Box of Delights Edited by John Kenny Publisher: Aeon Press 2011 224 pages By Brian M. Sammons I love the short story format when it comes to terror tales and so I’m always reading a lot of horror anthologies. Usually they have a theme behind them: vampires, zombies,...
The Arrivals Melissa Marr William Morrow ISBN: 978-0061826962 July, 2013; $24.99 HB Reviewed by K. H. Vaughan The Arrivals are people from modern times (the late 1800s to present) who mysteriously wake in an alternate world called the Wasteland, a weird west...
Future Lovecraft Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Editors Prime Books ISBN: 978-1607013532 July, 2012; $15.95 PB Reviewed by K. H. Vaughan What is the future of Lovecraft? Although they don’t express the intention explicitly, the editors of Future...
Up from Soil Fresh Aaron J. French Hazardous Press, June 2013 Trade paperback, $5.39; eBook, $2.99 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings In general, zombie stories are not directly about zombies. There are exceptions, of course, such as Patrick Freivald’s engaging...
Joyland By Stephen King Hardcase Crime Novels Titan Books 283 Pages Review By Rick Amortis Devin Jones is a college student trying to find himself. After his girlfriend progresses from aloof to elusive, he relocates to the sleepy hollow of Heaven’s Bay. Answering an...
Staring into the Abyss Richard Thomas Kraken Press ISBN: 978-9197972598 Publication Date; $14.99 trade paperback, $4.99 ebook Reviewed by Andrew Byers I was unfamiliar with Richard Thomas’ work before reading his short story collection STARING INTO THE ABYSS. The...