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October Focus on Horror: Michelle McGill-Vargas

About Blog Post Oct 24, 2024 by SCLSNJ Staff
October Focus on Horror: Michelle McGill-Vargas Created by Bob Helmbrecht, collection development librarian Our Focus on Horror author for today is Michelle McGill-Vargas. McGill-Vargas’s debut novel "American Ghoul" was just released last month. I love Civil War and Reconstruction era horror, and this is one of my favorite titles of the year. From the publisher's description: "You can’t kill someone who’s already dead. That’s what Lavinia keeps telling her jailer after—allegedly—killing her mistress, Simone Arceneau. But how could Simone be dead when she was taking callers just a few minutes before? And why was her house always so dark?" "American Ghoul" has gotten some great reviews, including those in “Publishers Weekly” and “Library Journal.” Author Cynthia Pelayo said of the novel: "In Michelle McGill's 'American Ghoul' the pain of American history and human and nonhuman monsters collide. Always engrossing, yet tender and heartbreaking, McGill has expertly resurrected an ancient story, yet demands that we closely examine the wicked creatures that lurk in our past." Check out "American Ghoul" today!
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