emily hughes ✨ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Emily Hughes is a writer specialized in horror literature Horror writer/editor/listmaker, HWA active. HORROR FOR WEENIES coming Sept 2024 from @quirkbooks. Prev: @tornightfire & Unbound Worlds. Rep: @dongwon. She/her.
Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisheremily hughes ✨this is someone with a deep love for fantasy, folklore, and fairy tales picking the best parts from a smorgasbord of story elements and stitching them into something sparklingly original. Morbid but funny, cozy but with real danger at its heart... the fairy tale this year needed.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Women Could Fly
Megan Giddingsemily hughes ✨It’s a harrowing and beautiful book, and Giddings never lets the immediacy of her subject matter overbalance her graceful storytelling and the deep humanity of her characters.
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harvest Home
Thomas Tryonemily hughes ✨19) Harvest Home, Thomas Tryon (1973): i have a real soft spot for this folk horror gem (in spite of its very weird views on sex and power) - it's a really fun read https://t.co/oxDQk10NOh
Paperback, 2018
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Simon Jimenezemily hughes ✨Formally ambitious and imaginatively rich beyond wonder, Simon Jimenez’s sophomore novel is a marvel... Jimenez’s command of prose and playfulness of thought is used to incredible effect to show how oral traditions can transform a tale... This book must be read to be believed.
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Black and Endless Sky
Matthew Lyonsemily hughes ✨Equal parts cosmic horror, road-trip adventure, and adrenaline-fueled thriller… The pace is breakneck, the villains deliciously detestable, and the action top-notch — plus you’re in for some of the most viscerally memorable scenes of body horror we’ve read in a long time.
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sleep Donation
Karen Russellemily hughes ✨6) Sleep Donation, Karen Russell (2014): I would fight 100 men to read any Karen Russell story. This novella about a plague of insomnia isn’t overtly scary but it is deeply disturbing, beautiful, and haunting https://t.co/j0CnLhUS76
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R. F. Kuangemily hughes ✨Babel is not an easy read... Rather, she challenges us to actively engage with the story in a way that more casual readers may not be used to. But it’s worth it: Babel is a monumental work that rewards the effort you put into it.
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferranteemily hughes ✨mike white could write my brilliant friend but elena ferrante could never write the white lotus season 2 (is what i would tweet if i wanted to spark the conflagration that finally burns this site to the ground)
Paperback, 2012
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the White Spaces
Ally Wilkesemily hughes ✨Some of the best survival horror we’ve read in years, with a uniquely menacing adversary at its heart.
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Winter Tide
Ruthanna Emrysemily hughes ✨@jaimealyse @misterpatches oh man there are a million. some of my faves: - The Fisherman by John Langan - Occultation by Laird Barron (really anything he’s written) - Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark - The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher - Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys - A Black and Endless Sky by Matt Lyons
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book