Brains: A Zombie Memoir Robin Becker Eos Trade Paper, 192 pages, $13.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Humor and zombies; a seemingly unstoppable combination in horror fiction. Can this glut of gore and guffaws bear yet another light weight snarky lark? Apparently, it can....
The Picture of Contented New Wealth: A Metaphysical Horror Tariq Goddard Zero Books Trade Paper, 218 pages, $19.95 Review by Sheila Merritt “A Metaphysical Horror” … is it an explanation, or an excuse for a tale of terror? In Tariq Goddard’s...
Humpty’s Bones Simon Clark Telos Publishing, Ltd. Trade Paper, 122 pages, $17.95, £9.99 (Available through Telos) Review by Sheila Merritt Archaeological horror is most often associated with disturbing the tombs of mummies. In Humpty’s Bones, author Simon...
Audrey’s Door Sarah Langan Harper Paperback, 432 pages, $7.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Audrey’s Door won the Bram Stoker award for best novel of 2009. This catapults Sarah Langan into a lofty position: She joins the heady ranks of Peter Straub, Stephen...
Neverland Douglas Clegg Vanguard Press Trade Paper, 304 pages, $15.95 Review by Sheila Merritt “When you stand at the border of the land and sea, it is clear where one leaves off and the other begins. But where lies the boundary between the perceived world and...
