Fantasmagoriana Deluxe Eric Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, eds. Dark Moon Books (November 28, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I’m here to tell you that 18th and early 19th century German ghost stories are a different breed of cat. Different, but most definitely...
Gwyllion Magazine Reviewed by N. Richards If you want to read something fresh and exciting, this is it! “Gwyllion” is a very old Welsh word; it is mysterious and has a variety of possible translations. Folklorist Wirt Sikes richly describes it as...
A Haunting on the Hill Elizabeth Hand Mulholland Books (October 3, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham When you have the hubris to take on writing a sequel of an iconic classic like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, you better be able to deliver the goods....
Ghostwritten Ronald Malfi Titan Books (October 11, 2022) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Ghostwritten is a series of four novellas, all involving books… strange, ghastly, deadly books. It’s a terrific collection predicated on an ingenious idea and if you enjoy...
Plastic Space House John F. D. Taff Trepidatio Publishing (December 1, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I have always thought that just like the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London are a perfect setting for tales of vampires and serial killers, so is the...
Dante’s Inferno Oracle Cards Paolo Barbieri (author); Charles Harrington (guidebook) Llewellyn Worldwide (November 2023) Reviewed by N. Richards Where the hell to start with this one ? Well, Dante Alighieri wrote this truly epic poem written in the 13th century...
