Cthulhu Deep Down Under, Volume 1 Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira, and Bryce Stevens, eds. Ramsey Campbell, Introduction 2017 IFWG Publishing Australia/Dark Phases 2017 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings From my earliest introductions to Australian dark fantasy...
When the Night Owl Screams Michael H. Hanson MoonDream Press/Copper Dog Publishing October 2017 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings I first encountered Michael H. Hanson’s verses through his frequent FaceBook posts…his rich, often timely entrees into the conversations of...
Leviathan: Ghost Rig Lucas Pederson Severed Press September 21, 2017 Review by Michael Collings Lucas Pederson’s Leviathan: Ghost Rig is a solid entry in the marine-creature subgenre, a novel that exploits the mysterious and terrifying vastness of the ocean while...
Cthulhu Blues Douglas Wynne JournalStone 2017 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings In Cthulhu Blues, Douglas Wynne brings to a satisfying close the apocalyptic events begun in Red Equinox and continued in Black January, thus completing the SPECTRA Files trilogy. The series...
Snaked: Deep Sea Rising Duncan McGeary Cohesion Press 2017 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Some years ago, Dean Koontz spoke to my Creative Writing class at Pepperdine. In a discussion afterward, he talked at some length about giving readers an appropriate...