Listening to Tales from the Territory narrated by the author Travis Baldree was like catching up with old friends. I love settling into some cozy fantasy for my horror reading palate cleanser, and five new stories set in the world of Legends & Lattes were a welcome early autumn retreat.

Every time I read something written by Eric LaRocca, from short story to novel, I wonder what I've gotten myself into.

I listened to the audiobook of Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist (narrated perfectly by Mhairi Morrison) several weeks ago as we moved our household 250 miles south to Atlanta which meant I was in the perfect mindset to relate to Tamsin, though the character is 20 years younger and lives an ocean away from me.

By the time IT was released when I was a budding 13 year old horror writer, I was a die-hard Stephen King fan, as only a horror lover who grew up in the ‘80’s with a tiny town library could be - which is not to say I’m not still a fan - especially nostalgically - just that my horizons have greatly expanded.

This was my favorite kind of thriller, one where I didn't know what was going to happen next, where I literally held my breath several times, and with a protagonist who is complicated and real, but that you ultimately root for.