Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets Edited by Eugene Johnson Crystal Lake Publishing October 2018 Reviewed by David Goudsward Weighing at 570 pages, the Eugene Johnson edited anthology is alternate history-themed, where famous names and historic...
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume 3 Edited by Simon Stern 2018 Valancourt Books Reviewed by Mario Guslandi I love ghost stories. I always did. Actually British ghost stories were my first step – first as a reader, then as a...
The Isle John C. Foster 2018 Grey Matter Press Reviewed by Gordon B. White John C. Foster’s new novel The Isle is a two-fisted blast of hard-boiled horror noir. When disgraced U.S. Marshal Virgil Bone is press-ganged into retrieving a dead body from the isolated New...
The Rust Maidens Gwendolyn Kiste November 2018 Trepidatio Publishing Reviewed by Gordon B. White The Rust Maidens, the debut novel from acclaimed author Gwendolyn Kiste, is a melancholy but bracing look at how a dying piece of the American Dream clutches at life....
Out Behind the Barn John Boden and Chad Lutzke October 2018 Shadow Work Publishing Reviewed by William Grabowski Teenaged Davey and younger Ronny reside with old chain-smoking Miss Maggie, and for as long as they can remember shared the tidy two-story house in the...
Tales from the Lake, Volume 5 Kenneth W. Cain, ed. Crystal Lake Publishing November 2, 2018 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale With Tales from the Lake Volume 5, I will continue my lengthy streak of loving all things put out by Crystal Lake. The editor, Kenneth W. Cain,...