SUMMER OF LOVECRAFT: Book Review
Summer of Lovecraft Edited by Brian M. Sammons and Glynn Owen Barrass Dark Regions Press (February 9, 2020) Review by Bret McCormick What do you get when you cross the 1960s with the Cthulhu Mythos? Summer of Lovecraft, an anthology edited by Brian M. Sammons and...
THE NIGHT THEY KNOCKED: Trailer
The Night They Knocked (Cinester Films) is a new feature-length horror film written and directed by Sean Roberts, and nominated for Best Feature Film / Best Director at the 2019 New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival. From the official website: In the heart of the...
Book Review: UNCERTAINTIES, Vol. 4
UNCERTAINTIES, vol IV Edited by Timothy J. Jarvis The Swan River Press, 2020 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Here’s the fourth volume of the critically acclaimed Uncertainties anthology series from the distinguished Irish imprint, The Swan River Press. The present volume...
Book Review: BINOCULAR
Binocular Nick Sidhu, Kelly Smith (authors) Mutant Hoof Books (December 2019) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Nick Sidhu and Kelly Smith wear many hats. Sidhu is an actor and game developer, in addition to being an author; Smith is an author and filmmaker. They have...
Women in Horror: “The Baron of Bourbon Street” at the Wicked Library
Listen here: https://thewickedlibrary.com/wihm2020-3/ Alfonse de Cartier is the modern day descendant of one of the greatest mambo priestesses New Orleans has ever seen. Unfortunately for Al, as his colleagues at the New Orleans police department call him, all that...
Book Release: 25 TRUMBULLS ROAD
Winner of the Fall 2018 Black River Chapbook Competition This house has seen things it won’t let you forget. When a new family moves in to the house at 25 Trumbulls Road, the narrator’s vivid dreams of a teary-eyed, raw-smelling woman who lives beneath the floor turn...
Movie Trailer: VIVARIUM
A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses. In theaters March 27, 2020.
New Release: Scott R. Jones’ STONEFISH
A missing tech mogul... ...a jaded reporter... ...a damaged AI returned from a horrifying reality... ...and something lurking in the woods. When journalist Den Secord is tasked with locating enigmatic tech guru Gregor Makarios, he soon finds his understanding of...
Blu-ray Review: COLOR OUT OF SPACE
Color Out Of Space – Blu-ray review Director: Richard Stanley Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons If you know anything about my tastes, then you know my favorite author is one H.P. Lovecraft. His brand of cosmic horror...
Horror Tree Interviews S.P. Miskowski
As Women in Horror Month continues, Trepidatio author S.P. Miskowski gets a killer interview over at Horror Tree! ...[T]he horror community has been shining its beam on Miskowski’s work for nearly a decade. Her 2019 novel The Worst is Yet to Come and 2017 novel I Wish...
Women in Horror: “A Dark Adapted Eye” at The Wicked Library
Listen here: https://thewickedlibrary.com/wihm2020-2/ Today we celebrate Women in Horror Month at the Wicked Library with a special collection of six deeply dark and disturbing short tales by Scarlett R. Algee. Be warned though, these tales may be far too much for...
Trailer: A QUIET PLACE, Part II
Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the...
2019 Stoker Award Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards® have been announced, and we're thrilled to say that five JournalStone/Trepidatio titles are up for consideration in three categories! Superior Achievement in a First Novel Eric J. Guignard, Doorways to the Deadeye...
Comic Review: THE EMPTIES
The Empties Kristen Renee Gorlitz (author), Eli Powell (artist) February 18, 2020 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Empties takes place in Detroit, and people in Michigan have been acting strangely. The local news is contributing the zombie-like behavior to bath salts. ...
Advance Review: SWITCHBOARD
Switchboard Andrew Post February 28, 2020 JournalStone Publishing Review by Bret McCormick At an unspecified time approximating the present in the Rust Belt dystopia, desomorphine, a semi-synthetic opioid first patented in 1922 in Germany, has become all the rage...
