Dark Arts Eric Stener Carlson Tartarus Press, 2022 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi After his splendid debut novel The Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires I had lost trace of American writer Eric Stener Carlson, whose latest book Dark Arts is a collection of twelve stories...
An Unheavenly Host CE Ward Sarob Press, 2022 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi This is the fourth collection of horror and ghost stories by British author CE Ward. The previous three collections (also published by the excellent small imprint Sarob Press) are now out of...
SCAR TISSUE James Cooper PS Publishing, 2022 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Subtitled “ Original Stories Inspired by Dark Fiction’s Contemporary Trailblazers,” the present book assembles nine novelettes trying to recreate the themes, the atmospheres, and sometimes the...
Howls from the Dark Ages PL MacMillan & S Forse (eds.) HOWL Society Press (2022) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi An anthology of medieval horror stories by a bunch of contemporary writers, all belonging to the HOWLS (Horror Obsessed Writing and Literature Society)...
Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories Deborah Sheldon IFWG Publishing (March 1, 2022) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi A prolific, award-winning author from Melbourne, Australia, Deborah Sheldon returns with a new, powerful collection assembling twenty-three short stories, mostly...