Fuckin’ Lie Down Already – Book Review
Fuckin’ Lie Down Already Tom Piccirilli Crossroad Press & Macabre Ink 2010 Reviewed by Tim Potter Tom Piccirilli’s stunning novella Fuckin’ Lie Down Already is a book that will leave readers thinking that it’s possible to hold one’s breath for the better part of...
Hex Publishers Lines Up Award-Winning and Bestselling Authors For First Anthology
Hex Publishers, a new publishing house focused on speculative fiction, will release its first horror anthology, NIGHTMARES UNHINGED, in September. The book will feature 20 tales of dark and twisted fiction written by a roster of award-winning and bestselling authors....
July JournalStone Hellnotes Newsletter
Let's go ahead and get this out of the way. The newsletter is late. I know it, you know it, so I won't quibble about it. The good news is that you're still going to get to see what great books JournalStone has for you this month. Gary A. Braunbeck's Keepers is out...
60 Seconds! – Game Review
60 Seconds! Robot Gentleman Available on PC May 25, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry Ever wondered if you have the ability to survive a nuclear apocalypse? Would you know what supplies to grab? Would you know what to avoid? How long do you think you’d last? The fine folks...
ClownFellas – Book Review
ClownFellas Carlton Mellick III Hydra, an imprint of Random House July 14, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter ClownFellas by Carlton Mellick III is a singularly fantastic reading experience. It's a rare book that succeeds on all levels, which is saying something, considering...
Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories – Book Review
Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories Robert Hood IFWG Publishing Australia April 6, 2015 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi First of all, two warnings: Robert Hood, a prolific Australian writer, is alive and well. This volume collects his stories published between...
Creepy Presents Alex Toth – Book Review
Creepy Presents Alex Toth Art by Alex Toth Dark Horse Books July 21, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Reprinted in the original beautiful black and white, Creepy Presents Alex Toth collects all of the iconic artist’s horror stories from Warren comic books between 1965 and...
Terra Insanus – Book Review
Terra Insanus Edward Lee Deadite Press June 12, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Horror is often divided into camps. There is the mainstream camp, the hardcore camp, there are lots of sub-genres and marketing divisions: vampire, zombie, body horror, psychological,...
Finders Keepers – Book Review
Finders Keepers Stephen King Scribner June 2, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Finders Keepers, the latest from Stephen King, is a follow-up to last year’s Edgar Award winning Mr. Mercedes. The book has some real highlights and, unfortunately, some real problems and ends...
SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest – Book Review
SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest Edited by Amanda J. Spedding & Geoff Brown Cohesion Press August 21, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry Having read some fictional war novels and having watched an ass-load of war movies, there are certain things one comes to expect from...
Mr. Nasty – Book Review
Mr. Nasty Leo Darke Samhain Publishing September 1, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Mr. Nasty, by Leo Darke, is a new novel from Samhain Horror that is equal parts entertaining and tiresome. As the title indicates, the book revolves around a killer who has an obsession...
At Hell’s Gates: Origins of Evil – Book Review
At Hell’s Gates: Origins of Evil Various authors February 1, 2015 Reviewed by Matthew Scott Baker When I first read the blurb about At Hell's Gates: Origins of Evil, I thought to myself, “What a perfect title for an anthology!” Hell is always an interesting backdrop...
The Disassembled Man – Book Review
The Disassembled Man Jon Bassoff DarkFuse June 2, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Frankie Avicious is not a nice man and he’s coming apart at the seams. Jon Bassoff’s thrilling new novel The Disassembled Man chronicles Frankie’s fall from generally unpleasant guy to...
Q Island – Book Review
Q Island Russell James Samhain Publishing, Ltd. July 7, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Q Island is a novel about an epidemic. It is not a zombie novel. I wanted to make that clear at the beginning because the virus that is taking over Long island in Russell James’...
Sensorama – Book Review
Sensorama Edited by Allen Ashley Eibonvale Press Reviewed by Alex Scully Themed anthologies can be a challenge. The more broad the theme, the harder it can be to pull all of the authors into a cohesive collection. In his new collection Sensorama, Allen Ashley has...
