Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within John Skipp, Editor Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Trade Paper, 640 pages, $18.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Transitions can be taxing, but transformations can be killing. In Werewolves and...
The Seventh Black Book of Horror Edited by Charles Black Mortbury Press Trace Paperback, 215 pages, £5.50 Review by Mario Guslandi By now an established treat for horror fiction lovers, Charles Black’s anthologies continue to offer reading material of...
Dracula Lives! Joshua Reynolds Pulpwork Press Trade Paper, 177 pages, $8.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “Rule one. Don’t look for trouble. Let it come to you.” Sardonic humor is a trait that Cream likes to milk. He is a pivotal character in Dracula...
The Dead Path Stephen M. Irwin Doubleday Hardcover, 384 pages, $25.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt The fairy tale fear of the haunted woods is superbly invoked in The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin’s debut novel. The author takes the dark road to terror, creating a...
Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever Joe Kane Citadel Trade Paper, 316 pages, $16.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “We are in a typical rural cemetery, conceivably adjacent to a small church … although a church...
Strange Corridors Frank Chigas Medusa Press Hardcover, 357 pages, $40.00 Review by Mario Guslandi Disreputable places are the bread and butter of Frank Chigas’ fiction. Years after his first, extraordinary collection The Damp Chamber he’s back with a book...
