Book Review: AND IN HER SMILE, THE WORLD
And in Her Smile, the World Rebecca J. Allred & Gordon B. White Trepidatio Publishing (February 11, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I went into the reading of And in Her Smile, the World with no expectations for what I was about to experience and was promptly blown...
Book Review: THE GOLDEN ROAD
The Golden Road Selene dePackh JournalStone (February 25, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I read a lot of supernatural horror—don’t get me wrong, I love supernatural horror—but The Golden Road is a reminder that you don’t need supernatural elements to have a thoroughly...
Blu-ray Review: V/H/S/’94
V/H/S/94 Directors: Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Jennifer Reeder, Timo Tjahjanto Stars: Anna Hopkins, Christian Potenza, Brian Paul Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons The V/H/S/ films are a series of found-footage anthologies that started in...
Book Review: HOWLS FROM THE DARK AGES
Howls from the Dark Ages PL MacMillan & S Forse (eds.) HOWL Society Press (2022) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi An anthology of medieval horror stories by a bunch of contemporary writers, all belonging to the HOWLS (Horror Obsessed Writing and Literature Society)...
Book Review: FUTURE TENSE
Future Tense: Tales of Apocalyptic Vision Michaelbrent Collings Written Insomnia Press (March 23, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’ve read—and reviewed—a lot of Michaelbrent Collings’ novels, but have only ever read a couple of his shorter works. I was delighted to...
Book Review: LIMINAL SPACES
Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories Deborah Sheldon IFWG Publishing (March 1, 2022) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi A prolific, award-winning author from Melbourne, Australia, Deborah Sheldon returns with a new, powerful collection assembling twenty-three short stories, mostly...
Book Review: THE WITCH IS THE BODY
The Witch Is the Body Farah Rose Smith Wraith Press (December 23, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Horror author and screenwriter Farah Rose Smith has collected a group of chilling short stories, some as short as one page in length, under the title of THE WITCH IS THE...
Book Review: THE ART OF BROKEN THINGS
The Art of Broken Things Joanne Anderton Trepidatio Publishing (January 21, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers As I’ve noted before, single-author story collections with eclectic themes are always a big risk for the reader—all too often they’re filled with more misses...
Book Review: THE GYPSY MOTHS
THE GYPSY MOTHS Greg F. Gifune JournalStone (December 3, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Greg F. Gifune has long been operating under the radar in the horror genre. Those in the know recognize that he is one of the top voices operating in the genre today and his latest...
Book Review: ROOKFIELD
Rookfield Gordon B. White Trepidatio Publishing (October 15, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen A story about a global pandemic, written during a global pandemic, could not have been any more ideal a setting or impetus for a modern horror novel than Gordon B. White’s...
Book Review: GLORIA
Gloria Bentley Little Cemetery Dance (December 28, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I am proud to say that I have been there from the beginning with Bentley Little—the man whom Stephen King was quoted as calling ‘the Horror Poet Laureate.’ Whether writing under his own...
Book Review: SHADOWDAYS
Shadowdays Polly Schattel JournalStone (January 28, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Shadowdays is a deep and disturbing character study of a nurse named Melissa Sweet. Three years ago, she accidentally killed an infant in her care by giving him the wrong dose of...
Book Review: ANTISOCIETIES
Antisocieties Michael Cisco Grimscribe Press (May 15, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Michael Cisco is not a name I was familiar with prior to reading the short story collection ANTISOCIETIES but I can proudly aver that this is something I plan to remedy. This group of...
OPEN CALL: Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao
OPEN CALL Anthology Title: Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao Edited by Aaron J. French Based on The Gods of HP Lovecraft Publisher: JournalStone Publishing Anthology Theme This project will be the first in a series of anthologies focusing on each of the Lovecraftian gods...
Book Review: THE GYPSY MOTHS
The Gypsy Moths Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (December 3, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers There comes a time in almost every horror writer’s career when they’re practically obligated to write a coming of age narrative: Robert R. McCammon wrote the classic...
