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We read horror, classics, smut and dragons, usually in that order, usually at 2am. A book earns a place on the rocks by being good, weird, or so bad we had to tell someone.

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  • Horror · October 2026

    The Landlord Downstairs

    by Someone Who Has Clearly Rented

    4 / 5 screams

    The only haunted-house novel where the ghost also wants the security deposit back.

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  • Classics · September 2026

    Moby-Dick (Abridged by Spite)

    by Herman, Allegedly

    3 / 5 whales

    Six hundred pages about a fish and somehow the fish is the least annoying character.

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  • Smut · September 2026

    Hands Where I Can See Them

    by A. Pseudonym

    5 / 5 fans self

    Do not read on public transit. We did. We are sorry, Bus 42.

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  • Dragons · August 2026

    Her Scales Are Showing

    by Dragon Enthusiast No. 4

    4 / 5 hoards

    The dragon has a retirement plan and a vendetta. We would die for her.

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  • Horror · August 2026

    Group Chat

    by Unknown Number

    4 / 5 unread

    Forty people saw the message. None of them are alive now. Still a better group chat than yours.

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  • Classics · July 2026

    Wuthering Heights, Unfortunately

    by a Brontë, Probably

    3 / 5 moors

    Everyone is terrible, the weather is terrible, we read it twice.

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We read horror, classics, smut and dragons, usually in that order, usually at 2am. A book earns a place on the rocks by being good, weird, or so bad we had to tell someone.

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Recently devoured

Classics · September 2026

Moby-Dick (Abridged by Spite)

by Herman, Allegedly

★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 whales

Six hundred pages about a fish and somehow the fish is the least annoying character.

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Horror · October 2026

The Landlord Downstairs

by Someone Who Has Clearly Rented

★★★★☆ 4 / 5 screams

The only haunted-house novel where the ghost also wants the security deposit back.

Read the review

Smut · September 2026

Hands Where I Can See Them

by A. Pseudonym

★★★★★ 5 / 5 fans self

Do not read on public transit. We did. We are sorry, Bus 42.

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Dragons · August 2026

Her Scales Are Showing

by Dragon Enthusiast No. 4

★★★★☆ 4 / 5 hoards

The dragon has a retirement plan and a vendetta. We would die for her.

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Classics · July 2026

Wuthering Heights, Unfortunately

by a Brontë, Probably

★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 moors

Everyone is terrible, the weather is terrible, we read it twice.

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Horror · August 2026

Group Chat

by Unknown Number

★★★★☆ 4 / 5 unread

Forty people saw the message. None of them are alive now. Still a better group chat than yours.

Read the review

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