Vampire Maker – Book Review

Vampire Maker – Book Review

Vampire Maker Michael Schiefelbein St. Martin’s Press Hardcover, 240 pages, $24.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Horror is often innately controversial; this is a given. In his novel Vampire Maker, Michael Schiefelbein pushes a lot of buttons. The pious may very well...
Last Days – Book Review

Last Days – Book Review

Last Days Brian Evenson Underland Press Trade Paper, 256 pages, $12.95 Review by Sheila Merritt Last Days by Brian Evenson recently won the American Library Association award for Best Horror Novel. Is this story about the dismembered members of a cult of amputees...
Seven Deadly Pleasures – Book Review

Seven Deadly Pleasures – Book Review

Seven Deadly Pleasures Michael Aronovitz Hippocampus Press Trade Paper, 250 pages, $15.00 Review by Sheila Merritt Accountability and guilt fuel the stories in Michael Aronovitz’s Seven Deadly Pleasures. The collection is a compendium of culpability; a...
The Shadows of Kingston Mills – Book Review

The Shadows of Kingston Mills – Book Review

The Shadows of Kingston Mills David B. Silva Dark Regions Press Limited Edition Hardcover, Short Story Collection, $45.00 Review by Sheila Merritt The trend in recent horror fiction is that bigger is better: The threat should be gigantic; a huge covert government...

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