Monthly Archives : October 2017

Weekly Roundup, October 23-27, 2017


Hello there! Happy Saturday! What wonderfully spooky (mis)adventures did you get into during the last week? I hope it’s been great. We’ve had a fantastic time here during the last full week of our deliciously creepy October celebration. Missed something? That’s fine, I’m here to help. As you wind your way through the weekend, please feel free to check out…

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Tales Like Midnight Dust: Five Episodes to Reignite Your Love For Are You Afraid of the Dark?


Are You Afraid of the Dark? was a crown jewel in 1990s Nickelodeon programming. As part of the Saturday Night Nick (SNICK) lineup from inception, it usually followed Ren & Stimpy as the last show of the night. When that wacky, wonderful Ren & Stimpy credit music started playing, my entire body would bristle. I knew I’d see that rocking…

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Speculative Chic Book Club: The Grip Of It


Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that will sometimes be picked beforehand and sometimes be voted on by you, our readers. We’re still working on the format, so following the review of the book and some starter questions, we invite you all to discuss your thoughts in…

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Beyond Horrifying: A Review of The Deep


The Deep (2015) Written by: Nick Cutter Genre: Horror Pages: 394 (Hardback) Publisher: Gallery Books Why I Chose It: Someone posted a list of scary book suggestions for October that included Nick Cutter’s The Troop to the Speculative Chic Facebook group. Several of contributors had read his novels and the consensus was that his work is gross and extremely disturbing,…

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Give Brains a Chance: Five Reasons Why You Should Check Out the White Trash Zombie Series


Several years back, I found myself burned out on one of my favorite genres: urban fantasy. Sure, there were certain reliable authors that I could depend upon (Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, etc.), but it felt like whenever I picked up a book by a new author, I would come up disappointed. Everything I read either felt like a low quality…

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Sound Off! Professor Marston and the Wonder Women


Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, learn about the origin story of Speculative Chic’s favorite thing of 2017 and discuss Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, which premiered in the United States on Friday, October 13, 2017. Sound Off! is meant to…

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