Tag: awesome lead characters

Recap #27: Haunting Christmas Tales – Part Two

Posted on 26 December 201614 November 2019 by Dove

Dove finally loops back to complete Haunting Christmas Tales by various, almost a year later. This recap contains the best short story of the set. And one so bad it gets recapped in five sentences.

Recap #46: The Claw by Carmen Adams

Posted on 24 October 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Claw by Carmen Adams Summary: The mark of death… Kelly is excited about her summer job at the

Recap #44: 13 More Tales of Horror Part Three

Posted on 10 October 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: 13 More Tales of Horror by Various Summary: A terrifying journey into horror – thirteen tales guaranteed to fill

Recap #44: 13 More Tales of Horror Part One

Posted on 26 September 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: 13 More Tales of Horror by Various Summary: A terrifying journey into horror – thirteen tales guaranteed to fill

Recap #43: I.O.U. by Nicholas Adams

Posted on 19 September 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: I.O.U. by Nicholas Adams Summary: Haunted by recurring nightmares, high school junior Sharon Anders begins to confuse dreams with

Recap #41: The Surfer by Linda Cargill

Posted on 5 September 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Surfer by Linda Cargill Summary: Surf’s up. You’re dead. Jessie has never seen the daring beauty on the

Recap #40: The Stranger by Caroline B Cooney

Posted on 29 August 201614 November 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps The Stranger by Caroline B Cooney, which turns out to be an unexpected joy. It is basically Twilight, except the Bella character is not an energy-sucking void, and the Edward character is cursed with an *actual curse*, rather than “tragically attractive and awfully good at everything he does”.

The Vampire's Promise by Caroline B. Cooney

Recap #38: The Vampire’s Promise (Vampire Series: Book 3) by Caroline B. Cooney

Posted on 15 August 20168 July 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps The Vampire’s Promise (Vampire Series: Book 3) by Caroline B. Cooney, where nobody trades humans for beauty or popularity, but there is a random donut-eating policewoman for no fucking reason at all.

Recap #32: My Secret Admirer by Carol Ellis

Posted on 4 July 201624 September 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps My Secret Admirer by Carol Ellis with is probably the tropiest of all the Point Horrors, but has a good lead character and a cool setting.

Recap #31: Home Before Dark by Beverly Hastings

Posted on 20 June 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Home Before Dark by Beverly Hastings Summary: HURRY HOME… “This isn’t the way to my house,” she said, with uncertainty

Recap #25: 13 Tales of Horror Part Three

Posted on 28 December 201531 July 2019 by Wing

Title: 13 Tales of Horror edited by T Pines Summary: Can you face your worst nightmare? These thirteen horror stories guarantee

Recap #25: 13 Tales of Horror Part Two

Posted on 14 December 201531 July 2019 by Wing

Title: 13 Tales of Horror edited by T Pines Summary: Can you face your worst nightmare? These thirteen horror stories guarantee

Recap #21: Beach Party by R.L. Stine

Posted on 3 August 201531 July 2019 by Wing

Title: BEACH PARTY by R.L. Stine (Not to be confused with BEACH HOUSE, which we already recapped. Unfortunately.) [Dove: What

Recap #8: Arcadia 1: Nightmare Inn by T. S. Rue

Posted on 3 August 201422 March 2020 by Dove

Dove 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.

Recap #4: Camp Fear by Carol Ellis

Posted on 5 February 201322 March 2020 by Wing

Title: Camp Fear by Carol Ellis Summary: Almost everyone at Camp Silverlake is afraid of something: creepy crawlies, snakes, swimming

Recap #1: Funhouse by Diane Hoh

Posted on 8 January 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove 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.