THE CANAL and Other Weird Stories Everil Worrell Weird House Press, 2023 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Worrell’s stories are seldom ordinary, although sometimes overlong, and pay homage to some of the genre clichés without becoming stereotypes. Among the tales included...
The Globster of Cape Frankfurt C. F. Page Strange Elf Press (October 2, 2022) Review by Elaine Pascale The Globster of Cape Frankfurt is simply a good story. It is an enjoyable read that asks nothing of you except that you go along for the ride. The narrative voice is...
Dark Is Better Gemma Files Trepidatio Publishing (February 3, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers If you’ve been reading any weird fiction or cosmic horror collections in the last decade or two, you’ve seen the name Gemma Files appear prominently on the tables of contents...
Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith (eds.) Black Spot Books (February 14, 2023) Review by Elaine Pascale Ghost stories shape us. Ghost stories are conceived within shared culture; they are passed down in family...
The Rack and Cue David Owain Hughes Plumfukt Press (November 16, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers In The Rack and Cue, David Owain Hughes provides us with a promising premise: In the middle of nowhere during a terrible storm, an English pub (the eponymous “Rack and...
THE HORROR COLLECTION: Sapphire Edition Natasha Sinclair, editor KJK Publishing, 2022 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Here’s the latest volume of The Horror Collection, featuring nineteen short stories exploring further the various aspects of the horror genre. At least in...
