A Confederacy of Horrors James Robert Smith Hippocampus Press 2015 Reviewed by David Goudsward I’m familiar with James Robert Smith’s work from his novels and his co-editing the extraordinary Arkham House anthology Evermore, a 2006 collection of stories based on Edgar...
Amok! Short Sharp Shocks Volume 1 Edited by Neil Baker April Moon Books 2014 Reviewed by David Goudsward Editor Baker has chosen the theme of mental disintegration, random rampages and similar madness for AMOK!, the inaugural volume of a proposed series of themed...
Forsaken J.D. Barker Hampton Creek Press 2014 Reviewed by David Goudsward The premise of Forsaken is that horror writer Thad McAlister’s success has been brought about by the malevolent influence of the 17th century notebook his wife bought him as a gift. Although the...