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...
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...
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...
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...
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...