The Rack and Cue David Owain Hughes Plumfukt Press (November 16, 2022) Reviewed by Andrew Byers In The Rack and Cue, David Owain Hughes provides us with a promising premise: In the middle of nowhere during a terrible storm, an English pub (the eponymous “Rack and...
8:59:29 Polly Schattel Trepidatio Publishing (February 24, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I first encountered Polly Schattel through her disturbing novel Shadowdays (reviewed here) —seriously, this book has stuck with me—and was delighted to see that she’s back with a...
Shards of Shattered Darkness Mark N. Drake Aethos Publishing (January 18, 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Over the last few years, I’ve gotten to know Mark N. Drake’s work through his series of novels and short stories set on the fictional Darkisle, a foreboding place...
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...
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...
