways We Support Books

It is incredibly difficult to make a living as an author of any kind. For most of them, writing isn't their sole source of income,...

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The Hunger: A Cautionary Tale of Meat and Madness

Jami Moore

Oct 21, 20228 min read

The Hunger: A Cautionary Tale of Meat and Madness

I grew up on the West Coast of the United States, and as such, I learned about the Donner Party in grade school. In hindsight, it seems a...

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Secure Your Own Mask: Poetry for the Survivor In Us All

Jami Moore

Oct 14, 20224 min read

Secure Your Own Mask: Poetry for the Survivor In Us All

Shaindel Beers is a phenomenal poet. She's also a friend of mine. We sing in community choir together, and she is aunt to my cats, Luna...

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My Favorite Resource for Trauma in Media

Jami Moore

Oct 12, 20223 min read

My Favorite Resource for Trauma in Media

Aficionados of horror and mystery alike may be in a bit of a bind if they also suffer from any kind of trauma. Take me, for example. I...

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Nothing But Blackened Teeth: Bad Decisions > Immortal Evil

Jami Moore

Oct 10, 20225 min read

Nothing But Blackened Teeth: Bad Decisions > Immortal Evil

Cassandra Khaw's novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth follows a group of five young adults to Japan for a private wedding ceremony in an...

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Jami Moore

Oct 9, 20223 min read

A Friendly Introduction

If you're here, you're probably wondering something very specific: who am I, and why the hell should I listen to her talk about the books...

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