Book Review: DEAD GIRL, DRIVING AND OTHER DEVASTATIONS
Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations Carina Bissett Trepidatio Publishing (March 8, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy If the cover artwork by Mario Nevado doesn’t draw you in, the first story in Carina Bissett’s collection, Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations...
Book Review: HOUSE OF HAUNTS
House of Haunts Heather Daughrity, ed. Watertower Hill Publishing (October 13, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I have to say that this is the most beautiful book I have ever had the occasion to review. It is a signed, numbered hardcover with a sleek cloth surface....
Book Review: GRASSHANDS
Grasshands Kyle Winkler JournalStone (January 19, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy “Good and evil? … Wrong dichotomy. She preferred thinking of Less Pain or More Pain. More knowledge or Less Knowledge.” With a loud “FA,” a glowing saltshaker, a singing pike, and a...
Book Review: HOME BEFORE DARK
Home Before Dark Riley Sager Dutton (June 30, 2020) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham The odd thing about this book is that title doesn’t really anything to do with the story. This is the first time I’ve ever come across a book that was so bewilderingly mistitled. But...
Book Review: LULLABY
Lullaby Cécile Guillot Trepidatio Publishing (January 5, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Cécile Guillot wrote a beautiful and haunting short story, “Lullaby,” which resonates deeply with me for personal reasons. I am going to share them here because they relate to the...
Book Review: WE’RE NOT OURSELVES TODAY
We're Not Ourselves Today Lydia Prime and Jill Girardi Kandisha Press (March 2024) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Full disclosure: I am familiar with the writing of Lydia Prime and Jill Girardi so I began reading We’re Not Ourselves Today with high expectations. I was not...
Advance Review: SKIN THAT SCREAMS
Skin That Screams Thomas Stewart Unveiling Nightmares Ltd. (April 15, 2024) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Skin That Screams by Thomas Stewart is a collection of nightmare tales forcing readers to face their greatest fear – themselves. Stewart writes, about “misery … just...
Book Review: DEAD LETTERS
Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror Jacob Steven Mohr, ed. Crystal Lake Publishing (November 27, 2023) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi The telltale title of the book says it all. Which, of course, causes a certain repetitiveness in the structure of the included...
Book Review: GREEN TSUNAMI
Green Tsunami Laura Cooney and L.L. Soares Smart Rhino Publications (May 19, 2014) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham L.L. Soares and his wife, Laura Cooney, in a major departure from the exemplary horror fiction we’ve come to expect, have presented us with a remarkable...
Book Review: HALLOWED DAYS
Hallowed Days Daniel Hale JournalStone (November 20, 2020) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy “He is the midwife to fire … I (he) am (is) the Overseer of the Under Realms and the Autumn Kingdom. I (he) is the flutter of leaves on October breezes, and the cackling of witches...
Book Review: HEX
HEX Thomas Olde Heuvelt Tor (September 21, 2021) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham With as much reading in the horror genre that I do, it is often difficult to happen upon a novel that’s really unique, genuinely scary, and not chock full of all the horror tropes I’ve...
Book Review: LET HIM IN
Let Him In William Friend Sourcebooks (October 3, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Newly widowed father Alfie is now taking care of his twin daughters, whose mother recently died of anaphylaxis when stung by an insect. One night, the girls come into his room saying...
Book Review: THE HOUSE OF LAST RESORT
The House of Last Resort Christopher Golden St. Martin’s Press (January 30, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham A young couple moves to a virtual ghost town in Sicily to be near relatives and to start over. A pretty run of the mill trope when it comes to ghost...
Book Review: QUESTION NOT MY SALT
Question Not My Salt Amanda M. Blake Crystal Lake Publishing (February 16, 2024) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Question Not My Salt left me questioning many things non-spice related. I questioned the place of torture porn in written horror. I questioned myself as I was...
Book Review: TEACH THEM HOW TO BLEED
Teach Them How to Bleed L. L. Soares Bloodshot Books (July 8, 2022) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Another home run by L. L. Soares! In this exciting re-invention of the vampire trope, we have two very different people who have become immortal by virtue of being beaten...
