House of Sighs Aaron Dries Samhain Publishing Paperback, Digital, Audio Editions Review by La Diva Horror literature (and cinema) is often defined by context and subtext, and both seriously come into play here. House of Sighs, like the best fiction, works on a number...
Wide Open Deborah Coates Tor Books Hardcover, 304 pages, $24.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Sergeant Hallie Michaels is accustomed to wide open spaces. She hails from rural South Dakota and is serving in Afghanistan. While on duty, she “dies” for seven...
Cemetery Club JG Faherty JournalStone Trade Paper, 254 pages, $16.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt A coterie of kids confronts the supernatural, but the menace reappears; prompting a horror-filled reunion. What immediately springs to mind is It by Stephen King. The...
Curiously Twisted Tales: A Smattering of P. S. Gifford P. S. Gifford Barking Rain Press Hardcover, 192 pages, $19.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Curiously Twisted Tales is indeed a curiosity. Short stories by P.S. Gifford are compiled as “chapters” in the...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies Matt Mogk Gallery Books Trade Paper, 304 pages, $14.00 Review by Sheila M. Merritt If giving out awards for most aptly titled book, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies would be a contender; dismembered...
Wild Justice Ellen Datlow, Editor Ash-Tree Press e-books $8.99 Review by Mario Guslandi First published in 1996 under the title Lethal Kisses, the present anthology represents one of the many accomplishments of famous and prolific horror editor Ellen Datlow. Truth be...
