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• March 12, 2022

  [INTERVIEW/AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT] Mark Allan Gunnells discusses “When It Rains”

  It may be dangerous to go out in the rain…But it may be even more dangerous to stay inside. Just after noon on a sunny spring day at Friedkin University, a layer of strange clouds smudges across the sky, and a mysterious rain begins to fall. This isn’t just a surprise spell of rain—this substance […]
• December 22, 2021

  [REVIEW] Lily – Nightmareland Volume 6 – by Daniel Barnett

  This is why people read. Books like Lily. Books that knock your socks off. Books that excite you, scare you, fuck you up and leave you emotionally and physically drained. The Nightmareland series has been reinforcing this expertise in my mind since its debut, Nightfall. What sets Lily apart from the volumes that came first? […]
• October 30, 2021

  [REVIEW] Born to the Dark – by Ramsey Campbell

  1985. Dominic Sheldrake is now a lecturer on cinema. His and Lesley’s son small son Toby has begun to experience strange nocturnal seizures that no medical help seems to be able to treat. Meanwhile Dominic assumes the occultist Christian Noble is out of his life, but his influence on the world is more insidious than […]
• September 25, 2021

  [REVIEW] Jedi Summer with the Magnetic Kid – by John Boden

  Jedi Summer with the Magnetic KidBy John BodenVerdict: 5/5 Jedi Summer is one of those “horror” novellas that strikes me more as a coming-of-age drama than anything darker than your average reality. That being said, I love this particular subgenre. Boden writes in a very personal way, switching between active storytelling and bracketed background information […]
• August 29, 2021

  [REVIEW] Red X – by David Demchuk

  RED X by David Demchuk 4.5 out of 5.0 stars Publisher: Strange Light Genre Tags: Horror, Monsters, Queer Horror, Queer Lit Verdict: 4.5 out of 5 PLEASE NOTE: I originally reviewed Red X several weeks ago and gave it 3.75 out of 5.0 due to the difficulties I had with my digital ARC. The publisher […]
• August 9, 2021

  [REVIEW] It Calls from the Sea – an Eerie River Publishing anthology

  I’m a fan of Eerie River and their anthologies, ever since the first It Calls from the Forest volume. Every book in this series has been fantastic up until It Calls from the Sea. Admittedly, this collection didn’t wow me the way the others did before it. Only seven of the stories scored a 4 […]