Valentine’s Day Buddy Review: Love and Monsters (2020)

Ah, Valentine’s Day . . . a day of love, romantic gestures, and gigantic monsters hellbent on eating everyone you hold dear. ❤ Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! In honor of this lovey-dovey holiday we thought we’d review the movie Love and Monsters as our special valentine gift to you! 😉 So, let’s get into it,

Happy New Year!

May your new year be happy and healthy, and filled to your heart’s content with lots of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy! ❤

Spooky Holiday Reads

With Christmas just around the corner, and many of us making that mad dash to complete our Goodreads challenge for the year, what better way to spread some holiday terror–er, we mean cheer, than with some Christmas-related books that revel in the darker aspects of the holiday season? NOS4A2 by Joe Hill Victoria McQueen has a

Currently Watching: Arcane (Netflix)

“Two sisters. Two cities. One discovery that will change the world forever. In the cities of Piltover and Zaun, unrest stirs as inventors and thieves, politicians and crime lords chafe against the constraints of a society torn asunder.” We tend to talk a lot about horror on our blog, but it’s no secret that our

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (No-Spoiler) Review

Martial-arts master Shang-Chi confronts the past he thought he left behind when he’s drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is currently dominating the box office, and with good reason. It was such a treat to watch, and it also celebrates an important milestone,

Reading Rec: Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1)

“Mercedes Thompson, aka Mercy, is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote at will. Mercy’s next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she’s fixing a bus for a

Please Allow Us to Properly Introduce Ourselves

It’s recently come to our attention that while we previously introduced our blog itself, we haven’t done an actual introduction post for each of us individually, the co-hostesses of Sugar & Scream. Whoopsie. When we came up with the name Sugar and Scream for our blog we both agreed pretty much instantly which of us

The Boulet Brothers Halloween Takeover of Heavy Metal Magazine

“Excited” is an understatement as we try to sum up our absolute delight about the recent announcement that the Boulet Brothers will be taking the helm for Heavy Metal Magazine’s Halloween issue this year. We have no doubt that the iconic duo will bring their horrific best for the Halloween special. Teaming up with comic book

Reading Rec: The Six-Gun Tarot

“Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards

Pride Month Author Spotlight: Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire is known for writing urban fantasy, but under the alias Mira Grant, she brings to life stories of medical Science Fiction and Horror. When asked about her inclusion of characters within the LGBTQA+ community within her novels, she explains: “I didn’t set out to change the way QUILTBAG characters are included in literature–that