It’s October, and the Matchmakers welcome our guest blogger, Noble librarian Hillary Brown! Spooky season: It’s the most wonderful time of the year for horror […]
Spooky Reads to Kick Off October
October is the perfect month to read some spooky thrillers and mysteries! I don’t go too deep into the horror genre, but I do like […]
Watchmen: A Classic on Page and on the Small Screen
Confession: I have never really been into super hero comics and stories. The last Marvel Comic Universe movie I saw was the first Captain America. […]

Creepy October Thrillers
October and fall weather always gets me in the mood to curl up under a blanket with a creepy book. I don’t really get much […]
Top Reads from August
I don’t know about anyone else, but my reading habits have come and gone in fits and bursts since COVID-19 hit. Some months, I’ll only […]
Mouthful of Birds: What did I just read?
It’s hard to describe how strange and wonderful Samanta Schweblin’s Mouthful of Birds is. I feel like I can’t do these stories justice, but I […]
Lovecraftian Tales Written By or Featuring Women and/or People of color
It’s no secret that H.P. Lovecraft was a racist; it’s rightly brought up whenever he and his works are discussed. Such beliefs make Lovecraft’s works, […]
How is this a thing?! An Author Explores the Lovecraft Phenomenon
In a previous post I’ve discussed the impact that Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft has had on horror writing and storytelling for almost a century now. […]
The Gothic Novel: Laura Andersen
If you love hair-raising Gothic novels, you can’t do better than The Darkling Bride by Laura Andersen. This is a complex, well-plotted novel that came out […]