Dark Roots Sheldon Higdon JournalStone (November 14, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Dark Roots by Sheldon Higdon is a masterfully crafted serial killer story. It begins with Benjamin Cole’s father committing suicide, and Benjamin has inherited the farm. When he goes...
Scaring and Daring: A Horror Writers Association Anthology Eric J. Guignard, ed. Harper Collins Children’s Books (August 12, 2025) 297 pgs. Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Anthologist extraordinaire, Eric J. Guignard, has done it again with this exemplary compilation of...
The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel J. Dianne Dotson Android Press (October 21, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy In the second book in the series, The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel, J. Dianne Dotson brings back the beloved Gen Lightworth and her Fireflies. Something...
To Wonder and Starshine Jendia Gammon Trepidatio Publishing (July 25, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy If the title of the book alone doesn’t clue you in to the marvelous cozy vacation your imagination is embarking on, the dedication certainly will: … for anyone who’s...
The Solstice Elaine Pascale Trepidatio Publishing (April 11, 2025) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Elaine Pascale’s The Solstice is a ferocious and uncompromising dystopian horror novel that imagines a near-future America ruled by the old who unhesitatingly prey...
Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell, eds. Stars and Sabers Publishing (August 5, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy This second collection from Stars and Sabers is beautifully told and a testament to the human imagination. These...
