Darkness: Two Decades Of Modern Horror Edited by Ellen Datlow Tachyon Publications, 2010 480 pages, $15.95 Review by Brian M. Sammons Wow, what can I say about this book that won’t instantly make me sound like a drooling fanboy? That it has been comprised by...
Friday Night In Beast House Richard Laymon Leisure Books ISBN: 978-0-8439-6142-3 March 2010; $7.99 Review by Brian M. Sammons I have long been a fan of Mr. Laymon’s workmanlike style of telling very nasty, bloody horror stories. He doesn’t muss about,...
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...
