Book Review: AMERICAN CANNIBAL
American Cannibal Rebecca Rowland (ed.) Maenad Press (March 5, 2023) Review by Elaine Pascale American Cannibal makes twenty chronological stops along the timeline of the United States and imagines familiar events through the lens of cannibalism. These creepy history...
Advance Review: NIGHTFALL AND OTHER DANGERS
Nightfall and Other Dangers Jacob Steven Mohr JournalStone Publishing (April 7, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers While Jacob Steven Mohr has published a couple of novels and a variety of short stories, his work was new to me. I’m delighted to say that Mohr’s new...
Book Review: IMAGO AND OTHER TRANSFORMATIONS
Imago and Other Transformations Erica Ruppert Trepidatio Publishing (March 17, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Having had the pleasure of reviewing Ruppert’s novella Sister in Arms a couple years ago, I knew going into this new short story collection that Ruppert is a...
Press Release: CATS CREEP
Shadow House Publishing announces the release of: CATS CREEP: DARK TALES OF FELINE FRIGHT & FANTASY by William P. Simmons Evil has nine lives in this new anthology of cat horror. Cursed and cuddled, revered and reviled, the cat has left spectral paw prints across...
Advance Review: SOMETHING BLUE AND OTHER COLORFUL DEATHS
Something Blue and Other Colorful Deaths L.L. Soares Trepidatio Publishing (March 31, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers In Something Blue and Other Colorful Deaths, L. L. Soares writes about the monstrous: monstrous intrusions into our reality, transformations of the...
Book Review: 8:59:29
8:59:29 Polly Schattel Trepidatio Publishing (February 24, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Hetta D. Salter is a disgruntled female film professor without tenure in a small poverty-stricken college in the Appalachian Mountains. Her students are overprivileged and...
Book Review: THE CANAL AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES
THE CANAL and Other Weird Stories Everil Worrell Weird House Press, 2023 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Worrell’s stories are seldom ordinary, although sometimes overlong, and pay homage to some of the genre clichés without becoming stereotypes. Among the tales included...
Book Review: THE GLOBSTER OF CAPE FRANKFURT
The Globster of Cape Frankfurt C. F. Page Strange Elf Press (October 2, 2022) Review by Elaine Pascale The Globster of Cape Frankfurt is simply a good story. It is an enjoyable read that asks nothing of you except that you go along for the ride. The narrative voice is...
Book Review: DARK IS BETTER
Dark Is Better Gemma Files Trepidatio Publishing (February 3, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers If you’ve been reading any weird fiction or cosmic horror collections in the last decade or two, you’ve seen the name Gemma Files appear prominently on the tables of contents...
Book Review: UNQUIET SPIRITS
Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith (eds.) Black Spot Books (February 14, 2023) Review by Elaine Pascale Ghost stories shape us. Ghost stories are conceived within shared culture; they are passed down in family...
Press Release: BAPTISMS OF HORROR & ECSTASY
Shadow House Publishing Announces the Release of: BAPTISMS OF HORROR & ECSTASY: SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF THE GREAT GOD PAN Edited by William P. Simmons A new anthology of supernatural literature honoring the Great God Pan. His scream inspires terror, His song is a...
Book Review: THE RACK AND CUE
The Rack and Cue David Owain Hughes Plumfukt Press (November 16, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers In The Rack and Cue, David Owain Hughes provides us with a promising premise: In the middle of nowhere during a terrible storm, an English pub (the eponymous “Rack and...
Book Review: THE HORROR COLLECTION: SAPPHIRE EDITION
THE HORROR COLLECTION: Sapphire Edition Natasha Sinclair, editor KJK Publishing, 2022 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Here’s the latest volume of The Horror Collection, featuring nineteen short stories exploring further the various aspects of the horror genre. At least in...
Book Review: SECRETS OF MOTHER
Secrets of Mother: A Cristiane Bradford Novel Sirrah Medeiros Tundra Swan Press (October 14, 2022) Review by Elaine Pascale Secrets of Mother is the first book in a series, although it felt like a second or third book as it begins in a way that suggests familiarity...
Advance Review: 8:59:29
8:59:29 Polly Schattel Trepidatio Publishing (February 24, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I first encountered Polly Schattel through her disturbing novel Shadowdays (reviewed here) —seriously, this book has stuck with me—and was delighted to see that she’s back with a...
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