Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun.
Those playoff hopes are gone, with the Panthers all but mathematically eliminated from postseason contention as injuries ravaged their roster and kept them on the outside looking in of the playoff picture all season.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
The displaced here have fled the drought that has ravaged swaths of this Horn of Africa nation after four failed rain seasons.
Vulnerable, voiceless elders in Miami-Dade who are removed from their homes for their own good will likely wind up in the hands of an Adult Protective Services supervisor promoted to a position of unparalleled power despite the objections of family members and whistleblowing colleagues.
Ember took out a pen, then paused over the details.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
For about five minutes, the two kept passing each other as the man alternated between running and walking, similar to interval training, but Barker still instinctively took out her mace.
—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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