I, for one, welcome our new alien plant people overlords. If you love alien invasion stories like The Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, or The War of the Worlds, then you don’t want to miss Overgrowth, the first new novel in several years from Mira Grant, the horror/sci-fi alias of celebrated fantasy author Seanan McGuire. Mira Grant’s terrifying take on carnivorous mermaids, Into the Drowning Deep, is still one of my all-time favorite horror novels. So when Overgrowth came out last month, it went straight to the top of my TBR. Continue reading Review of Overgrowth—Vampire Plant People from Outer Space
Month: June 2025
Sinners—Vampires and the Jim Crow South
Okay, I think it’s been long enough that nearly everybody who wants to see Ryan Coogler’s new vampire film Sinners has, by now, and I can talk about it here. (Beware, minor spoilers ahead for the film’s overall themes and its depiction of vampires.) If you didn’t catch this spectacular film while it was in theaters, it is now available to stream. I highly recommend all vampire-lovers check it out, as well as any music-lovers—as long as you can handle a bit of gore. Sinners uses an action-packed tale of a fight against vampires in the Jim Crow South to explore questions of identity, agency, and racial equality. Continue reading Sinners—Vampires and the Jim Crow South
Ten Years of The Gothic Library!
Can you believe I’ve been blogging for a full decade? This Thursday, June 5, will mark the tenth anniversary of when I first launched The Gothic Library. For eight and a half years, I blogged every single week, with some extra posts at the beginning to juice the engine. In 2024, I switched to posting every other week. Over the last ten years, I have written 511 posts. That’s a total of 415k words, all about my love of books. Continue reading Ten Years of The Gothic Library!