Tattered Souls 2 Frank J. Hutton, Editor Cutting Block Press Trade Paper, 218 pages, $18.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Psychically tortured individuals populate Tattered Souls 2, a fine anthology of eight stories that studies fear from odd perspectives. Included in...
11/22/63 Stephen King Scribner, $35.00, 2011, 849 pps Review by Wayne C. Rogers Until I finished Stephen King’s newest novel, 11/22/63, I’d only cried at the end of three of his books over the last thirty-four years. I remember tears filling my eyes during...
Demons John Skipp, editor Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Trade Paper, 640 pages, $18.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt This time of year, it is easy to tire of sweetness and light; benign angels bestowing their blessings on mankind. Thank heaven, or somewhere...
The Noctuary Greg Chapman Damnation Books, 2011 Review by Matthew Tait Greg Chapman’s Torment was published in March this year. Now, the Australian author has shifted gears in a largely new direction and created, via The Noctuary, a dark and wandering homage to...
The Brainpan Concerto Kurt Newton Sideshow Press, 2011 Review by Matthew Tait Although largely unfamiliar with the works of Kurt Newton, I could not let a title like ‘The Brainpan Concerto’ slip away into the ether without putting it under the microscope....
Rusting Chickens Gene O’Neill Dark Regions Press Trade Paper, 97 pages, $12.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Gene O’Neill’s Rusting Chickens is a very short book. And disclosing too much about the narrative would detract from reading pleasure....
