Fantasmagoriana Deluxe Eric Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, eds. Dark Moon Books (November 28, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I’m here to tell you that 18th and early 19th century German ghost stories are a different breed of cat. Different, but most definitely...
A Haunting on the Hill Elizabeth Hand Mulholland Books (October 3, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham When you have the hubris to take on writing a sequel of an iconic classic like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, you better be able to deliver the goods....
Ghostwritten Ronald Malfi Titan Books (October 11, 2022) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Ghostwritten is a series of four novellas, all involving books… strange, ghastly, deadly books. It’s a terrific collection predicated on an ingenious idea and if you enjoy...
Later Stephen King Hard Case Crime (March 2, 2021) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Word was, Stephen King was returning to better days with this one. Lies. This book was a retread… a lazy, predictable, unoriginal mash-up of The Sixth Sense, Ghost, and Odd Thomas,...
Silver Nitrate Silvia Moreno-Garcia Random House Worlds (July 18, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Let me preface this review by saying that I really wanted to love this book. I began this book really wanting to love this book… but by the time I turned the...
