Summer of Horror 2026 - The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Desert Creatures by Kay Chroniister

 

  

On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books, and Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader.  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Anne's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.

Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my Summer of Horror 2026 (hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy), Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister. Sounds like a horrific and dystopian take on Las Vegas, or at least the journey to get there is!  I'll also be reading this for my r/Fantasy 2026 Book Bingo Challenge.

Beginning:

The fire came at night, a flash of gasoline scent and shattered glass, then a column of flame that swept across the floor.

56:

Magda shook her head.

What are you reading this week?  Have you read this book?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting below!