The House of Last Resort Christopher Golden St. Martin’s Press (January 30, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham A young couple moves to a virtual ghost town in Sicily to be near relatives and to start over. A pretty run of the mill trope when it comes to ghost...
Question Not My Salt Amanda M. Blake Crystal Lake Publishing (February 16, 2024) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Question Not My Salt left me questioning many things non-spice related. I questioned the place of torture porn in written horror. I questioned myself as I was...
Teach Them How to Bleed L. L. Soares Bloodshot Books (July 8, 2022) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Another home run by L. L. Soares! In this exciting re-invention of the vampire trope, we have two very different people who have become immortal by virtue of being beaten...
FUGUE DEVIL: Resurgence A 30th Anniversary of the Celebration of The Fugue Devil By Stephen Mark Rainey Reviewed by Carson Buckingham This collection from Stephen Mark Rainey is among the best ones I’ve read. Each story is a shining gem and if you enjoy Lovecraftian...
Falls the Darkness Mark N. Drake January 30, 2024 Reviewed by Andrew Byers Over the last few years, Mark N. Drake has created and extensively developed a fictional place, Darkisle, a foreboding island inhabited by Lovecraftian horrors and cultists, where he has set...
Something Blue and Other Colorful Deaths L.L. Soares JournalStone (March 31, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Bram Stoker winner L. L. Soares never disappoints. The first book of his I read was Green Tsunami, and I haven’t looked back since. Something Blue and...