The Painted Darkness Brian James Freeman Interior artwork by Jill Bauman Cemetery Dance, 2010, 171 pages, $19.99 Review by Wayne C. Rogers Brian James Freeman is primarily known for his small, classy press, Lonely Road Books, which just published Stephen King’s...
Sparrowhawk Paul Finch Pendragon Press Trade Paperback, 128 pages £7.99 Review by Mario Guslandi A prolific author in the field of horror and dark fantasy (stories, novellas, novels), Paul Finch is well known for his solid plots, his gripping narrative style and his...
Fematales Deadtown and Other Stories Set in the Old West Carl Hose Published As Ebooks, $5.99 Review by Darkeva Carl Hose has built a strong reputation in the horror community as someone whose works appear often in anthologies such as Cold Storage, which he co-edited....
Horror Library, Volume 4 R. J. Cavender, Boyd E. Harris, editors Cutting Block Press Trade Paper, 254 pages, $18.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt The editors of Horror Library, Volume 4 are smart cookies. They understand the need to hook the reader from the get-go. In...
It’s that time again. The Winter Chills 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 variety of horror...
Blood Spring Erik Williams Bad Moon Books Trade Paper, 114 pages, $18.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Good intentions; it is said that the road to hell is paved with them. In Blood Spring, by Erik Williams, an act of human kindness leads to inhumane horrors. This very...