Book Review: THE GHOST FINDERS
The Ghost Finders Adam McOmber Journal Stone (June 4, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Henry Coxton begins the novel THE GHOST FINDERS attempting to sort together a group of individuals with particular skills to help him form his occult detective firm. His first target is...
Book Review: THE DEATH OF AN AUTHOR
The Death of an Author S. L. Edwards JournalStone (June 25, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I didn’t know S. L. Edwards’ work prior to reading his newest collection of horror stories but after reading The Death of an Author, I’m a fan. This is quite an eclectic...
Book Review: YOUR TURN TO SUFFER
Your Turn To Suffer Tim Waggoner Flame Tree Press (March 23, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Bram Stoker Award® winner Tim Waggoner’s latest release, entitled YOUR TURN TO SUFFER, is a work of classic, visceral horror that is certain to induce nightmares. I was sold right...
Blu-ray Review: HOUSE OF WAX
House of Wax (2005) Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons This is one of those in-name-only remakes that barely resembles the 1953 3D classic with Vincent Price expertly cast as the...
Book Review: NIGHT, NEON
Night, Neon: Tales of Mystery and Suspense Joyce Carol Oates Mysterious Press, 2021 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi I’m not sure if calling the stories featured in the latest Joyce Carol Oates collection “tales of mystery and suspense” is quite correct, but they are...
Book Review: HIS OWN DEVICES
His Own Devices Douglas Wynne Promethean (2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Jessica Ritter has her hands full caring for her ten-year-old son Gavin while her husband Matt is deployed to Afghanistan. Gavin’s a good kid, and is certainly technologically savvy, though like...
Book Review: WILDWOOD
Wildwood: Tales of Terror and Transformation from the Forest William P. Simmons, Editor Shadow House Publishing (May 31, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Wildwood is a love affair with the untamed. It contains classic horror stories where the horrific is not limited...
Book Review: UNDER A RAVEN’S WING
Under a Raven's Wing Stephen Volk PS Publishing (March 2021) Reviewed by Nancy Kilpatrick The dust jacket synopsizes Under a Raven's Wing in one pithy sentence: "The Apprenticeship of Sherlock Holmes." It's a mystery! But, wait! The cases are supernaturally laced!...
Book Review: WEST OF INNSMOUTH
West of Innsmouth: A Cthulhu Western Hideyuki Kikuchi Kurodhan Press (2021) Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love Kurodahn Press. They specialize in taking Japanese horror and weird fiction authors and translating their stories into English, thus making them accessible...
Book Review: ZEROLAND
Zeroland Ryan Winters Trepidatio Publishing (May 28, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers About ten years from now, the United States splinters politically, with the Southern states seceding, and Texas forming its own independent republic (now apparently allied with...
Press Release: BLUE SUNSET
Los Angeles - The cinema market of Cannes has moved to July and EuroObscura will screen there the new science fiction movie by Italian director Domiziano Cristopharo, BLUE SUNSET, on the 7th of July. BLUE SUNSET is the first Italian cyberpunk movie of the new...
Book Review: A DARK GENESIS
A Dark Genesis Cheryl Lawson Independently published, 2021 Reviewed by Andrew Byers The colonists and crew of the Vega Four were sent into space a century ago, along with a small fleet of other slower-than-light generation ships, to seed humanity in other solar...
Blu-ray Review: ANYTHING FOR JACKSON
Anything for Jackson Director: Justin G. Dyck Stars: Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons More movies from RLJE Films and Shudder, who are doing a great job sharing their streaming library with horror fans that, for some...
BOOK REVIEW: ZERO
Zero Al Schnupp Cabal Books (May 29, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Zero is a political satire that will ring a little too close to home for those of us who survived an unintentionally satirical presidential election. Zero is the name of the main character, a...
Book Review: DARKEST HOURS
Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Mike Thorn (Foreword by Sadie Hartmann) JournalStone (June 11, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Mike Thorn is an author and film critic who’s new to me, but after having read Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition, it feels like I already know...
