The Dead Path Stephen M. Irwin Doubleday Hardcover, 384 pages, $25.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt The fairy tale fear of the haunted woods is superbly invoked in The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin’s debut novel. The author takes the dark road to terror, creating a...
Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever Joe Kane Citadel Trade Paper, 316 pages, $16.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “We are in a typical rural cemetery, conceivably adjacent to a small church … although a church...
Wings Over Manhattan Don D’Ammassa Bad Moon Books Trade Paper, 55 pages, $15.00 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Prohibition: A time of speakeasy clubs, gangsters, flappers, Japanese demons – Japanese demons? In Wings Over Manhattan, author Don D’Ammassa...
The Creature’s Curse Paul Braus River East Press Trade Paper, 212 pages, $9.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “Never judge a book by its cover.” The Creature’s Curse has a lurid cover: An outstretched hand with long fingernails reaching toward the...
Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, Second Issue K. Allen Wood, Editor Shock Totem Publications Trade Paper, 82 pages, $5.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Small press horror magazines require a lot of effort to produce and sustain. When Shock Totem:...
