Necessary Evil Tina Starr 41 Pages Smashwords Review by Rick Amortis Smashwords is a wonderful platform for aspiring authors to showcase their stories in the most inexpensive, accessible medium imaginable. Ms. Starr has utilized this opportunity well with an expose of...
Sharkways AJ Kirby Damnation Books 237 Pages Review By Rick Amortis When professional excavation contractor Bill Minto suffers from debilitating neurological anguish, he seeks professional help. After a slew of tests little seems to provide any grasp of tangible...
The Crimson Pact Vols. 1-4 Paul Genesse, ed. Alliteration Ink. March 2011, October 2011, May 2012, July 2012 Review by Michael R. Collings Several months after the publication of Paul Genesse’s short-fiction anthology, The Crimson Pact, Volume 1, in March 2011, I...
Shakespeare v Lovecraft: A Horror Comedy Mash-up featuring Shakespeare’s Characters and Lovecraft’s Creatures. William Shakespeare, H.P. Lovecraft, and D.R. O’Brien Obiedan Publications April 2012 Review by Michael R. Collings There are several reasons why a novel...
The Fallen Boys Aaron Dries Samhain Publishing Review by La Diva Dries proved his writing chops with his intense and unsettling debut, House of Sighs, and sophomore efforts are usually deal-breakers for fans… So it’s a great achievement (yet no great surprise)...
Fading Light Tim Marquitz, ed. Angelic Knight Press 31 August 2012 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings In my last post, I reviewed After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia, edited by the more-than-capable Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. It presented nineteen...
