I’ve started dreading bedtime. It’s Emily. Oh, it’s not her fault, for God’s sake, she’s only three, but lately every time I come to tuck her in she’s dragged out that book, and always with the same demand. Story time. I don’t know where she found it. I certainly...
Writing Horror Stories – A Guide to Getting Started Who doesn’t love an intense, spine-tingling, chill-inducing horror read? Writing horror stories may seem like a simple path to follow but you are wrong if you think it all you need is blood, gore, and zombies...
THE WISE FRIEND Ramsey Campbell Flame Tree Press (April 23, 2020) Reviewed by Ray Palen For me, opening up a new Ramsey Campbell novel is almost a religious experience. The man is a Master of Horror, with accolades ranging from the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement...
(First installment is here.) “I brought you something.” The words weren’t spoken loudly, but they made the Fate start upright, yawning hugely as her head slipped off the fist she’d propped it on. “I wasn’t sleeping!” “I didn’t say anything about sleeping,” Aki said....
BEHEMOTH HP Newquist Bloodshot Books (October 24, 2019) Reviewed by Ray Palen ‘Behemoth is God’s greatest creature. One of his most terrifying. According to Job, Chapter 40, Verses 15 to 18, Behemoth was made as the same time as man. It was monstrously...
One Cut of the Dead Blu-ray/DVD Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Director: Shin’ichirô Ueda Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama I love that the horror streaming service Shudder, owned by AMC, is releasing some of their exclusive movies to disc so...
