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About: Sam Reader

Website
https://www.strangelibrary.com/
Sam Reader is a literary critic and book reviewer currently haunting the northeast United States. Their writing can be found at The Barnes and Noble Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Blog, Tor.com and their personal site, strangelibrary.com. In their spare time, they drink way too much coffee, hoard secondhand books, and try not to upset people too much.

Posts by Sam Reader

  • Silver and Steel: Six Horror Books Featuring Elderly Protagonists Posted on March 29, 2022 (May 2, 2022) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 7 Medieval Horror Books For When You Need A Break From Elden Ring Posted on March 17, 2022 (March 17, 2022) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Tales From the Backlist: Anno Dracula is a Whole Introductory Course on Gothic Horror Posted on March 7, 2022 (March 7, 2022) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Seven Filmed Stories About Freaky Films Posted on February 23, 2022 (February 23, 2022) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • The Best Horror Short Story Collections and Anthologies of 2021 Posted on February 8, 2022 (February 8, 2022) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 7 Killer Horror Books About Murderous Animals Posted on January 31, 2022 (January 31, 2022) by Sam Reader in General
  • Keep Watching The Skies: 7 Strange Movies About Alien Abduction Posted on January 10, 2022 (January 10, 2022) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • Escape Rooms: 6 Intense Closed-Circle Horror Books Posted on November 18, 2021 (November 18, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Eight Strange Tales of Appalachian Gothic Weirdness Posted on October 20, 2021 (October 20, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 8 Standout Horror Game Demos From This Fall’s Steam Next Fest Posted on October 7, 2021 (January 26, 2022) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • 10 Shorter, Sharper Stories For A Quick Hit of Horror Posted on September 30, 2021 (September 30, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Alex Pheby’s Trope-Shredding Mordew is Gothic Fantasy at Its Finest Posted on September 20, 2021 (September 20, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Red X is a Relentless Urban Nightmare Full of Heart and Righteous Fury Posted on August 30, 2021 (August 30, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Running Up Those Stairs, or An Investigation Into Why Slasher Victims Make a Break for the Second Floor Posted on August 19, 2021 (August 19, 2021) by Sam Reader in Miscellaneous
  • Big Dark Hole is Jeffrey Ford at His Hallucinatory Best Posted on July 15, 2021 (July 15, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 7 Horror B-Movies For When You Want Something Trashier Posted on June 28, 2021 (June 28, 2021) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • Fried Barry is a Psychedelic Horror-Comedy Alien Sojourn Through Cape Town Posted on June 16, 2021 (June 16, 2021) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • They Never Asked to Be Born: Seven Teenage Terrors Posted on April 7, 2021 (April 7, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 5 New Books From Old Favorite Authors Coming This Year Posted on March 25, 2021 (March 24, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 6 Works of Horror Memoir True Enough to Be Terrifying Posted on March 10, 2021 (March 15, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • She Frightened Me With Science: 6 Sci-Fi Horror Novels Posted on March 4, 2021 (March 4, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • You Might Not Want to Go Home Again: 6 Tales of Homecoming Horror Posted on January 20, 2021 (June 9, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • The Blade Between Puts A Human Face on Gods And Monsters Posted on December 21, 2020 (December 21, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Blue Light of the Screen Is a Hauntingly Good Horror Memoir Posted on December 10, 2020 (December 10, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 7 Family Gathering Horror Movies To Take The Edge Off The Holidays Posted on November 23, 2020 (January 20, 2021) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • Short Sharp Shocks: 6 Horror Short Story Collections for Longer Nights Posted on November 20, 2020 (March 1, 2021) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Jeremy Robert Johnson’s The Loop is a Tense, Brutal, Emotional Thrill Ride Posted on September 28, 2020 (September 28, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Tales From the Backlist: The Problem with T.E.D. Klein’s The Ceremonies Posted on September 22, 2020 (September 22, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Six Horror Books About the Nastier Side of Suburbia Posted on September 14, 2020 (September 14, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Tales From the Backlist: Let’s Go Play At The Adams’ Is The Book You Were Warned About Posted on August 27, 2020 (August 27, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 6 Relaxing PC Horror Games For When You Need To Chill Posted on August 10, 2020 (August 10, 2020) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • 5 Horror Books About Cursed Films Posted on July 15, 2020 (July 15, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books&On Screen
  • 6 Folk Horror Books for Your Summer Solstice Needs Posted on June 18, 2020 (July 28, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Writing Your Dreams: Where to Start with Jeffrey Ford’s Short Fiction Posted on May 20, 2020 (May 19, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Revisiting the Ocean House Hotel, Bloodlines’ Scariest Level Posted on May 19, 2020 (May 19, 2020) by Sam Reader in On Screen
  • The Horror of Motherhood: 5 Novels of Maternal Horror Posted on May 8, 2020 (May 8, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 5 Long Horror Novels for Long Days Spent Inside Posted on April 24, 2020 (April 24, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Express Checkout: 5 Horror Novels Set in Creepy Hotels Posted on April 15, 2020 (April 15, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • Surreal Horror: A Seven-Book Starter Pack Posted on April 3, 2020 (June 15, 2020) by Sam Reader in Books
  • 6 Vampire Horror Books Without Any Romance Posted on March 31, 2020 (March 31, 2020) by Sam Reader in General

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