Sisters in Arms Erica Ruppert Trepidatio Publishing (July 23, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Having grown up on Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and related pastiches, I’m a sucker for stories of forlorn coastlines, desolate seascapes, and inhuman creatures...
KEENING COUNTRY Seán O’Connor Idolum Publishing (August 13, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I was privileged to have received an advanced copy of Seán O’Connor’s first official collection of short stories entitled KEENING COUNTRY. What he can accomplish in the short form...
A MAZE FOR THE MINOTAUR And Other Strange Stories Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press, 2021) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Actor, playwright, director, illustrator and award-winning writer of novels and short stories, British author Reggie Oliver is by far one of the very...
Announces the Release of: WE FEED THE DARK: TALES OF TERROR, LOSS & THE SUPERNATURAL by William P. Simmons Horror has a price. Will you feed the dark? Fiction is the numinous side of truth. Writers and readers enact an insidious ritual, giving birth to terrible...
The Lost Village Camilla Sten Minotaur Books (March 23, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I have always been intrigued about civilizations or villages that just up and disappeared like the colony in Roanoke, Virginia, back in the day. Polish author Camilla Sten explores...
What Big Teeth Rose Szabo FSG (February 2, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic was a wealth of new fiction releases that includes many debut novels that really have made an impression. One of the best debuts of 2021 is...
