Knuckle Supper Drew Stepek Alphar Publishing Hardcover, 354 pages, $30.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Drew Stepek’s novel Knuckle Supper combines gritty social commentary with over the top violence. Although imbued with some heartfelt emotion, the...
Ruthless: An Extreme Shock Horror Collection Shane McKenzie, editor Pill Hill Press Trade Paper, 240 pages, $16.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt The unabashed ugly side of human nature is unflinchingly explored in Ruthless: An Extreme Shock Horror Collection. Sadism,...
Midnight Echo Issue 4 Lee Battersby, Editor Australian Horror Writers Association Magazine, 100 pages, $13.00 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Does Australian horror fiction uniquely differ from its American or European counterparts? In the fourth issue of Midnight Echo,...
Blood Orchard S.D. Hintz Black Bed Sheet Books Trade Paper, 296 pages, $16.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “There were kid zombies sprouting out of his yard like dandelions. Triplets at that.” Reading such a passage is an alert: This is amped-up horror....
Heartsick Chelsea Cain First Minotaur Books Paperback 324 pages Sweetheart Chelsea Cain First Minotaur Books Paperback August 2010 Evil At Heart Chelsea Cain First Minotaur Books Paperback September 2010 Review by Judi Rohrig Be warned. Writer Chelsea Cain is out to...
Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within John Skipp, Editor Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Trade Paper, 640 pages, $18.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Transitions can be taxing, but transformations can be killing. In Werewolves and...
