The Gospel of Z Stephen Graham Jones Samhain Publishing, January 2014 Trade paperback, 268 pp., $16.00; eBook, $5.50 By Michael R. Collings In the “Thanks thanks thanks” section at the end of The Gospel of Z, Stephen Graham Jones notes that one of his early...
World War Cthulhu Edited by Jonathan Oliver Cubicle 7 Entertainment (UK) E-book By Michael R. Collings World War II was, by itself, an unmitigated horror; and even beyond documentary accounts of atrocities and barbarities, it has served as the source of literary...
The Friendly Horror and Other Weird Tales Jessica Burke and Anthony Burdge Myth Ink Books, 2013 Trade paperback, 146 pp., $12.00; eBook, $2.99 By Michael R. Collings This small collection of eight Lovecraft-inspired tales is an idiosyncratically appealing homage to...
Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece by Jason Bailey Voyageur Press Reviewed by Matthew Scott Baker Movie geeks like me were thrilled beyond words when Tarantino first arrived on the movie scene back in 1992. With RESERVOIR DOGS,...
North American Lake Monsters Nathan Ballingrud Small Beer Press ISBN: 978-1618730602 July, 2013; $16.00 PB Reviewed by K. H. Vaughan The titular lake monsters of North America do not exist in any objective sense. They are vehicles for our fears and objects on which to...
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction Written by Jeff VanderMeer and illustrated by Jeremy Zerfoss Harry N. Abrams ISBN: 978-1419704420 October, 2013; $24.95 PB reviewed by K. H. Vaughan This is not a book about horror, but so many of our...
