Thirty Hours With a Corpse and Other Tales of the Grand Guignol Maurice Level (Edited by S.T. Joshi) Dover Publications March 29, 2016 Reviewed by Josh Black Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are...
Midian Unmade Edited by Del Howison & Joseph Nassise Tor Books July 28, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry When talented authors come together to celebrate the work of the best of the best, good things are bound to happen. Midian Unmade is a fine ode to Clive Barker and...
With a Voice that is Often Still Confused But is Becoming Ever Louder and Clearer J.R. Hamantaschen West Pigeon Press September 9, 2015 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Hamantaschen is a wonderful writer. And I am not saying this simply because one of the stories in With a...
The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers Edited by Richard Thomas Black Lawrence Press November, 2015 Reviewed by Josh Black In his introduction to The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers, Richard Thomas explains that part of the reason he compiled the anthology is...
Submerged Thomas F. Monteleone Samhain Publications March 1, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon I’m a sucker for novels that feature submarines, and Thomas F. Monteleone starts off with a fine one: Submerged is an epic thriller about a secret Nazi submarine and its...
Death’s Sweet Echo Maynard and Sims Tickety Boo Press December 3, 2015 Reviewed by C.M. Saunders The London-based dark fiction duo of Maynard & Sims (or Len & Mick to credit their first names) have been active since 1972 when they first started perfecting...