Greasepaint – Book Review
Greasepaint David C. Hayes Samhain Publishing November 3, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter In his first work with Samhain Horror, genre veteran David C. Hayes delivers a solid novella with Greasepaint. It’s a serial killing clown story with a workable premise and some...
Darkness Rising – Book Review
Darkness Rising Brian Moreland Samhain Publishing September 1st, 2015 Reviewed by Sheri White Marty Weaver works as a groundskeeper at a local college, but his true passion is writing. He loves one of the students, Jennifer, and has even struck up a friendship with...
August JournalStone Hellnotes Newsletter
For some of you, the kids are back at school and for others, it's just around the corner. Of course, I don't want to forget about those of you who are saying, "Kids, what are those?" Wherever you fit along that spectrum, at least you know that JournalStone is here to...
‘I AM THE ABYSS’ Live on Kickstarter.com
The latest project from award-winning specialty publisher Dark Regions Press is a fiction anthology entitled I AM THE ABYSS. The tome features ten unique visions of the underworld by ten different authors of horror and dark fantasy including Laird Barron, Caitlín R....
Pokergeist – Book Review
Pokergeist Michael Phillip Cash July 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Clutch Henderson has one ambition in life: to win the golden bracelet at the International Series of Poker in Las Vegas and thereby prove to himself that he is the best player in the world and...
Predator: Fire and Stone – Graphic Novel Review
Predator: Fire and Stone Written by Joshua Williamson Illustrated by Christopher Mooneyham Dark Horse Books July 28, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry Taking place somewhere after the events of the three preceding entries (Prometheus: Fire and Stone, Alien vs Predator:...
Exigencies – Book Review
Exigencies Edited by Richard Thomas Darkhouse Press June 9, 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Horror can serve a number of contradictory functions. It can destroy, and it can build. It can condemn, and it can commend. It can terrify, and it can heal. For me as...
Kidnapped – Game Review
Kidnapped Deceptive Games Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux July 21, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry I don’t know about you guys but being kidnapped is not my idea of a good time, especially when it involves some dank-ass cellar, demon marionette baby things and a buff man in a...
The Final Transmission – Book Review
The Final Transmission Brian F.H. Clement Damnation Books December 1st, 2013 Reviewed by Stuart Conover The Final Transmission is Brian F.H. Clement’s debut novel and in it he mixes science fiction, a murder mystery, and horror for a fast paced action ride that...
Bonesy – Book Review
Bonesy (A Renner and Quist Adventure) Mark Rigney Samhain Publishing September 1, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The fifth entry in the Renner and Quist Adventure series, Bonesy, from author Mark Rigney is an occasionally entertaining but thoroughly uneven read. The book...
Spook Lights – Book Review
Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror Eden Royce Amazon Digital Services, Inc. August 3, 2015 Reviewed by Catherine Bader Eden Royce’s Spook Lights is an incredible book. I was caught up by the style, creativity, and most of all, the ambiance of these stories. She...
Dark Screams: Volume Four – Book Review
Dark Screams: Volume Four Edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar Hydra, An Imprint of Random House August 4, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter With Dark Screams: Volume Four, editors Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar have again assembled an all-star cast of...
Black Static #46 – Magazine Review
Black Static #46 Various authors Reviewed by C.M. Saunders Edited by Andy Cox, Black Static has been a cornerstone of the UK horror scene since it rose from the ashes of the Third Alternative back in 1994, itself a groundbreaking small press title. It is a...
The Pact 2 – Movie Review
The Pact 2 Directed by Dallas Richard Hallam & Patrick Horvath July 7, 2015 Reviewed by Matthew Scott Baker I saw The Pact just a couple of months ago, even though the film was released in 2012, and I loved it. It is an edgy horror flick that kept me riveted to my...
Trust No One – Book Review
Trust No One Paul Cleave Atria Books August 4, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Paul Cleave’s latest thriller Trust No One is a stunning, relentless and intricately plotted novel that never fails to actually thrill from the first word to the last. It’s almost impossible to...
