Such Pretty Confusion: Nightmares from a Damaged Mind Peter N. Dudar Trepidatio Publishing (August 18, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Peter Dudar’s Such Pretty Confusion is a haunting and wide-ranging collection of dark fiction composed over the course of two decades...
Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao Edited by Aaron J. French JournalStone Publishing (August 4, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Having read French’s previous edited Cthulhu Mythos collection, The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft, also for JournalStone, I was looking forward to seeing what...
Gris-Gris Gumbo Rick Koster JournalStone Publishing (June 23, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Rick Koster offers us a treat: what happens when Crayton Breaux, a clerk at a tourist trap voodoo shop in New Orleans’ French Quarter, starts dabbling in voodoo and discovers...
Verushka Jan Stinchcomb JournalStone (July 7, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Jan Stinchcomb lives in the world of fairytales. Her stories are steeped in the old-world fairytales with a modern retelling. Her latest novel, Verushka, is about a family cursed for three...
Shadow House Publishing Announces the Release of: WHEN DARKNESS ANSWERS by William P. Simmons We tell the dark our deepest secrets, fears, and desires. What if, one night, the darkness should reply? Darkness isn’t simply the absence of light, it’s a living, breathing...
Constellations of Ruin Andrew S. Fuller Trepidatio Publishing (April 21, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Andrew S. Fuller has been writing and editing horror fiction for a very long time, but this was my first exposure to his work. I’m absolutely certain it won’t be my...