A Confederacy of Horrors – Book Review
A Confederacy of Horrors James Robert Smith Hippocampus Press 2015 Reviewed by David Goudsward I’m familiar with James Robert Smith’s work from his novels and his co-editing the extraordinary Arkham House anthology Evermore, a 2006 collection of stories based on Edgar...
June JournalStone Hellnotes Newsletter
Summer's here and it's time to find something good to read as you head to the beach or pool. If only there was some place you could go to find all of the horror, fantasy, and science fiction you'll need to pass the hours as you sit blissfully under the cabana waiting...
ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times – Graphic Novel Review
ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times Andrew MacLean Dark Horse Comics June 16, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry Familiar with the post-apocalyptic world? Good, then you should know the basics, like the crumbling structures overgrown with foliage; the typical war...
Pigiron – Book Review
Pigiron David James Keaton Blastgun, an imprint of Burnt Bridge Press June 19, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter A town in the desert is said to exist as long as there are still horses living there. So what happens if the last horse in town has been shot dead with a hole...
Amok! Short Sharp Shocks Volume 1 – Book Review
Amok! Short Sharp Shocks Volume 1 Edited by Neil Baker April Moon Books 2014 Reviewed by David Goudsward Editor Baker has chosen the theme of mental disintegration, random rampages and similar madness for AMOK!, the inaugural volume of a proposed series of themed...
Carpenter’s Corner: Escape from New York
Snake Plissken. Side-parted, shoulder length, greasy hair. Black clad and leathered. Grizzled and gnarled, with an eye-patch over his left. Armed with an Uzi 9mm, scoped and silenced. Mess with him at your peril. Standing a 1980’s action hero height of 5'8" (or 1...
The Eye That Blinds – Book Review
The Eye That Blinds B.E. Scully DarkFuse March 17, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter B.E. Scully’s DarkFuse release The Eye That Blinds is an interesting, if unfocused, glimpse into the horrors of the social media age. Three friends navigate post-college life and the...
The Hammer of Dr. Valentine – Book Review
The Hammer of Dr. Valentine John Llewellyn Probert Spectral Press May 25, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter John Llewellyn Probert returns to his villainous homage to classic horror films with The Hammer of Dr. Valentine. In the follow-up to the entertaining 2013 novella...
Major Clive Barker Announcement from Dark Regions Press!
Announcing Clive Barker's The Body Book Coming From Dark Regions Press in 2015 Dark Regions Press is extremely excited to announce the next release from world renowned imaginer Clive Barker and one of the biggest projects ever to be published by DRP: Clive Barker's...
The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 3 – Book Review
The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 3 Various authors Dark Horse Books May 12, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The third volume of The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories delivers reprinted classic tales of the macabre from February 1954 to January 1955. Like it’s...
After the People Lights Have Gone Off – Book Review
After the People Lights Have Gone Off Stephen Graham Jones Dark House Press September 30, 2014 Reviewed by Kari Wolfe Looking for a great horror short story collection? I just finished reading After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones who, with...
Frankenstein: The Mad Science of Dick Briefer – Book Review
Frankenstein: The Mad Science of Dick Briefer Dick Briefer, author and illustrator Dark Horse Books June 9, 2015 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale “It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by...
White Knuckle – Book Review
White Knuckle Eric Red Samhain June 2, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Eric Red’s White Knuckle is as high octane a horror thriller as they come. It is a cross between Silence of the Lambs and Richard Matheson’s Duel. It also bears a very slight resemblance to the...
Apocalypse Girl Dreaming – Book Review
Apocalypse Girl Dreaming Jennifer Brozek Evil Girlfriend Media January, 2015 Reviewed by Alex Scully Short story collections are a unique animal in the book world. A novel allows the reader to dive in with abandon. An anthology is like a buffet of writers and tales....
FUBAR – Book Review
FUBAR: A Collection of War Stories Weston Ochse Cohesion Press May 25, 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Weston Ochse’s newest collection of short stories, novellas, and non-fiction is titled FUBAR—military slang for “Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition”—although many...
