The Devil You Know – Book Review

The Devil You Know – Book Review

In her first new collection in a couple of years, Poppy Z. Brites “The Devil you Know” focuses many of its stories in and around her beloved New Orleans and often travels in the restaurant world (her husband is a chef). Less gothic than her previous works, one might...
Spider Pie – Book Review

Spider Pie – Book Review

I’m not entirely sure what to make of “Spider Pie” as it is rather difficult to classify. I do know one thing; I liked it…a lot! These two dozen short tales from the mind of Alyssa Sturgill are like Grimm’s Fairy tales on acid with a...
Mondo Zombie – Book Review

Mondo Zombie – Book Review

Zombies are hot! Over the past few years the surge in popularity of the zombie film has been incredible. Films such as “28 Days Later”, “Dawn of the Dead”, “Land of the Dead”, “Resident Evil” and “Shaun of the Dead” have certified the living dead as reigning stars in...
Love Hurts – Book Review

Love Hurts – Book Review

Barry Hoffman’s “Love Hurts” is a collection of short stories that truly tears at your conscious. This isn’t about supernatural horror (although a couple of stories have supernatural elements) or deranged killers, but rather I call it socially aware horror, taken from...