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"It's time to declare John Hornor Jacobs as a major author: every sentence he writes feels drawn from a pit of fire and hammered into a sword." --Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling co-author of
A terrifying collection of horror and crime noir from the author of Southern Gods and…
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John Hornor Jacobs has long been a favorite author of mine, ever since first being exposed to his work in the form of the bestseller Southern Gods, and since then, he has been a horror go-to for me when I am in the mood for the truly spooky.
I am typically not a big fan of anthologies, as I am more of a novel reader, though when Murder Ballads was released and I discovered that the titular short story was a sequel to Southern Gods, I snapped the book right up.
I was pleased to discover that when…
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