Wicked Sick: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers Kristi Petersen Schoonover and Scott Goudsward (eds.) Wicked Creative (May 4, 2023) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The New England Horror Writers (NEHW) hit another one out of the park (Fenway, of course) with...
I Found Puppets Living in My Apartment Walls Ben Farthing (August 1, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Though the title may lead you to believe that this book is an airy, Muppet-like romp, it is as far from The Muppet Show as it is possible to get. This is a scary...
Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao Edited by Aaron J. French JournalStone Publishing (August 4, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Having read French’s previous edited Cthulhu Mythos collection, The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft, also for JournalStone, I was looking forward to seeing what...
Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark Rainbow Rising Victor A. Liaguno (ed.) Crystal Lake Publishing (June 21, 2023) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Don’t let the rainbow fool you—it is a dark one. The rainbow is a reminder of highs and lows, of starting points and of falling back....
Gris-Gris Gumbo Rick Koster JournalStone Publishing (June 23, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Rick Koster offers us a treat: what happens when Crayton Breaux, a clerk at a tourist trap voodoo shop in New Orleans’ French Quarter, starts dabbling in voodoo and discovers...
Verushka Jan Stinchcomb JournalStone (July 7, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Jan Stinchcomb lives in the world of fairytales. Her stories are steeped in the old-world fairytales with a modern retelling. Her latest novel, Verushka, is about a family cursed for three...
