In the Shadow of Blackbirds Cat Winters Abrams Hardcover, 407 pages, $16.95 Reviewed by Amy Shane Dark, unsettling and atmospherically eerie, In the Shadow of Blackbirds is haunting in its own right. 1918, where death was a constant whisper, “I told you I was...
The Last Night of October Greg Chapman Bad Moon Books October, 2013 eBook edition Reviewed by Matthew Tait It’s no secret I’m a fan of what Greg Chapman is doing here in Australia. Although his written works are still in an early developmental stage, he has proved...
If you like the Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland…heck, even if you don’t…you’re not going to want to miss the Christine Converse’s new novel, Bedlam Stories. Check it out. Synopsis: Set in the 1920s, intrepid reporter Nellie Bly...
Scarecrow By Matthew Pritchard Salt Publishing ISBN: 978-1907773600 October 17, 2013 Print 12.04 (Pre-order price) Reading Scarecrow, I discovered that author Matthew Pritchard did indeed write what he knew. Fashioning his main character Danny Sanchez as a journalist...
809 Jacob Street Marty Young Black Beacon Books ISBN: 9780992321109 Reviewed by Matthew Tait In this particular stanza of a review, I will usually give a mini-lecture about the author under our microscope: list of achievements, how he or she fits into the landscape of...