Arterial Bloom Edited and illustrated by Mercedes M. Yardley Crystal Lake Publishing (April 3, 2020) Review by Bret McCormick Arterial Bloom is a beautiful book: beautiful in its design, with memorable illustrations, and beautiful in its use of the language. Mercedes...
Dead End Chris DiLeo JournalStone (March 27, 2020) Reviewed by Bret McCormick When I laid eyes on the cover art for the book Dead End by Chris DiLeo, my first thought was, “I wouldn’t mind having a poster of that hanging on my wall.” Kudos to Don Noble of Rooster...
Mongrels Stephen Graham Jones Wm. Morrow/Harper Collins, 2016 Review by Bret McCormick What’s it like living in a werewolf family? What happens when a werewolf gets old? If werewolves exist, why aren’t we certain of it? How have werewolves adapted to modern...
Whiskey and Other Unusual Ghosts S.L. Edwards July 15, 2019 (Gehenna & Hinnom) Reviewed by Bret McCormick It’s been said that the sweet spot for horror fiction is between 1500 and 4000 words. Many of the most famous horror stories fall in line with this...
Summer of Lovecraft Edited by Brian M. Sammons and Glynn Owen Barrass Dark Regions Press (February 9, 2020) Review by Bret McCormick What do you get when you cross the 1960s with the Cthulhu Mythos? Summer of Lovecraft, an anthology edited by Brian M. Sammons and...
