What to read this weekend: Rural horror infused with Chinese mythology, and the lush alien world of Convert

New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen There's something about the idea of coming home and reawakening dormant familial trauma that just makes for great horror stories, andSacrificial Animalsis no exception. In the novel, brothers Nick and Joshua Morrow return to their family's farm in Nebraska after many years estranged from their abusive father, reopening old wounds and allowing supernatural forces to take root. Sacrific...