Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). This dystopian classic pushes one hundred teenage boys to their limits in a brutal endurance test — and only one can survive. Forty-six years feels like a long time. When you consider The …
Every so often, I come across a book that makes me think: “How the hell did they come up with this?” I hope we all have these moments as consumers of content. I think that’s why one of the top questions that any writer receives is “Where do you get your ideas?” I’ve watched numerous …
While it is true that I mostly read horror novels, I do also have an affection for dystopias. That shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering my very first post on this site was for Sunrise on the Reaping. Furthermore, I suppose there is also quite a crossover between horror and dystopia. Two …
Imagine a world where people no longer ate animals. That, to me, already sounds like a horror story. Or, if you’re a vegetarian/vegan, you might think this sounds wonderful. But wait, I haven’t finished. In this horror-dystopian novel, Tender is the Flesh, Argentine author Agustina Bazterrica presents a world where nobody eats animals, but they …