Spine Breakers Book Club
Midslumber Media’s Spine Breakers Book Club is a PDX based horror book club focused on diverse, inclusive, and genre-bending horror.
Every month we’ll sink our teeth into everything from literary fiction to slashers, speculative nightmares, feminist horror, queer horror, and so much more.
Whether you're a lifelong horror buff or new to the genre, you're welcome! You’ll find thoughtful discussions, a little chaos, and a local community looking to explore the dark side of storytelling!
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Local Pick Up in Portland, Oregon
SEPTEMBER SPINEBREAKERS BOOK CLUB PICK
DELUXE EDITION--a beautiful hardcover edition featuring black sprayed edges, designed endpapers, and a brand new foreword from New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill.
Enter a darker age with New York Times bestselling author Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, a medieval horror adventure unlike anything on the shelf.
And Lucifer said: "Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of Heaven down..."
The year is 1348.
Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm--that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has become their battleground. Is it delirium or is it faith?
Now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and give him--blood-stained and wretched as he is--a chance at redemption he long thought lost.
As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.
Format: Hardcover
Published : March 03, 2026
Pages: 448
ISBN: 1250439205
EAN: 9781250439208
September Book Club Pick
September Book Club Pick
September Spinebreakers Book Club Pick:
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
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“Hey y’all! My name is Madison and I’ll be running horror bookclub! I read a lot of horror (and sci-fi/fantasy/anything that piques my interest). A little about me: I’m a software engineer, I have two cats and one dog, and I’m an avid hobby collector. I’m super stoked to be here! I’ve always wanted a community to talk horror with, and I hope this book club can be that for everyone!”
Madison (aka @literarymadmax on TikTok and Instagram) is our resident horror literature expert and book club leader! If it’s weird, unsettling, or makes you question your sanity she’s probably already read it. With recent favorites like When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy, Lamb by Lucy Rose, and Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson, just know you’re never leaving book club without a stack of killer recommendations.
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Interested in attending?
Join our Midslumber Media Discord! Here you can connect with a local community of horror lovers. We’ll post updates, polls, events, and more here!
Don’t Have Discord?
That’s okay! Follow us on Instagram or fill out the form to join the email list! We generally meet at Midslumber Media on the last Wednesday of the month at 6PM!