by Rick Hipson | Feb 12, 2019 | Horror Authors / Books, Interviews
Dean Italiano is a Canadian writer, artist, musician, parent and librarian, but don’t let that fool you. Dean knows how to pack a creative punch that will send you reeling all the way to the bookstore to devour whatever else he has published to date. Although...
by Rick Hipson | Jan 31, 2019 | Book Reviews, Hellnotes Reviews
The Starving Queen Dean Italiano 2017 P.I.C. Publishing Reviewed by Rick Hipson The Starving Queen, Dean Italiano’s most recent novel, is every bit as terrifying as it is true for far too many of us. The insidious force of Dean’s villain burrows into those...
by Rick Hipson | Jan 24, 2019 | Horror News
Barry Hoffman is no slouch when it comes to speaking his mind about subjects deemed too taboo by common societal standards. As the publisher of Gauntlet Magazine, he peeled back the corners of “off limits” topics ranging from racial equality to pornography to...
by Rick Hipson | Jan 23, 2019 | Horror News
Tracks of My Tears By: Barry Hoffman Gauntlet Press 2018 Reviewed by Rick Hipson With the final words from the last pages only moments behind me, Track of My Tears leaves much to be digested. Across the spectrum of so many moving parts my rolling emotions constitute...
by Rick Hipson | Sep 19, 2017 | Horror Authors / Books, Interviews, Writing Horror
One simply can’t – and damn well shouldn’t – discuss top-ranking horror writers, particularly in the world of small press, and not mention Steven E. Wedel. An inner city school teacher by day, a terror of plot and charactors by night, Steve’s breakout...