Guest Post: Mike Phillips – About the Author
Hello everyone, and thank you for reading my guest post. My name is Mike Phillips and my new book is Hazard of Shadows. I was asked to talk a little about my experiences as a writer, so I thought I’d start at the beginning. I was raised on a small farm in west...
See Tom Monteleone & Lawrence C. Connolly Live Next Wednesday, September 16th in New York!
FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Tom Monteleone & Lawrence C. Connolly, Next Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at KGB Bar, 7pm. Tom Monteleone Tom Monteleone sold his first short story in 1972. Since then,...
Predestination – Movie Review
Predestination Directed by The Spierig Brothers Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor January 2015 Reviewed by Wayne C. Rogers First, let me say that I’m giving this a 5-star rating for its thought-provoking premise, not because it’s equal to Lawrence of...
Cthulhu Fhtagn! – Book Review
Cthulhu Fhtagn! Edited by Ross E. Lockhart Word Horde August 15, 2015 Reviewed by Matthew Scott Baker These days, if I hear the word ‘Cthulhu,’ my ears perk up and my salivary glands kick into overdrive. It seems I simply cannot get enough of the tentacled Old One, in...
The Leper Window – Book Review
The Leper Window Frazer Lee Samhain Publishing October 6, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon Daniel Gates is hired to deliver a demonic book called the Choronzon Grimoire. When it is found, a page has been torn out of it. He is sent to North Wales to retrieve it, but...
The Writing Dead: Talking Terror with TV’s Top Horror Writers – Book Review
The Writing Dead: Talking Terror with TV’s Top Horror Writers (Television Conversations Series) Thomas Fahy University Press of Mississippi February 23, 2015 Reviewed by Kelly Robinson “More horror shows are on air now than at any point in television history,” notes...
Convalescence – Book Review
Convalescence Maynard Sims Samhain Publishing August 10, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The latest release from Maynard Sims, the pseudonym for long time writing partners Mick Sims and Len Maynard, is Samhain Horror’s Convalescence, a classic ghost story novella. The...
Amazing Punk Stories – Book Review
Amazing Punk Stories David Agranoff Eraserhead Press July 1, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon There should be more rock ‘n roll horror and fantasy fiction. They fit together in a manic and weird way: both art forms are not afraid to cross boundaries, but contemporary...
FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB Is Happening September 16th in Manhattan!
FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Tom Monteleone & Lawrence C. Connolly, Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at KGB Bar, 7pm. Tom Monteleone Tom Monteleone sold his first short story in 1972. Since then, there...
Rage Master – Book Review
Rage Master Simon Clark Earthling Publications October 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Autumn and the Halloween season bring a lot of fun things, and the Earthling Publications Halloween Series novels are near the top of that list. The consistently great series continues...
Among Wolves – Book Review
Among Wolves R.A. Hakok July 10th, 2015 Reviewed by Stuart Conover In Among Wolves we have R.A. Hakok giving us the first story in his Children of the Mountain series. Before I get into the review I’m going to say that I’m glad it is labeled as a series as the world...
nEvermore! – Book Review
nEvermore!: Tales Of Murder, Mystery & The Macabre - Neo-Gothic Fiction Inspired By The Imagination Of Edgar Allan Poe Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing October 1, 2015 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Full disclosure:...
From Below – Book Review
From Below Jeffrey Hale Severed Press January 30th, 2015 Reviewed by Stuart Conover Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water, Jeffrey Hale proves us wrong with From Below. This is the first tale set in his terror-filled underwater world and if you...
The Art of Horrible People – Book Review
The Art of Horrible People John Skipp Lazy Fascist Press August 15, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter John Skipp’s new book, The Art of Horrible People, is something special. Not only is it a great addition to his already prodigious body of work, but it’s all his, every...
Haunted – Book Review
Haunted Eileen Maksym April 25th, 2013 Reviewed by Stuart Conover In Haunted we are treated to Eileen Maksym’s debut novel and the introduction of the Society for Paranormal Researchers. I almost didn’t open it with an author I hadn’t heard of using the name ‘Haunted’...