The Nightmare Frontier Stephen Mark Rainey Crossroad Press (May 16, 2010) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In The Nightmare Frontier, Rainey’s most surreal, dreamlike book yet, we find ourselves in Silver Ridge, West Virginia, and by the time Russell Copeland arrives to...
Dreadful Things Michael Laimo Crossroad Press (January 26, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham This is the first of Michael Laimo’s works I’ve read, but it won’t be the last. Dreadful Things lives up to its title and becomes relatable simultaneously because it’s...
Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology Preston Grassman, ed. Titan Books (September 7, 2021) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I’d like to say I’d never lived through an apocalypse of sorts and this book is just science fiction, but since Covid in 2020, it’s become a...
The Wages of Belief and Other Stories from the Dark Side Elizabeth Massie Macabre Ink (February 4, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Elizabeth Massie is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, and it isn’t hard to see why. She had a knack for seeing right through the...
An Arabian Night-mare & Others; The Diamond Lens & Others; What Was It and Others Fitz-James O’Brien Swan River Press (2025) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-1862) was an Irish author, emigrated first to London and then to America, where he...
Old Monsters Never Die By Tim Waggoner Winding Road Stories (May 28, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham There’s a good reason that Tim Waggoner has won the Bram Stoker Award four times, and if you are discerning enough to purchase a copy of his latest, Old Monsters...
