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Why have a family vacation from hell when you could read one instead with Jennifer Thorne's Diavola? [If It Bleeds, We Read]
For a fraction of the price of a trip to Italy, you can experience the thrill of vacation horror with Jennifer Thorne's Diavola
July 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Reading slasher novels killed any interest I had in watching a new Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer movie [If It Bleeds, We Read]
After feeling underwhelmed by Hollywood's recent crop of slasher movies, I discovered the wonders of slasher novels by Stephen Graham Jones and Philip Fracassi
July 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Re-reading the Percy Jackson books as an adult, my adolescence as a disabled and mixed-race kid finally makes sense now [If It Bleeds, We Read]
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books gave me a world where I could finally feel normal as a disabled and mixed-race kid
July 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The found-footage subgenre finds new bite as a trend in horror lit with Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie and Richard Chizmar's Memorials {If It Bleeds, We Read]
Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie and Richard Chizmar's Memorials rewrite the scares of found-footage horror.
June 26, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The case for listening to audiobooks: accents [If It Bleeds, We Read]
I'm a freak who likes to listen to audiobooks at 1x speed for good reason: to hear all the wonderful accents
June 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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From one generation’s Horror Stephen to another: introducing Stephen Graham Jones to my father [If It Bleeds, We Read]
My dad launched my lifelong love of horror with Stephen King, so I've returned the favor by introducing him to Stephen Graham Jones
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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M3GAN, meet W1ll1am, horror lit’s creepy new AI villain [If it Bleeds, We Read]
In honor of our scary android bestie M3GAN returning for M3GAN 2.0 this month, let's take a look at W1ll1am by Mason Coile
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Beyond binge-watching K-dramas on Netflix: There’s a new wave of short Korean crime novels translated into English
Korean arts and culture have never more influential around the world, and now this extends into the world of literature
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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If It Bleeds, We Read: How the Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping makes revolutionary ideas legible for YA readers
Suzanne Collins's latest Hunger Games prequel book doesn't shy away from political theory
May 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene