After getting the sack at a prestigious newspaper, an ambitious journalist is in shambles. Gutted and with the Pulitzer Prize further off than ever, she retreats to her parents’ isolated, state-of-the-art mansion when they’re away on holidays. But she doesn’t plan on staying down for long. Her new podcast, “Beyond Believable”, in which she investigates… Continue reading MONOLITH (2023)
Genre: Mystery
THE POPE’S EXORCIST
It’s 1987 Anno Domini and the Vatican is in the midst of a crisis. On the one hand, young bling-bling prelates – more Madonna than Francis of Assisi – are trying to dust off the crumbling image of the Church by downgrading positions such as the one of Father Gabriele Amorth, the official exorcist of… Continue reading THE POPE’S EXORCIST
ABERRANCE
City dwellers Erkhme and Selenge temporarily trade in Ulaanbaatar for a cabin in the pristine Mongolian woods. You see, Selenge is the sensitive, artistic type and the city’s hustle and bustle can quickly overwhelm her finely tuned senses. That’s why her loving husband Erkhme decided that the peace and quiet of the countryside might do… Continue reading ABERRANCE
DETECTIVE VS SLEUTHS
Hong Kong suffers from a wave of murders that are equally brutal and unexplainable. Determined to put an end to the bloodshed, the police assemble a special team that discover several things. One, that all the murders seem connected to one another, since every victim was a suspect in an unsolved case. Two, that the… Continue reading DETECTIVE VS SLEUTHS
NIGHTSIREN
Growing up in the Slovak mountains with an equally rugged mom makes for a rocky childhood. Just ask Šarlota, who has had to put up with her mother’s insults and punches for as long as she can remember. But now, in the midst of yet another fight, she storms out of the door and sets… Continue reading NIGHTSIREN
Evil Seaweed
Brittany. Seaweed. Walkers disappear…
DIABOLIK
Clerville, kind of like an Italian Gotham City, is in the grip of a masked scoundrel that has a nasty tendency to pull off the most yolo heists. This scoundrel’s name? Diabolik. A lawless criminal, an anti-hero who doesn’t care about defending the weak and the poor and who has a black belt in the… Continue reading DIABOLIK
SCHEMES IN ANTIQUES
The Jade Buddha head, a relic thought to be lost in Japan, has just resurfaced. But, strangely enough, Japan only agrees to return it to China on one condition. The beneficiary must be a descendant of Xu Yicheng, the infamous traitor accused of having sold this national treasure to the Japanese enemy. The grandson in… Continue reading SCHEMES IN ANTIQUES
CUBE by Yasuhiko Shimizu
After CUBE, CUBE 2: HYPERCUBE and CUBE ZERO (sometimes also called CUBE3 or THE CUBIC CUBE) it got frightfully quiet in Crazy Cubetown. Has the Cube no more sides to turn? Hah! Leave it to the Japanese to take CUBE to the next level! Tinkering with the same basic ingredients of the original (six strangers… Continue reading CUBE by Yasuhiko Shimizu
ZALAVA
Demons! In 1978’s Iran *cough*Axis of Evil*cough*! In a remote mountain village called Zalava! Za-la-va: ne’er there was a name more reeking of evil! It sounds like an unforgivable curse only the vilest of Slytherin wizards would throw around, though for all we know it might simply mean “ice cream” in the tongue of the… Continue reading ZALAVA