Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, Second Issue K. Allen Wood, Editor Shock Totem Publications Trade Paper, 82 pages, $5.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Small press horror magazines require a lot of effort to produce and sustain. When Shock Totem:...
Horror Movie Freak Don Sumner Krause Publications 255 pgs, $19.99 Review by Brian M. Sammons This book is a bit hard to describe accurately. It’s sort of like a coffee table book, but it’s not as large or showy as those books. It’s sort of a...
Let Me In John Ajvide Lindqvist St. Martin’s Griffin Trade Paper, 496 pages, $15.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Love. Horror. Connection. Repulsion. No, this isn’t about the Twilight series: far from it. Let Me In is a look at various kinds of relationships;...
Unpleasant Tales Brendan Connell Eibonvale Press, UK Trade Paperback, 324 pages, £ 8.99 Review by Mario Guslandi Brendan Connell is an eclectic, talented writer whose stories range from sheer horror to soft SF, from historical pastiches to fairy tales for grown-ups....
Horror Library, Volume 3 R. J. Cavender, Editor Cutting Block Press Trade Paper, 254 pages, $16.95 Review by Sheila Merritt Tortured souls inhabit the stories in Horror Library, Volume 3. They commit violent acts; see their worlds hideously transformed; face fearsome...
Dark Echo F. G. Cottam Thomas Dunne Books Trade Paper, 368 pages, $25.99 Review by Sheila Merritt The gender of a boat/ship is designated as female. It is described as a “she,” and seduces accordingly. In his novel Dark Echo, author F. G. Cottam plays upon...
