Friends in High Places Rob Smales Bloodshot Books September 24, 2018 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Tommy “Tagalong” Taglioni always wanted to be part of the gang. But Tommy was small and wheezy, and he didn’t have the cred of having been born and bred on the block like...
Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales Orrin Grey Word Horde October, 2018 Reviewed by Gordon B. White Orrin Grey’s third collection of short fiction, Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales, collects fourteen tales that capture some of his best, albeit darkest, work to date....
Sleeping with the Monster Anya Martin Lethe Press October, 2018 Reviewed by Gordon B. White Anya Martin’s debut collection, Sleeping with the Monster, collects a dozen tales of women and monsters, although that’s not to say that the lines between them are always...
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume 3 2018 Valancourt Books Edited by James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Basically there are two types of horror anthologies: the ones which keep collecting the same old “classic” material...
ONE OF US Craig DiLouie Orbit July 17, 2018 Reviewed by Brian James Lewis When I heard about One of Us by Craig DiLouie, I was really excited. It presents a rich collection of powerful images that are branded into your brain as you read. Here’s a couple of them: A boy...
Occasional Beasts: Tales John Claude Smith Omnium Gatherum September, 2018 Reviewed by Gordon B. White John Claude Smith’s new collection Occasional Beasts: Tales fearlessly explores themes of transformation and transcendence through a menagerie of monsters that are...
