The Box Jumper Lisa Manetti Smart Rhino August 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Lisa Mannetti’s novella, The Box Jumper, is a magical phantasmagoria. Literally. It is magical. That is, it concentrates on the most celebrated magician of his age, perhaps of any age,...
Sacrificing Virgins John Everson Samhain Publishing December 1, 2015 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Sacrificing Virgins is disturbing in the very best sense of the word. When presented with a collection of twenty-five short stories by the same author, there is a concern...
I Will Rot Without You Danger Slater Fungasm Press February 8, 2016 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Whenever I read a Bizarro novel, I wonder if I will live through it. I have risked my life in literary jungles before: I grew up on Luis Bunuel movies and equally surreal...
Dark Passages: A Collection of Six Short Stories MJ Preston Skinwalker Press January 6, 2016 Reviewed by Alex Scully Short story collections are tricky. An anthology gives a reader variety. If a story doesn’t hit it, another author is right around the next turn of the...
The Dream Beings Aaron J. French Samhain Publishing January 5, 2016 Reviewed by Alex Scully The Dream Beings, the latest novella from Aaron J. French, opens with action. We are immediately drawn into a ritual style murder, but we quickly learn this is no “typical”...
The Poison Artist Jonathan Moore Houghton Mifflin Harcourt January 26, 2016 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon In Jonathan Moore’s incredibly intelligent and creepy psychological horror/suspense novel, The Poison Artist, San Francisco toxicologist Caleb Maddox has an...
