I Am Providence Nick Mamatas Night Shade Books Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Humor and horror is a tough thing to do right; that goes double when the horrific element is based on one H.P. Lovecraft and the brand of weird fiction he helped create. To some, the man and...
Disappearance At Devil’s Rock Paul Tremblay William Morrow June 21, 2016 Reviewed by Josh Black Disappearance At Devil’s Rock opens with Elizabeth Anderson receiving an early morning phone call and a parent’s nightmare come true – the terrible...
I’m Thinking of Ending Things Iain Reid Simon & Schuster June 7, 2016 Reviewed by Josh Black “My story is not like a movie, I’ll say. It’s not heart-stopping or intense or bloodcurdling or graphic or violent. No jump scares. To me, these...
Casefile: Arkham – Nightmare on the Canvas – book review Author: Josh Finney Artist: Patrick McEvoy Publisher: 01 Publishing October 28th, 2015 Reviewed by: Brian M. Sammons While H.P. Lovecraft himself neve wrote any pulpy noir detective stories, that genre and...
The Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women Edited by S.T. Joshi Dover Publications May 18, 2016 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Cold Embrace features tales of dark fiction written by women over nearly a one hundred year time span. The collection is bookended by Mary...
The Conveyance Brian W. Matthews JournalStone June, 2016 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Brian W. Matthews’ The Conveyance is one of those rare books that is extremely difficult to review. Everything about it—setting, characters, plot, language—is perfectly suited to...
