Orphans of Wonderland Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (July 27, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Originally published in 2015 by Samhain Publishing, Orphans of Wonderland was re-released by JournalStone in 2018. The protagonist of Orphans of Wonderland is Joel...
Children of Chaos Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (May 25, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers In Greg F. Gifune’s Children of Chaos, the past becomes an inescapable specter, haunting the present with its sinister secrets and unrelenting grip. Gifune, a virtuoso of...
Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations Carina Bissett Trepidatio Publishing (March 8, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy If the cover artwork by Mario Nevado doesn’t draw you in, the first story in Carina Bissett’s collection, Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations...
Grasshands Kyle Winkler JournalStone (January 19, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy “Good and evil? … Wrong dichotomy. She preferred thinking of Less Pain or More Pain. More knowledge or Less Knowledge.” With a loud “FA,” a glowing saltshaker, a singing pike, and a...
Lullaby Cécile Guillot Trepidatio Publishing (January 5, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Cécile Guillot wrote a beautiful and haunting short story, “Lullaby,” which resonates deeply with me for personal reasons. I am going to share them here because they relate to the...
Hallowed Days Daniel Hale JournalStone (November 20, 2020) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy “He is the midwife to fire … I (he) am (is) the Overseer of the Under Realms and the Autumn Kingdom. I (he) is the flutter of leaves on October breezes, and the cackling of witches...