THAT WHICH GROWS WILD Eric J. Guignard Harper Day Books (July 17, 2018) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham “Outstanding” is the only word that comes to mind when considering this collection of horror tales. Guignard has a seldom-seen, old world literary style of writing...
Deathrealm: Spirits: A Horror Anthology Stephen Mark Rainey, ed. Shortwave Media (October 17, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham When reading an anthology, there are always hits and there are always misses, as taste among readership varies. The trick is to have more...
Testing the Prisoner Phil Giunta Raging Seas Press (September 18, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Daniel Masenda is haunted. He hasn’t always been—it’s a recent development and began just before his mother, whom he hasn’t spoken to in 14 years, dies and he goes...
Fantasmagoriana Deluxe Eric Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, eds. Dark Moon Books (November 28, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I’m here to tell you that 18th and early 19th century German ghost stories are a different breed of cat. Different, but most definitely...
A Haunting on the Hill Elizabeth Hand Mulholland Books (October 3, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham When you have the hubris to take on writing a sequel of an iconic classic like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, you better be able to deliver the goods....