Once Upon an Apocalypse – Book Review
Once Upon an Apocalypse (Volume 1) Edited by Scott T. Goudsward and Rachel Kenley Chaosium 2014 Reviewed by David Bernard As Jonathan Maberry notes in his introduction, the original body of work we refer to as fairy tales “were actually pretty damn scary.” This book...
Goblins – Book Review
Goblins David Bernstein Samhain Publishing August 4, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter David Bernstein’s Goblins is high action horror that bounces back and forth nicely between the fantastic and the all too real. A little league game on Roanoke Island quickly descends into...
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Fifteen-year-old Alex is a "spinner." His friends are "dummies." Two clandestine groups of humans want his power. And an ancient evil is stalking him. If people weren't being murdered, Alex might have a laugh at how his life turned into a horror movie overnight. In a...
Beneath London – Book Review
Beneath London James P. Blaylock Titan Books Reviewed by Michael R. Collings James P. Blaylock’s Beneath London is the long, dense, complex, multi-charactered sequel to The Aylesford Skull, with its hero, Professor Langdon St. Ives. St. Ives is central in this novel...
Darkness Rising – Book Review
Darkness Rising Brian Moreland Samhain Publishing September 1, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The latest release from the prolific and talented horror author Brian Moreland, Darkness Rising is a compelling novella. It deals with complex themes like the power of the...
The Hitchhiking Effect – Book Review
The Hitchhiking Effect Gene O’Neill Dark Renaissance Books 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings It is rare when a collection of stories and novellas spanning some thirty years leaves me with a single, overwhelming emotional impression. In the case of Gene O’Neill’s...
Turning Face – Book Review
Turning Face: A Tale of Horror, Comedy and Wrestling Terry M. West 2015 Reviewed by Wayne C. Rogers I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read the new novella by Terry M. West, Turning Face: A Tale of Horror, Comedy and Wrestling. In fact, I wasn’t even sure if I’d like...
Acadia Event – Book Review
Acadia Event MJ Preston Great Old Ones Publishing Reviewed by Alex Scully Some years back, author MJ Preston had the rare opportunity to drive what is known as the World’s Longest Ice Road. This massive stretch of frozen tundra is beautiful in a stark way, but there...
The Devil’s Detective – Book Review
The Devil’s Detective Simon Kurt Unsworth Doubleday Reviewed by Wayne C. Rogers The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth is the author’s first novel, and it’s certainly an impressive one to say the least. In some ways the author has reinvented the “horror” genre...
Dawn of the Dead – Book Review
Dawn of the Dead George A. Romero & Susanna Sparrow Gallery Books May 27, 2015 (reprint) Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Novelizations are always a little tricky to review. The entire idea of novelizing a film seems a bit odd. You are taking a separate art form and...
At Hell’s Gates – Book Review
At Hell’s Gate: Volume One Edited by Monique Happy and James Crawford September 21, 2014 Reviewed by Jess Landry An anthology that has a kick-ass cover, whose proceeds go to a great charity and that has a story called “Exploding Shit Zombies” has to be great, right?...
Hungry Darkness – Book Review
Hungry Darkness Gabino Iglesias Severed Press June 7, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Gabino Iglesias ventures into book-length horror for the first time with his Severed Press novella, Hungry Darkness. It’s an entertaining tale of horror on and below the ocean waves just...
Tales from the Crypt – Graphic Novel Review
The EC Archives: Tales From the Crypt Volume 1 Various authors Dark Horse Books July 28, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Dark Horse Books is releasing a new edition of The EC Archives: Tales From the Crypt Volume 1, a collection of some of the most influential stories in...
The Fifth House of the Heart – Book Review
The Fifth House of the Heart Ben Tripp Gallery/Simon & Schuster 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Veteran antiques dealer Asmodeus Saxon-Tang—widely known simply as Sax—is just stubborn enough not to allow the mysterious woman to outbid him on an ormolu clock;...
The Harvest Man – Book Review
The Harvest Man Alex Grecian G.P. Putnam’s Sons May 19, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The Harvest Man, the fourth book in author Alex Grecian’s continuing series of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad, is a fresh and, at times, brutal novel that further explores the characters...
