Wings Over Manhattan Don D’Ammassa Bad Moon Books Trade Paper, 55 pages, $15.00 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Prohibition: A time of speakeasy clubs, gangsters, flappers, Japanese demons – Japanese demons? In Wings Over Manhattan, author Don D’Ammassa...
The Creature’s Curse Paul Braus River East Press Trade Paper, 212 pages, $9.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “Never judge a book by its cover.” The Creature’s Curse has a lurid cover: An outstretched hand with long fingernails reaching toward the...
Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, Second Issue K. Allen Wood, Editor Shock Totem Publications Trade Paper, 82 pages, $5.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt Small press horror magazines require a lot of effort to produce and sustain. When Shock Totem:...
Horror Movie Freak Don Sumner Krause Publications 255 pgs, $19.99 Review by Brian M. Sammons This book is a bit hard to describe accurately. It’s sort of like a coffee table book, but it’s not as large or showy as those books. It’s sort of a...
Let Me In John Ajvide Lindqvist St. Martin’s Griffin Trade Paper, 496 pages, $15.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Love. Horror. Connection. Repulsion. No, this isn’t about the Twilight series: far from it. Let Me In is a look at various kinds of relationships;...
Unpleasant Tales Brendan Connell Eibonvale Press, UK Trade Paperback, 324 pages, £ 8.99 Review by Mario Guslandi Brendan Connell is an eclectic, talented writer whose stories range from sheer horror to soft SF, from historical pastiches to fairy tales for grown-ups....
