"Things are getting better: It's been ten months, and I only wake up screaming about once a week now." And so we continue the adventures of one Bob Howard, computational demonologist for the secret government department nicknamed The Laundry (because it was originally housed above a laundry, of course) which deals with the ... weirder … Continue reading The Apocalypse Codex – Charles Stross
"There can be only One True Religion. Are you feeling lucky, believer?" Each book in the Laundry Files so far jumps forward about 3 years, and Bob Howard is progressing quickly in his career. At the moment he's in that awkward phase of being seen as capable and reliable by his bosses, while still being … Continue reading The Fuller Memorandum – Charles Stross
"The guys from the 'A' and 'B' crews have been sitting on their collective ass for five weeks, out in the middle of nowhere." When we were introduced to Bob Howard, Computational Demonologist for the secret government department set up to deal with otherworldly horrors, aka the Laundry, in The Atrocity Archives, many people used a description … Continue reading The Jennifer Morgue – Charles Stross
"Green sky at night; hacker's delight." Imagine the IT department of the X-Files, but in a very bureaucratic, very British civil service department. Here you will find Bob, who was not given much of a choice about working for the 'Laundry' (as it has been dubbed) after his geeky mind delved a little too deep … Continue reading The Atrocity Archives – Charles Stross
"Selena picked her new home for no better reason than the dog laid down on the porch." As much as I love T Kingfisher's writing, I'm always a little cautious approaching one of her horror novels - I have this annoying habit of liking my sleep undisturbed 😉 So let me start off by saying … Continue reading Snake-Eater – T Kingfisher
"So this was America." We first met Alex Easton in the reimagining of The Fall of the House of Usher, What Moves the Dead. It seems like Easton's luck has not changed, as they receive a telegram with plea for help from Dr Denton, and know that anyone who could survive the mycelial nightmare of … Continue reading What Stalks the Deep – T Kingfisher
"Basit Deniau's greatest architectural triumph is the house he died in." Rose House lies in the middle of nowhere, deep in the Mohave desert. It was the crowning glory of the already-successful architect, Basit Deniau, because this wasn't just stone and glass and sweeping curves: Rose House is alive. Every part of it is infused … Continue reading Rose/House – Arkady Martine
"People think that ghosts only come out at night, or on Halloween, when the world is dark and the walls are thin." Cassidy Blake was a normal teenager until the day she almost drowned. Or rather, did drown, but was saved by Jacob, who just happens to be a ghost. He follows her back through the … Continue reading City of Ghosts – Victoria Schwab
"I was contemplating the fragments of an unidentified animal's skull, late on a wet, windy Friday in March, when a voice said, 'Booth? Is that you?'" I first met Kyle Murchison Booth in A Theory of Haunting, a 2006 novella I picked up after discovering that the author, Sarah Monette, also wrote under the name Katherine … Continue reading The Bone Key – Sarah Monette
"Although I have loved many, there has been only one genuine love in my near-eternally stretched life - Rachel who fell to the bottom of the library without me." When our narrator dies, he has strong expectations of where he'll end up as a staunch practising Mormon. Heaven and godhood ahoy, right? But no - … Continue reading A Short Stay in Hell – Steven L Peck
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