“Baby’s First Book of Seriously Fucked-Up Shit” by Robert Devereaux is a mixed bag of short fiction. There are some standout tales that might have earned a higher star rating but overall it is a bit uneven. Devereaux’s in-your-face title lets you know up front he is...
“Nekropolis” carries the subtitle “A Matt Richter Novel,” so we know Tim Waggoner is planning to create a series involving the titular world and its zombie detective Richter. This is good to know, because the novel is packed with two books worth of characters, details...
The basic premise of Blake Crouch’s “Run” is very simple. For some unknown reason, millions of Americans have become homicidal maniacs. Names of those to be hunted down next are broadcast on the radio. Jack’s name is read. What other possible action can he take? He...
Blood Bound Books is a new publisher and their first four anthologies have all delivered solid dark fiction by talented new writers. This volume is an intense and diverse collection that takes the reader on a wild ride. Each story was somehow inspired by the lyrics of...
“The Book of a Thousand Sins” is, like many story collections, a mixed bag, ranging from a couple excellent stories to a few I found a complete waste of time. White wants to enlighten us with his extreme horror takes on God and religion and by the fifth of the fifteen...
Two Native Americans, Carmel Crow Woman and Ben Stormrider, cross paths at a biker meet in the desert. They fall in love and hit the road to have some time alone and later for Ben to meet Carmel’s family but are haunted by a shared vision of impending doom. Meanwhile,...
