Koji A. Dae
I started this journey with very specific types of serial killer fiction in mind. I wanted to read POV serial killer fiction with a focus on the difference through time and regarding gender. But as I read, that scope has widened and shifted. Throughout it all, the one type of book I wasn’t interested in […]
There seems to be clearly defined battle lines when you compare audio stories with written narratives. In one camp there’s the “listening isn’t reading!” group. To be fair, there are some benefits to reading as opposed to listening. For me personally, reading allows me greater space to exercise my imagination by putting my own emphasis […]
One of my favorite books of all time and definitely one of my favorite serial killer books is My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. I originally read this back when it first came out in 2018, and it’s stuck with me since. But I did a re-listen to it this week, and I […]
Buckle in. This post is going to contain major spoilers for Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory. And it’s one of those books that has twists that range from fairly big to huge, and the BEST way to go into the book is without knowing much about it — definitely not knowing the spoilers. Before I […]
Direct from Ghost Orchid Press: Suffering from severe depression, Emma seeks out a serial killer who will kill her in the most gruesome way she can describe. But when she backs out of their agreement, she discovers the murderer is host to a parasitic creature from another dimension that feeds on the extremes of pleasure […]
I wanted to love Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver so much. It promised three things I love: serial killers, spicy romance, and alt culture/kink. I started reading it, and I was gripped. The first half of the book was really great. But as soon as the two main characters confess their love and started […]
I commented on social media the other day that I’m looking for writers to discuss serial killer writing with. Unfortunately, x-twitter doesn’t lead to the depth of conversation that a hotel bar might, but I got a few responses. One of the discussions brought up an entire framework of serial killer fiction that I hadn’t […]
When I picked up Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell, I’ll admit I was looking for something lighter than what I’ve been reading. One can only go so dark before they need to pull back and laugh a little. While I wouldn’t call the book a comedy, I will say that it […]
This was an unexpected jog off the path for me. I usually class cannibal stories as separate from serial killer stories. In my mind, they are closer to zombie stories than serial killer stories. I guess the flesh eating aspect of it (which, I find super gross) puts them into the same “ew” box in […]
There’s something so familiar about the teenage slasher genre that it’s almost comforting. In that way, There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins was a — (dare I say it?) — cozy read. The book was published in 2017, and was Perkin’s first foray into horror, her first three books being contemporary romance. The […]