Of Monsters and Madness Jessica Verday Egmont Hardcover, young adult, $16.99, 304 pages, September 9, 2014 Review by Amy Shane A low haunting voice fills the darkness behind her, “It is my best work yet, although rather messy. Don’t you think?” The scent of blood is...
Animosity James Newman Permuted Press March 15, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61868-2-383 $16.95 Paperback 155 pages Reviewed by Kristi DeMeester As a writer of the macabre, Andrew Holland spends his time crafting worlds where demons dwell, where shadows slip from beyond the...
Mr. Mercedes Stephen King Scribner (June, 2014) ISBN 978-1476754451 $30.00 HB, 437 pp Reviewed by Wayne C. Rogers After reading Mr. Mercedes, I’ll never view a Mercedes-Benz in the exact same way as I use to. This novel certainly gives new meaning to the term,...
The Montauk Monster Hunter Shea Pinnacle Books (June, 2014) ASIN: B00GYLVVKC 352 pages; $7.99 PB, $5.38 Kindle Reviewed by Marvin Vernon The Montauk Monster is a solid monster novel of the conspiratorial type. Strange killer beast. Contagious epidemic....
Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich David Agranoff Deadite Press ISBN 978-1621051404 March, 2014; $10.95 PB 206 pages Reviewed by Marvin Vernon David Agranoff’s gem of a coming-of-age novel may not get the attention it deserve. You can blame that on the title and...
Shadows and Trees 2014 Michael Kelly, Editor Undertow Publications ISBN-13: 978-0981317731 Spring 2014; $11.81 PB Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Shadows and Tall Trees is haunted. Turning a page could bring a new specter, a new mystical voice, lamenting its...