THE WISE FRIEND Ramsey Campbell Flame Tree Press (April 23, 2020) Reviewed by Ray Palen For me, opening up a new Ramsey Campbell novel is almost a religious experience. The man is a Master of Horror, with accolades ranging from the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement...
BEHEMOTH HP Newquist Bloodshot Books (October 24, 2019) Reviewed by Ray Palen ‘Behemoth is God’s greatest creature. One of his most terrifying. According to Job, Chapter 40, Verses 15 to 18, Behemoth was made as the same time as man. It was monstrously...
Ahead of publication of his first novel, Mark N Drake has released ‘Hobb’s Top and Other Horrors’, a collection of short stories to introduce readers to his Lovecraftian horror location, Darkisle. Each story offers a fragmentary glimpse of pieces of...
SKIN DREAMS by Bret McCormick HellBound Books October 25, 2019 Review by J.H. Rood What author Bret McCormick has accomplished in SKIN DREAMS is to bring us a tale that is nearly equal parts endearing, terrifying, sensual, and surprisingly spiritual, that refuses to...
Over at This is Horror, Thomas Joyce has penned an excellent review of S. P. Miskowski’s The Best of Both Worlds: We say it with the nicest of intentions, but Miskowski has a real knack of creating the most tenebrous characters. While this novella differs...
Over at Kendall Reviews, Patricia Lillie–author of the THE CUCKOO GIRLS (Trepidatio, April 2020)–talks about why she writes horror: “Really. Parents. Teachers. Haunted houses. Shirley Jackson. Wonderful books. Of course, I write that stuff. What...
