Echoes of Darkness Rob Smales Books & Boos Press February 28, 2016 Reviewed by Alex Scully This is proving to be the year of the short story collection. Fresh on the heels of several great collections, I recently crossed paths with yet another. This one, Echoes of...
Dark Passages: A Collection of Six Short Stories MJ Preston Skinwalker Press January 6, 2016 Reviewed by Alex Scully Short story collections are tricky. An anthology gives a reader variety. If a story doesn’t hit it, another author is right around the next turn of the...
The Dream Beings Aaron J. French Samhain Publishing January 5, 2016 Reviewed by Alex Scully The Dream Beings, the latest novella from Aaron J. French, opens with action. We are immediately drawn into a ritual style murder, but we quickly learn this is no “typical”...
The Collected Ghost Stories: Peripheral Visions Robert Hood Dark Phases Press April 6, 2015 Reviewed by Alex Scully When I read the summary of this collection, my heart skipped a beat. Melancholy reflections? Disquieting? Chilling visions of ghostly apocalypse? What...
Mycroft Holmes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse Titan Books September 22, 2015 Reviewed by Alex Scully It was a casual comment said in passing. A common occurrence in the red house of Oregon. “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is writing a book.” I glanced over at my sister....