The Urban Fantasy Anthology Peter S. Beagle and Joe R. Lansdale, editors Tachyon Publications Trade Paper, 432 pages, $15.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “It was always frightening when something you thought was firmly under control broke free to run where it...
Handling the Undead John Ajvide Lindqvist Thomas Dunne Books Trade Paper, 384 pages, $14.99 Review by Sheila Merritt [Editor’s Note: we originally published this review as part of the Book Review Project that we participate in every quarter. Since Handling the...
The Five Robert McCammon Subterranean Press, 2011, Hardcover, 518pp, $26.95 Review by Wayne C. Rogers As I’ve stated in other reviews, I’ve been a big fan of Robert McCammon since his first novel, Baal, was first published in paperback back in 1978....
Shock Totem 4: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted K. Allen Wood, editor Shock Totem Publications Trade Paper, 132 pages, $6.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Following Shock Totem since its inception has been a joy: Embracing it as a splendid addition to the horror...
At Louche Ends Maria Alexander Burning Effigy Press Chapbook, 56 pages, $8.00 Review by Sheila M. Merritt At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned and the Absinthe-Minded is divinely dissolute. The poems of Maria Alexander are liberated and libertine;...
Gift of the Bouda Richard Farnsworth Salvo Press Trade Paper, 256 pages, $16.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Hyenas are no laughing matter in Richard Farnsworth’s Gift of the Bouda. In this nifty tweaking of werewolf folklore, the were-hyena is top dog. Its bite...
