Deadman’s Road Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon, August 2013 ISBN-10: 161696104X, ISBN-13: 978-1616961046, $14.95, trade paperback By Michael R. Collings Joe R. Lansdale is an original. No one—but no one—tells a story with quite the same dark energy and wanton verve. Whether...
In the End, Only Darkness By Monica J. O’Rourke Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. ASIN: B00CB5JUX0 Spring 2013, $3.99 E-Book Reviewed by Sheri White If you missed this collection when it was first published in 2002, you’re in luck because it’s available again,...
Ancient Echoes Joanne Pence Quail Hill Publishing April, 2013, $17.99 trade paperback, $4.99 eBook Reviewed by Michael R. Collings The Idaho Batholith is a gigantic granite intrusion covering thousands of square miles in the center of the state, formed at a time when...
Don’t Let Them In by Elizabeth Fields Self-published ISBN: 978-0615615196 March 12, 2012; $12.95 Reviewed by Matthew Baker I’ve probably read thousands of short stories in my time, but hopefully I’ll have the chance to read thousands more before I die. I’ve...
The End of Ever Troy Barnes Troy Barnes Publishing ISBN: 978-0-9805492-1-8 2012: $25.00 (Paperback) Reviewed by Matthew Tait Many years ago I composed a review for the Australian writer Will Elliot – who, having astonished readers worldwide with his debut novel The...
Staring Into the Abyss Richard Thomas Kraken Press ISBN: 978-9197972598 April, 2013; $14.99 PB Reviewed by K. H. Vaughan Classic noir was always dark and gritty, filled with moral ambiguity. Hard, cynical men inhabited dark and dangerous places, and in the end often...
