The Apartment Kevin Bachar Independently published (December 20, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In The Apartment, we meet the main character, Kat, as a child whose father is a degenerate gambler. She helps him cheat at the local casino blackjack table with the...

Felicia’s Christmas Vengeance Ben Kardos Godless (2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Christmas carols, fireside tales, baking cookies, and visiting your family are normal family traditions, but Felicia, a nine-year-old, has a new and deadly tradition. She wants Santa...

Sacrilege Barbara Avon Independently published (October 26, 2020) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I am in love with this book. If I could marry this book and have its little odd children tell me more stories, I would happily do that. In fact, I want to know more about all...

28 Years Haunted B. D. Prince Ghastly Press (October 21, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham 28 Years Haunted is a biography of Brandy Marie Miller, a psychic medium. In the first part of the book, we learn about her life growing up and the fact that these...

Landlocked in Foreign Skin Drew Huff Independently published (January 28, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy “Everything can change. Inevitability is a lie. Just when you think you know the future, that you’ve managed to grasp forward in time and figure it out, it...

The Collected Works of S. Mukerji Edited by Eric J. Guignard Dark Moon Books (November 26, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham The Collected Works of S. Mukerji is an interesting book on more than one level. There are two sections to this slim volume, and they...

I Know What UFO Did Last Summer Kevin Garone Temor Press (March 11, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy This book is a hilarious elementary sci-fi elementary tale also entertaining for adults. Garone’s humor shines on the page and his characters are snarky, witty, brave...

Worn Skin: Tattoos are More Than Just Symbols Torgeir Blok Independently published (September 3, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy The beginning of this book is hard to jump into, but once I got past the scene on the train, I was pulled into a world of intrigue, magic,...

Bleedthrough and Other Small Horrors Scarlett R. Algee Cold War Radio Press (May 26, 2020) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I must admit that this is my first foray into flash fiction, and with Scarlett Algee’s Bleedthrough and Other Small Horrors, I regret that I am...

The House at Black Tooth Pond Stephen Mark Rainey Crossroad Press (February 1, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Aiken Mill, Virginia, also known as ‘The Cold Case Capitol of the World,’ is fast becoming the bane of Sheriff Bryce Parrott’s existence with the latest...

Seven Stars: Collected Stories Erica Ruppert Trepidatio Publishing (December 13, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Erica Ruppert’s Seven Stars is a sinful delight. Divided into three parts, dreams, faith, and what comes after, Ruppert teases the reader with modern...

Ugly Puddle Scott T. Goudsward Crooked Mouth Press (October 2, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Scott T. Goudsward’s Ugly Puddle is an outrageous novella with a most unusual villain—a puddle full of dirty water that never, ever empties or evaporates, but always...

Six O’Clock House and Other Strange Tales Rebecca Cuthbert Watertower Hill Publishing (January 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Rebecca Cuthbert has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Award. After reading this collection, I can see why. Six...

The Rack: A Retro Horror Anthology Tom Deady, Editor Published by Greymore Publishing Reviewed by Carson Buckingham The Rack is an anthology inspired by vintage horror paperbacks. You know—the creature features, the ghosts, the monsters, the things that go bump in the...