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...
Something Blue and Other Colorful Deaths L.L. Soares JournalStone (March 31, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Bram Stoker winner L. L. Soares never disappoints. The first book of his I read was Green Tsunami, and I haven’t looked back since. Something Blue and...
Deep Night Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (July 13, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Originally published in 2006 as the second novel after Greg F. Gifune’s powerful debut The Bleeding Season, Deep Night was re-released by JournalStone in 2018. It is as chilling...
Rogue Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (September 14, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers The veneer of the American Dream—loving spouse, solid job, nice house, comfortable life—fractures catastrophically in Greg F. Gifune’s Rogue, revealing a narrative that...
