Unholy Tales Tod Robbins Tartarus Press, 2020 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Clarence Aaron Robbins (1888-1949), widely known as Tod Robbins, was an American writer nowadays mainly remembered as the author of a novella, Spurs, and a novel, The Unholy Three, which...
No One Will Hear Your Screams Thomas O’Callaghan Wild Blue Press (May 9, 2020) Reviewed by Ray Palen The novel NO ONE WILL HEAR YOUR SCREAMS begins with a brutal murder. A woman is buried and incapacitated while a crazed man takes an instrument that resembles an...
THE BANK Bentley Little Cemetery Dance (April 28, 2020) Reviewed by Ray Palen Even though he has been producing first-rate horror for the past few decades and has been lauded by the likes of Stephen King, author Bentley Little may be the best kept secret in this...
The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones Saga Press (July 14, 2020) Reviewed by Ray Palen There has been a recent resurgence in the horror subgenre of Native American-based horror stories. This was seen when author Owl Goingback won the 2019 Bram Stoker Award® for...
Power of the Blood (Series) Nancy Kilpatrick Crossroad Press, 2020 (revised and updated) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale If I could attribute the Power of the Blood series to a philosophical theory, it would be existentialism. Woven through the four books is the theme of...
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases, Book 1) Mark N. Drake Aethos Publications (2020) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Following closely on the heels of Mark N. Drake’s inaugural story collection, Hobb’s Top and Other Horrors, The Gathering of Shadows is a...