From Kevin J. Anderson: Take a breath and hold on. I’ve curated a new “Pulse Pounders” StoryBundle, 13 action-packed books, plus a bonus, guaranteed to put you on the edge of your reading chair. Thrillers, suspense, action, dark fantasy,...
Reviewer Ray Palen’s Q & A with Mike Thorn, author of Shelter for the Damned What authors influenced you growing up? Who are you reading now? As a young kid, I was really excited by J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and R. L. Stine. Discovering Stephen King as...
Shelter for the Damned Mike Thorn JournalStone (February 26, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Mike Thorn clearly knows his horror. For his Master’s thesis in English Literature, he analyzed the role of epistemophobia in John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness. Clever readers...
HALLOWED DAYS Daniel Hale JournalStone (November 20, 2020) Reviewed by Ray Palen Author Daniel Hale’s literary output has consisted primarily of short stories. With the release of HALLOWED DAYS, we have a new collection of short tales that are specifically set in...
Dark Blood Comes from the Feet Emma J. Gibbon Trepidatio Publishing (May 22, 2020) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale I can always count on Trepidatio Publishing for quality writing; Dark Blood Comes from the Feet is no exception. This was my first time reading Emma J....
The Touch Adan Berkowitz JournalStone Publishing (August 14, 2020) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Touch is the debut novel by Adan Berkowitz, and it contains elements of horror and the supernatural. The title refers to a predatory psychic power that is akin to a...