The Two-Headed Lady at the End of the World: A Romance Hotter Than a Thousand Suns Mark Miller Montag Press (December 23, 2022) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Amanda and Miranda Morgan are identical twins dreaming about first kisses and playing spin the bottle in the ‘80s...
Yuletide Frights 2: More Victorian Ghost Stories for Christmas Edited by William P. Simmons Shadow House Publishing (November 10, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers As most of us probably know, the Victorians had a tradition of telling each other spooky stories, many...
House of Pungsu K.P. Kulski Bizarro Pulp Press (September 30, 2022) Review by Elaine Pascale House of Pungsu is a difficult property to summarize. It is like trying to describe a delicious smell or a captivating painting. The plot feels like a specter that one catches...
Venomous Words Jeff Oliver Blurb Books (May 11, 2022) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I might be a bit biased because I was married to an arachnologist and never outgrew my fondness for the love of tiny insects wandering around us day and night, but Venomous Words by Jeff...
In the Devil’s Cradle S. L. Edwards Word Horde (November 8, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I previously reviewed S. L. Edwards’ short story collection The Death of an Author, and enjoyed it immensely, so I was very much looking forward to Edwards’ debut novel, In the...
Trouble the Water Wendy Vogel JournalStone (August 9, 2022) Review by Elaine Pascale Trouble the Water is being marketed as Contemporary Southern Gothic. While it contains a ghost, the real fear in the story is attributable to the repression and hate associated with...
