AND CANNOT COME AGAIN Simon Bestwick 2019 Chizine Publications Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Simon Bestwick, admittedly, is one of the more brilliant contemporary British authors of dark fiction (for once the words of praise by his fellow writers included at the...
SING YOUR SADNESS DEEP Laura Mauro Undertow Publications 2019 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Some writers are magicians, using words and phrases to create unforgettable stories which dig deep down below the surface of everyday life and find the hidden mysteries of the...
THE BALLET OF DR CALIGARI AND MADDER MYSTERIES. by Reggie Oliver Tartarus Press 2018 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Lovers of dark fiction will welcome with enthusiasm a new collection by Reggie Oliver,by far one of the very best living authors in that genre. The...
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 3 Edited by Simon Stern 2018 Valancourt Books Reviewed by Mario Guslandi I love ghost stories. I always did. Actually British ghost stories were my first step – first as a reader, then as a...
Best of the Best Horror of the Year – Ten Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction Edited by Ellen Datlow 2018 Night Shade Books Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Ellen Datlow is arguably the most famous editor of horror story anthologies in the world. For twenty-one...
