Dark Rising – Book Review
Dark Rising Vincenzo Bilof Severed Press Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Vincenzo Bilof is one of the more adventurous writers out there. His poem/novel, The Horror Show, was exciting, challenging and beautiful all at once. It was a grand experiment which, for the most...
The Damned – Book Review
The Damned Andrew Pyper Simon & Schuster February 10, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Andrew Pyper’s latest novel, The Damned, in an interesting and philosophical supernatural thriller that delves into the question of what happens to people when they die. The...
April JournalStone Hellnotes Newsletter
Happy Spring! Warm (or warmer at least) weather has finally come. Hopefully you're taking the time to bask in the sun and enjoy a JournalStone Book while you're soaking up the rays. I have to lead off this month with an admission of error. In last month's newsletter,...
Beyond the Nightlight – Book Review
Beyond the Nightlight Edited by Adrean Messmer A Murder of Storytellers December, 2014 Reviewed by Jess Landry Whether it was the monster under your bed or the creature living in your closet, we’ve all had our share of childhood fears. So hell, why not live...
The Visible Filth – Book Review
The Visible Filth Nathan Ballingrud This is Horror March 31, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter With The Visible Filth, Nathan Ballingrud has written a swift, visceral and at times outright thrilling novella of horror and paranoia. The book reads like a Hitchcock-worthy...
Anatomy of Evil – Book Review
Anatomy of Evil Brian Pinkerton Samhain Publishing April 7, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Brian Pinkerton is a writer whose work screams out for more readers and the bestseller lists. His latest, Anatomy of Evil, is a fantastic foray into the horror genre that could...
Expiration Date – Book Review
Expiration Date Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick Hades Press May 15th, 2015 Reviewed by Alex Scully Like most dark fiction anthologies, Expiration Date is about death. Unlike most collections, however, editor Nancy Kilpatrick does not hand us page after page of brutality,...
The Dark Servant – Book Review
The Dark Servant Matt Manochio Samhain Publications 2014 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Matt Manochio’s The Dark Servant surprised me. To be sure, it looked intriguing from the onset, with a nicely evocative cover by Scott Carpenter and an challenging title—there...
Short Sharp Shocks Volume Two: Stomping Grounds – Book Review
Short Sharp Shocks, Volume Two – Stomping Grounds Edited by Neil Baker April Moon Books December 30th, 2014 Reviewed by Sheri White After the success of the new Godzilla movie last summer, it seemed giant monsters were making a comeback. Short Sharp Shocks Volume Two...
White Knuckle – Book Review
White Knuckle Eric Red Samhain Horror June 2, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Horror veteran Eric Red brings all of his prodigious storytelling powers to bear in his newest novel, White Knuckle. The title may reference the ways a driver curls their fingers around the...
Inspector of the Dead – Book Review
Inspector of the Dead David Morrell Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company March 2015 Reviewed by TT Zuma Thriller author David Morrell, follows up his best selling historical fiction novel, Murder As A Fine Art, with the equally compelling, Inspector of The Dead....
The Wolf At His Door Blog Tour: Whether To Say Weather
How’s the weather? Weather is easy to overlook in fiction unless it pertains purposefully to plot: the characters are trapped by a flood or left homeless by a tornado. The elements, however, can convey mood or setting. I think of when I was a child, waiting for the...
Boom Town – Book Review
Boom Town Glenn Rolfe Samhain Publishing April 7, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Boom Town by Glenn Rolfe is a terrifically entertaining novella with a great one-two punch of fun story and characters. This is Rolfe’s first book-length work that isn’t a ghost story, a...
The Final Transmission – Book Review
The Final Transmission Brian F.H. Clement Damnation Books December 1st, 2013 Reviewed by Stuart Conover In ‘The Final Transmission’ Brian F.H. Clement delivers us a mixture of the occult and a crime procedural in his shockingly fun debut novel. Set in Toronto we...
Black Ceremonies – Book Review
Black Ceremonies Charles Black Parallel Universe Publications January, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry With nods to Miskatonic University, ocean-dwelling creatures and everyone’s favourite grimoire, fans of Lovecraft will appreciate the often subtle (and sometimes...
