Dweller Jeff Strand Leisure/Dorchester Press Mass Market Paperback, $7.99 Review by Nickolas Cook Jeff Strand finally did it! He impressed me. That’s right; he finally wrote a book that not only works as a horror novel, but has the thematic poignancy the likes...
Neverland Douglas Clegg Vanguard Press Trade Paper, 304 pages, $15.95 Review by Sheila Merritt “When you stand at the border of the land and sea, it is clear where one leaves off and the other begins. But where lies the boundary between the perceived world and...
Snow Ronald Malfi Leisure Fiction Mass Market Paperback, 311 pgs, $7.99 Review by Steve Vernon Having grown up in snowy North Ontario – and having lived through the three foot plus snowfall-in-a-day of White Juan here in Halifax – I have a healthy respect...
The Butcher Bride Vince Churchill Black Bed Sheets Books Trade Paper, 296 pages, $18.95 Review by Sheila Merritt Vince Churchill contributed the excellent story “Late Check-In” to the outstanding anthology Midnight Walk. His novel, The Butcher Bride, is...
Creatures of the Pool Ramsey Campbell Leisure Books Paperback, 336 pages, $7.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Slithering, frog like entities invade Liverpool in Ramsey Campbell’s atmospheric Creatures of the Pool. Are they merely mental aberrations of a skittish,...
Vampire Maker Michael Schiefelbein St. Martin’s Press Hardcover, 240 pages, $24.99 Review by Sheila Merritt Horror is often innately controversial; this is a given. In his novel Vampire Maker, Michael Schiefelbein pushes a lot of buttons. The pious may very well...
