The Golden Road Selene dePackh JournalStone (February 25, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I read a lot of supernatural horror—don’t get me wrong, I love supernatural horror—but The Golden Road is a reminder that you don’t need supernatural elements to have a thoroughly...
Future Tense: Tales of Apocalyptic Vision Michaelbrent Collings Written Insomnia Press (March 23, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’ve read—and reviewed—a lot of Michaelbrent Collings’ novels, but have only ever read a couple of his shorter works. I was delighted to...
The Art of Broken Things Joanne Anderton Trepidatio Publishing (January 21, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers As I’ve noted before, single-author story collections with eclectic themes are always a big risk for the reader—all too often they’re filled with more misses...
Shadowdays Polly Schattel JournalStone (January 28, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Shadowdays is a deep and disturbing character study of a nurse named Melissa Sweet. Three years ago, she accidentally killed an infant in her care by giving him the wrong dose of...
The Gypsy Moths Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (December 3, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers There comes a time in almost every horror writer’s career when they’re practically obligated to write a coming of age narrative: Robert R. McCammon wrote the classic...
