Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror Richard L. Tierney P’rea Press (Email: [email protected]) Hardcover, 132 pages, $32.50 Review by Sheila Merritt Poetry: Succinct expression of thought; an economy of emotion; a distillation of narrative. Horror has a...
The Frenzy Way Gregory Lamberson Medallion Press Trade Paper, 356 pages, $15.95 Review by Sheila Merritt Werewolves evoke terror. In The Frenzy Way, author Gregory Lamberson takes that premise one step further: The main werewolf is a terrorist. He plagues Manhattan...
Brains: A Zombie Memoir Robin Becker Eos Trade Paper, 192 pages, $13.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Humor and zombies; a seemingly unstoppable combination in horror fiction. Can this glut of gore and guffaws bear yet another light weight snarky lark? Apparently, it can....
How the West Went to Hell (2010) by Eric S. Brown Pillhill Press Tradepaper/$10.99 (U.S.) Review by Nickolas Cook In my opinion there aren’t enough western/horror stories out there. Razored Saddles, the classic western/horror anthology edited by none other than...
The Picture of Contented New Wealth: A Metaphysical Horror Tariq Goddard Zero Books Trade Paper, 218 pages, $19.95 Review by Sheila Merritt “A Metaphysical Horror” … is it an explanation, or an excuse for a tale of terror? In Tariq Goddard’s...
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror Ellen Datlow, Editor Tachyon Publications Trade Paperback, 424 pages, $15.95 Review by Sheila Merritt The heavyweights of dark fiction are represented in Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror. King, Barker, Straub, Gaiman,...
