Book Review: THE PUPPET KING AND OTHER ATONEMENTS
The Puppet King and Other Atonements Justin A. Burnett Trepidatio Publishing (May 20, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I can see why Burnett’s prose has been compared to the likes of Jon Padgett, Brian Evenson, and Thomas Ligotti. Part of that is subject matter—Burnett...
Book Review: WHAT FESTERS WITHIN
What Festers Within Mark N. Drake July 18, 2022 Reviewed by Andrew Byers Over the last couple years, Mark N. Drake has created and developed a fictional place, Darkisle, a foreboding island inhabited by Lovecraftian horrors and cultists, where he has set two previous...
Book Review: OF STARFISH TIDES AND OTHER TALES
Of Starfish Tides and Other Tales Suzanne J. Willis Trepidatio Publishing (May 6, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’ve always been a fan of fantasy, but mostly gave up on the genre years ago when it became clear that many fantasy authors were more interested in...
Blu-ray Review: SLAPFACE
Slapface Director: Jeremiah Kipp Stars: August Maturo, Mike Manning, Libe Barer Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Once more RLJE Films and horror streaming site, Shudder, have teamed up to bring a Shudder exclusive out on physical media, and I could not be happier. True,...
Book Review: WILY WRITERS PRESENTS: TALES OF NIGHTMARES
Wily Writers Presents: Tales of Nightmares Loren Rhoads (editor) Automatism Press (July 11, 2022) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Tales of Nightmares is the second of six anthologies that include stories from authors that are part of the Wily Writers collective. While the...
Book Review: NATURE’S PERFUME
Nature’s Perfume Mark Towse JournalStone (March 11, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Mark Towse was a new writer to me, but I was very happy to bite into his short work here in Nature’s Perfume. This short collection contains the eponymous novella followed by an...
Book Review: GHOSTFLOWERS
Ghostflowers Rus Wornom JournalStone Publishing (July 8, 2022) Review by Elaine Pascale I would be remiss if I did not disclose something very important before diving into this review: I am not a fan of romance. AT ALL. Unless it is Gomez and Morticia, keep it away...
The GREAT GALAXIES Bundle
THE GREAT GALAXIES BUNDLE The Great Galaxies Adventure SF Bundle - Curated by Kevin J. Anderson It's that time of year to sit back on the beach, pick up a good book—or a whole bundle of them!—and travel across time and space. I've curated 14 Adventure Science Fiction...
Book Review: SCAR TISSUE
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...
Now Featuring: THE GREAT GALAXIES BUNDLE
THE GREAT GALAXIES BUNDLE The Great Galaxies Adventure SF Bundle - Curated by Kevin J. Anderson It's that time of year to sit back on the beach, pick up a good book—or a whole bundle of them!—and travel across time and space. I've curated 14 Adventure Science Fiction...
Blu-ray Review: HELL HIGH
Hell High Director: Douglas Grossman Stars: Maureen Mooney, Christopher Stryker, Christopher Cousins Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons By 1989 the golden age of slashers was mostly coming to an end, and would not come back in any real way until 1996 and the release of...
Book Review: DANCING IN THE SHADOWS
Dancing in the Shadows: A Tribute to Anne Rice Edited by Elaine Pascale & Rebecca Rowland Yuriko Publishing, LLC (May 22, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Given Anne Rice’s untimely demise in late 2021, I was heartened to see a horror tribute collection emerge with...
Blu-ray Review: EDGE OF SANITY
Edge of Sanity Director: Gérard Kikoïne Stars: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur Thorp Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons When you think psychos, you had better think of Anthony Perkins, or we can't be friends. Not that he, the actor, was psychotic or anything, but...
Book Review: GHOSTFLOWERS
Ghostflowers Rus Wornom JournalStone (July 8, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Some books really take you back to a particular place and time and make you feel as though you were there. Rus Wornom’s Ghostflowers is such a novel. Ghostflowers is set in the summer of...
Book Review: EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING
Every Crawling, Putrid Thing David Busboom JournalStone (April 8, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I will always appreciate JournalStone bringing me the work of many horror authors I wouldn’t otherwise have been exposed to. That’s certainly the case with Every Crawling,...
