An Unheavenly Host CE Ward Sarob Press, 2022 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi This is the fourth collection of horror and ghost stories by British author CE Ward. The previous three collections (also published by the excellent small imprint Sarob Press) are now out of...
The Puppet King and Other Atonements Justin A. Burnett Trepidatio Publishing (May 20, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I can see why Burnett’s prose has been compared to the likes of Jon Padgett, Brian Evenson, and Thomas Ligotti. Part of that is subject matter—Burnett...
What Festers Within Mark N. Drake July 18, 2022 Reviewed by Andrew Byers Over the last couple years, Mark N. Drake has created and developed a fictional place, Darkisle, a foreboding island inhabited by Lovecraftian horrors and cultists, where he has set two previous...
Of Starfish Tides and Other Tales Suzanne J. Willis Trepidatio Publishing (May 6, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’ve always been a fan of fantasy, but mostly gave up on the genre years ago when it became clear that many fantasy authors were more interested in...
Wily Writers Presents: Tales of Nightmares Loren Rhoads (editor) Automatism Press (July 11, 2022) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Tales of Nightmares is the second of six anthologies that include stories from authors that are part of the Wily Writers collective. While the...
Nature’s Perfume Mark Towse JournalStone (March 11, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Mark Towse was a new writer to me, but I was very happy to bite into his short work here in Nature’s Perfume. This short collection contains the eponymous novella followed by an...
