Tower Hill Sarah Pinborough Leisure Fiction Paperback, 368 pages, $7.99 (review based on advanced reading copy) Review by Sheila Merritt The villains of horror are the characters that are most remembered. Think Dracula, Hannibal Lecter, Mr. Hyde. In Tower Hill, it is...
Michael In Hell Dennis Latham YS Gazelle Books Trade paper, $16.00 Review by Nickolas Cook An author has to be either pretty sure of himself to provide the caveat “Warning: This novel will cause sleep loss” on the back cover of his work. Latham does so,...
Double Act LH Maynard and MPN Sims NYX Books Trade paper, $14.99 Review by Nickolas Cook Most great ghost stories are inherently mysteries. There’s usually something, some kernel of forgotten emotion or knowledge, which the spirit(s) is trying to impart to the living....
Gypsy Blood Steve Vernon Five Star Publishing Hardcover, 371 Pages, $25.95 (review based on advance reading copy – uncorrected proof) Review by Sheila Merritt Loopy images and smart, snarky dialogues abound in Gypsy Blood. Author Steve Vernon employs an Abbott...
Tales of The Fallen: Book 1 – Awakenings David G. Barnett Necro Publications/Bedlam Press Various editions, ranging from $25.00-$150.00 August 2008 Review by Nickolas Cook When I read the promo material for Barnett’s newest book, Tales Of The Fallen: Book 1...
Secret Hours Michael Cisco Mythos Books $15.00, 134 Pages Review by Kent Knopp-Schwyn Literary Horror! If those two words invoke a desire to crack open any titles by such luminaries as Thomas Ligotti or Ramsay Campbell or Jeff Vandermeer, then run out and buy this...
