Book Review: EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS
Everything the Darkness Eats Eric LaRocca CLASH Books (June 6, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Eric LaRocca is one of the big names in contemporary horror fiction, a kind of wunderkind whose work has regularly gone viral. I’ve had the chance to read his short fiction...
Book Review: WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
What Moves the Dead T. Kingfisher Tor Nightfire (July 12, 2022) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham T. Kingfisher, author of the splendid book The Twisted Ones, has once again hit it out of the park with her novella, What Moves the Dead. Having read Poe’s “The Fall of the...
Book Review: LITTLE MUTILATIONS
Little Mutilations: Three Body Horror Novellas Jess Landry, Sofia Ajram, & Nadia Bulkin Crystal Lake Publishing (April 25, 2023) Review by Elaine Pascale It is probably unnecessary to announce that I loved an offering from Crystal Lake Publishing. I have read most...
Book Review: HORSEMAN
Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow Christina Henry Berkley (September 28th, 2021), 302 Pages Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Christina Henry has picked up where Washington Irving left off. She takes us to Tarrytown, New York, thirty years after Brom Bones drove his...
Advance Review: WALKING THE DUSK
Walking the Dusk Mike Robinson JournalStone Publishing (May 12, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I thought Walking the Dusk was going to be a simple ghost story, or maybe a tale of a young boy tormented by a demonic entity in childhood, and the implications of that...
Advance Review: COLD, BLACK & INFINITE
Cold, Black, & Infinite: Stories of the Horrific & Strange Todd Keisling Cemetery Dance Publications (September 26, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers If you’ve been paying attention to horror anthologies in the last decade, you’ve undoubtedly come across the work...
Advance Review: VERUSHKA
Verushka Jan Stinchcomb JournalStone Publishing (July 7, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I was delighted to read Jan Stinchcomb’s Verushka, a multi-generational horror story about a being—once a woman named Verushka—who can’t leave a family alone. She’s going to take...
Book Review: INFINITE BLACK
Infinite Black: Tales from the Abyss Jeff Oliver (author) and Dan Verkys (artist) April 2023 Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Infinite Black: Tales from the Abyss by Jeff Oliver is a dark collection of prose poetry and short stories with slick cover art by Dan Verkys in the...
Advance Review: COLD, BLACK & INFINITE
Cold, Black, & Infinite Todd Keisling Cemetery Dance (September 26, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy We pride ourselves on our individuality in western culture, but what brings us together as human beings is our shared emotions. We celebrate our achievements, smile...
Book Review: NEVEREST
Neverest T. L. Bodine Ghost Orchid Press (April 25, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Mt. Everest is about as different a setting as one can get, compared to New Mexico where author T. L. Bodine lives. The treacherous mountain has taken multiple lives and is the...
Book Review: CONSTELLATIONS OF RUIN
Constellations of Ruin Andrew S. Fuller Trepidatio Publishing (April 21, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Andrew S. Fuller has been writing and editing horror fiction for a very long time, but this was my first exposure to his work. I’m absolutely certain it won’t be my...
Book Review: CATS CREEP
Cats Creep: Dark Tales of Feline Fright and Fantasy Edited and Compiled by William P. Simmons & Michell Simmons Shadow House Publishing (March 21, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I recently read an article in the Smithsonian Magazine: Ask Smithsonian: Are Cats...
Book Review: AMERICAN CANNIBAL
American Cannibal Rebecca Rowland (ed.) Maenad Press (March 5, 2023) Review by Elaine Pascale American Cannibal makes twenty chronological stops along the timeline of the United States and imagines familiar events through the lens of cannibalism. These creepy history...
Advance Review: NIGHTFALL AND OTHER DANGERS
Nightfall and Other Dangers Jacob Steven Mohr JournalStone Publishing (April 7, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers While Jacob Steven Mohr has published a couple of novels and a variety of short stories, his work was new to me. I’m delighted to say that Mohr’s new...
Book Review: IMAGO AND OTHER TRANSFORMATIONS
Imago and Other Transformations Erica Ruppert Trepidatio Publishing (March 17, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Having had the pleasure of reviewing Ruppert’s novella Sister in Arms a couple years ago, I knew going into this new short story collection that Ruppert is a...
