Advance Review: AT DARK, I BECOME LOATHSOME
At Dark, I Become Loathsome Eric LaRocca Blackstone Publishing (January 28, 2025) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Eric LaRocca is a writer of transgressive horror. His work shocks, it pushes boundaries, it strives to make the reader uncomfortable. It sometimes deals with...
Book Review: EYE FOR AN EYE
Eye for an Eye B. D. Prince Ghastly Press (October 8, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Eye for an Eye by B. D. Prince is a collection of two novellas, and though the book is slim, there is nothing thin about either of the stories—they both pack a punch. I read it...
Book Review: THE OTHER SIDE
The Other Side Thomas Stewart Independently published (September 1, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy The Other Side, a thrilling collection published in 2023, is Stewart’s second book. Since then, he has published twelve books and is not retiring soon. This is a more...
Book Review: HORROR MOVIE
Horror Movie Paul Tremblay William Morrow (June 11, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham The novel opens in 1993 with four friends…well, let me amend that. It’s more like three friends and a fourth that they keep around to bully and torture. And that fourth friend,...
Book Review: WE’RE NOT OURSELVES TODAY
We’re Not Ourselves Today: 13 Tales of Pulp Horror Jill Girardi and Lydia Prime Kandisha Press (March 16, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Hold on to your devil horns and tails, my delicious fiends, because you’re in for a hellish treat from two talented women. Jill...
Advance Review: A DISTANT SILVER MELODY
A Distant Silver Melody K. L. Young Strange Aeons (October 17, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Writer and filmmaker K.L. Young has released a new novella, A Distant Silver Melody, based on his as-yet-unproduced screenplay Killer’s Moon. The release date is no...
Book Review: THE LEBO COVEN
The Lebo Coven Stephen Mark Rainey Macabre Ink (September 11, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Stephen Mark Rainey hits it out of the park again with The Lebo Coven. When you have creepy goings-on in a small town, warring witch contingents, and a black-hearted...
Advance Review: THESE THINGS THAT WALK BEHIND ME
These Things That Walk Behind Me David Surface Lethe Press (October 1, 2024) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi The second collection of dark stories by David Surface confirms that he’s an extraordinary new talent in the area of horror short fiction. For a reviewer of...
Advance Review: NO FAIR MAIDENS FROM EARTH TO MARS
No Fair Maidens from Earth to Mars Rowan Hill Trepidatio Publishing (October 11, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Rowan Hill exploded onto the writing scene in 2021 and hasn’t looked back since. Making her mark in short fiction, she also has two long pieces under her...
Advance Review: ISLAND OF THE DEAD
Island of the Dead Brian Keene Apex Book Company (October 15, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Brian Keene needs no introduction to most readers of horror fiction, who will likely know him from his The Rising series, a chronicle of a zombie apocalypse, or similar works....
Book Review: THE ABYSSAL PLAIN
The Abyssal Plain: The R’lyeh Cycle Edited by William Holloway and Brett J. Talley JournalStone Publishing (November 29, 2019) Reviewed by Andrew Byers One of the chief conceits of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos is that eventually the stars will be right and the...
Book Review: SKINNING THE COYOTE
Skinning the Coyote Nick McAnulty Wicked House Publishing (September 30, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Wow! McAnulty packed a massive tale into this book. Wanted outlaws, a disgraced Marshall and his deputy, stolen bank money, a card game turned into a saloon fight...
Book Review: LAST LIGHT
Last Light A. Lawrence Cloaked Press (June 6, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Fresh off their successful Ihale fantasy series and their paranormal Ghost Punch series, A. Lawrence has created another world for both adults and teenagers to enjoy wandering. In Last Light...
Book Review: BLACK SEAS OF INFINITY
Black Seas of Infinity: The R’lyeh Cycle Book Two Edited by William Holloway JournalStone Publishing (June 28, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Black Seas of Infinity is William Holloway’s follow-up to his 2019 anthology, The Abyssal Plain: The R’lyeh Cycle (also from...
Book Review: THE GODS OF MOAB
The Gods of Moab Stephen Mark Rainey Damned Rodan Publishing (June 23, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Though this book is small, it is truly mighty and will have you on the edge of your seat all the way to the end. I blew through it twice and it still scared me...