Recap #18: April Fools by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Dove recaps April Fools by Richie Tankersley Cusick, wherein we meet the worst characters Cusick has ever dreamed up, Hildy and Frank. And then we pray for their deaths.
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Dove recaps April Fools by Richie Tankersley Cusick, wherein we meet the worst characters Cusick has ever dreamed up, Hildy and Frank. And then we pray for their deaths.
Continue readingDove recaps the garbled mess that is Teacher’s Pet by Richie Tankersley Cusick. It may suck, but at least it has a cat in it.
Continue readingThe Book Exchange Dove: So, we’ve been doing some housekeeping and found we have duplicate books. Ordinarily, I take my
Continue readingDove recaps The Window by Carol Ellis, which was awesome back in the 90s, because of the cool location, the big cast, and my low standards. Is it still awesome now, or is it as dull as being forced to sit in a cabin in the mountains alone every day thanks to a broken ankle?
Continue readingDove recaps the very best in the Arcadia series, #3: The Pool by T. S. Rue, where we have irresponsible lifeguards, slack work ethics, surprise returned-from-the-dead characters, and also MOTHERFUCKING PIRANHAS. Yes, you read that right. PIRANHAS. This book is the greatest.
Continue readingDove recaps The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick, a book so painfully obvious, it practically announces the killer on the first page. But, you know, red herrings, hot cheerful boys, intense quiet boys, and people who run away to privately owned islands. Your standard baffling Cusick fare.
Continue readingDove recaps Nightmare Inn and begins an exciting obsession with the ISUZU TROOPER, BITCHES! Also: time travel, love beads, hippies and murder. But mostly the ISUZU TROOPER.
Continue readingDove recaps Dream Date, which is kind of like Nightmare on Elm Street fanfic, where Freddy gets woobified, and all he needs is the love of a good woman. And to kill everyone else in her life.
Continue readingDove recaps Beach House, a Point Horror where characters actually die, and Stine uses a cliffhanger ending on every single chapter.
Continue readingDove recaps Trick or Treat where we meet Martha who is literally the worst. And she is honestly surprised that someone wants to kill her. Dove is honestly surprised that only one person wants to kill her.
Continue readingDove recaps Funhouse by Diane Hoh, wherein the lead character isn’t a wet rag with the intelligence of rotten milk, the setting is pretty cool, and Gina, the BFF, rocks. Sadly, this will be the last time we enjoy such luxuries. Bit of a shame this is the case on recap #1.
Continue readingWelcome to the Devil’s Elbow, a site for Point Horror Recaps. The site is named after the roller coaster from Dove’s favourite of all of the Point Horrors, Funhouse
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