PRESS RELEASE: Fried Barry Fan Art Competition
FRIED BARRY is giving away a ton of official merch to the artist who creates the most jaw-dropping FRIED BARRY inspired artwork. FRIED BARRY has inspired hundreds of artists to create their own acid-drenched creations based on the film and we want to see YOURS. Create...
Advance Review: ROOKFIELD
Rookfield Gordon B. White Trepidatio Publishing (October 15, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Rookfield is a chilling, quick novella that’s perfect for reading while in the midst of a global pandemic. I’d go so far as to say that, given Rookfield’s themes of...
Book Review: MIDNIGHT IN THE CHAPEL OF LOVE
Midnight in the Chapel of Love Matthew R. Davis JournalStone Publishing (January 29, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I am always on the lookout for new, essential voices in the horror genre and thrilled to say that with my read of MIDNIGHT IN THE CHAPEL OF LOVE by...
Book Review: EYES IN THE DUST
Eyes in the Dust and Other Stories David Peak Trepidatio Publishing (April 2, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen It’s always nice to be introduced to new voices in horror and with the short-story collection EYES IN THE DUST by Chicago writer David Peak, we get two. The first...
Book Review: THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP
The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix Berkley (July 13, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Grady Hendrix understands what the horror genre is all about. Whether he is focusing on long-lost soft-cover titles in his nonfiction work PAPERBACKS FROM HELL or exploring modern...
Book Review: FRIGHT TRAIN
Fright Train The Switch House Gang (editors) Haverhill House Publishing (July 25, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Train tracks are a source of wonderment. It is impossible to look at the stretches of steel and not image where the line begins and where it ends. Fright...
Book Review: WHERE ALL IS NIGHT, AND STARLESS
Where All Is Night, and Starless John Linwood Grant Trepidatio Publishing (July 9, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers While John Linwood Grant was well known to me as the esteemed editor of Occult Detective Magazine and many other fine collections, I wasn’t familiar with...
Book Review: SISTERS IN ARMS
Sisters in Arms Erica Ruppert Trepidatio Publishing (July 23, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Having grown up on Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and related pastiches, I’m a sucker for stories of forlorn coastlines, desolate seascapes, and inhuman creatures...
Book Review: KEENING COUNTRY
KEENING COUNTRY Seán O’Connor Idolum Publishing (August 13, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I was privileged to have received an advanced copy of Seán O’Connor’s first official collection of short stories entitled KEENING COUNTRY. What he can accomplish in the short form...
Book Review: A MAZE FOR THE MINOTAUR
A MAZE FOR THE MINOTAUR And Other Strange Stories Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press, 2021) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Actor, playwright, director, illustrator and award-winning writer of novels and short stories, British author Reggie Oliver is by far one of the very...
Blu-ray Review: THE DEAD ZONE
The Dead Zone Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons When it comes to psychics it's hard to outdo Stephen King, author of Carrie, The Shining, Firestarter, Doctor Sleep, and more (including this...
Press Release: WE FEED THE DARK
Announces the Release of: WE FEED THE DARK: TALES OF TERROR, LOSS & THE SUPERNATURAL by William P. Simmons Horror has a price. Will you feed the dark? Fiction is the numinous side of truth. Writers and readers enact an insidious ritual, giving birth to terrible...
Book Review: THE LOST VILLAGE
The Lost Village Camilla Sten Minotaur Books (March 23, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I have always been intrigued about civilizations or villages that just up and disappeared like the colony in Roanoke, Virginia, back in the day. Polish author Camilla Sten explores...
Book Review: STRANGE BEASTS OF CHINA
Strange Beasts of China Yan Ge Melville House (July 13, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Yan Ge has created something I guarantee you have never read before. A surreal look at actual, monstrous creatures living amongst mankind during modern times—in this case, modern...
Book Review: WHAT BIG TEETH
What Big Teeth Rose Szabo FSG (February 2, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic was a wealth of new fiction releases that includes many debut novels that really have made an impression. One of the best debuts of 2021 is...
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