At first glance Joe Schreiber’s debut novel “Chasing the Dead” starts out as a pedestrian thriller, well-written but nothing terribly original. Single mother Susan Young receives a call from an unknown man who has kidnapped her daughter and nanny and gives Susan...

D. Harlan Wilson’s debut novel, Dr. Identity, Or, Farewell to Plaquedemia, is a story of an academe and his mechanical doppelganger who set out upon a killing spree of truly postmodern portions. The author, much like his story, comprises one-half of the face of a new...

"B" movie horrors became a cottage industry in the 1980's making stars, even legends out of many women who starred in these low-budget films. Writer Jason Paul Collum interviews 20 of these women in his new book "Assault of the Killer B's" and also gets us caught up...

It was the era that started the horror film genre in America…the 1930’s. It was the age that brought us groundbreaking films and made household names of people like Karloff and Lugosi. Author Bryan Senn gives fans of classic horror films the ultimate resource to these...

If you were fortunate to have been born between 1950 and 1970 or so, you're lucky to be a part of a wonderful fraternity. Like me, you are a "monster kid". Monster Kids are the generation that grew up with Shock Theater and campy horror movie hosts, old Aurora model...

This is the first book I've reviewed in Simon Green's Nightside series and, in fact, the first book I've read by Mr. Green. I was totally blown away as it was one of the best dark fantasies I've read in quite a long time. This great book has elements of dark fantasy,...

This was the first book I’ve read by Ed Lee and I was pleasantly surprised. Lee explores horror in a very real, man-made way. While there are supernatural elements to ‘Backwoods” it is the humanistic horror that is front and center in a very brutal and in your face...

"Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers" isn't a biography of the late horror icon. Great biographies on Lugosi have already been done, most notably by Arthur Lennig in "The Immortal Count". Rather, author Gary Don Rhodes takes a...

Combining death, sex, goth, and erotica, Autopsyrotica is the anti-glamour pin-up collection. Boldly colored, glistening bodies are replaced by dark, horrific, yet hauntingly beautiful images from artist Chad Michael Ward. Ward combines his skills at digital...

In her first new collection in a couple of years, Poppy Z. Brites “The Devil you Know” focuses many of its stories in and around her beloved New Orleans and often travels in the restaurant world (her husband is a chef). Less gothic than her previous works, one might...

I'm not entirely sure what to make of "Spider Pie" as it is rather difficult to classify. I do know one thing; I liked it...a lot! These two dozen short tales from the mind of Alyssa Sturgill are like Grimm's Fairy tales on acid with a steroid chaser. They are...