It’s that time again. The Halloween Horrors Book Review Project is up and running. Originally proposed by Dylan at Monster Librarian (he’s the one who keeps it going), the book review project teams up a handful of horror related web sites all offering a...
Wings Over Manhattan Don D’Ammassa Bad Moon Books Trade Paper, 55 pages, $15.00 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Prohibition: A time of speakeasy clubs, gangsters, flappers, Japanese demons – Japanese demons? In Wings Over Manhattan, author Don D’Ammassa...
The Creature’s Curse Paul Braus River East Press Trade Paper, 212 pages, $9.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “Never judge a book by its cover.” The Creature’s Curse has a lurid cover: An outstretched hand with long fingernails reaching toward the...
Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, Second Issue K. Allen Wood, Editor Shock Totem Publications Trade Paper, 82 pages, $5.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Small press horror magazines require a lot of effort to produce and sustain. When Shock Totem:...
Horror Movie Freak Don Sumner Krause Publications 255 pgs, $19.99 Review by Brian M. Sammons This book is a bit hard to describe accurately. It’s sort of like a coffee table book, but it’s not as large or showy as those books. It’s sort of a...
Let Me In John Ajvide Lindqvist St. Martin’s Griffin Trade Paper, 496 pages, $15.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Love. Horror. Connection. Repulsion. No, this isn’t about the Twilight series: far from it. Let Me In is a look at various kinds of relationships;...
