When I Was Lost Jordan Kurella Trepidatio Publishing (October 21, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Jordan Kurella is an author who’s new to me, but I’m very impressed with his breadth of themes and settings—stories in When I Was Lost are set across time and space in a...
They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces Eric LaRocca Bad Hand Books (October 25, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Eric LaRocca is a hot commodity in the horror world right now, and as of this writing, They Were Here Before Us is his latest. Having read and...
The Fever Cabinet Justin Joschko JournalStone (September 23, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found historical treatments of mental illness to be especially horrifying. (Heck, contemporary treatment of mental illness remains...
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...
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...