Angelica Thorne | Literary Fiction & Mexican American Essays: My Substack Library

Grumpy Reader Substack Library

Angelica Thorne | Fiction — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:22:30 GMT

Writing by Raya

Table of Contents

A summary of the book…

a month ago · 2 likes · Raya

The Art of Darkness

Angelica Thorne | Fiction — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:03:10 GMT

I'm Not Crazy, I Promise...

The Art of Darkness: Table of Contents

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a year ago · 3 likes · MaKenna Grace

Since reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula, I’ve had a soft spot for bloodsuckers. Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles pulled me in. Charlaine Harris did the same with The Southern Vampire Mysteries, though those last three books were a serious disappointment.

Twilight killed my fascination, so this feels like a return I didn’t plan.

Still, I’m giving The Art of Darkness a shot, because honestly, what is life without a few bloodsuckers?

Down in the Holler

Angelica Thorne | Fiction — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:31:56 GMT

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Down in the Holler - Table of Contents

Synopsis: Judith Temple, a hyper-logical software developer, has little patience with uncertainty and imprecision, but the apparently psychic visions she’s experiencing have turned into something she can no longer ignore. When Judith finds herself drawn into a decades-old missing person cold case in rural Kentucky, she mu…

2 years ago · 28 likes · 1 comment · Bridget Riley

A serial speculative mystery novella bridgetriley.substack.com

I just found Down in the Holler and immediately added it to my Substack library.

A hyper-logical developer dealing with something that refuses to behave logically already has me hooked. That tension alone is enough. And then you drop her into a cold case in rural Kentucky with possible psychic visions?

That’s exactly the kind of story that can either fall apart or get very interesting very fast. I’m hoping for the second. I will keep you posted.

Lucid-X

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:50:05 GMT

Serialised Horror, Sci-Fi and Weird Fiction by Dave Cripps

LUCID-X Chapter 1

Blinking is impossible. A cold metal speculum digs in, holding my eyelids wide open. A frame clamps around my head, gripping my temples hard. Every time I try to shift position, pain shoots across my scalp. I strain my legs and squeeze the chair arms as if it will hold off the pain. It doesn’t…

2 months ago · 3 likes · Dave Cripps

I just started this series, and it got under my skin fast. The opening scene taps straight into my medical horror phobia and doesn’t let go.

The sensory overload and loss of control scraped against my ASD. Dave’s description of neurodivergence reads as lived experience rather than decoration, which made it hit harder.

I’m fully invested, and slightly suspicious of what this story is going to do to me next.