In the Graveyard Antemortem is a terrific novel, though it should be noted that the story leans more towards readers of young adult fiction as opposed to seasoned horror aficionados. That being said, anyone who is still in touch with their inner teenager will enjoy trying to unravel this mystery along with the protagonist, whose …Read More
Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster battling it out on the streets of modern day New York City? You’ll be hard pressed to find another monster fest like this one. Night Things: Dracula vs. Frankenstein is the follow up to author Terry M. West’s 2015 release Monsters and the Magic Now which introduced readers to a barrage …Read More
As an expectant father, Richard is naturally a bit nervous and seeing his wife, Holly, change as the pregnancy develops is a strange experience. What’s most alarming is that what is happening to her doesn’t seem right. Is it his imagination or does she not seem to be acting like she used to? His wife …Read More
Synopsis: When thirteen-year-old Sky Monroe arrives at her new boarding school, all she can think about is death and connecting with the afterlife. Soon she discovers her school’s spirituality group called Guardians of Light—and they have a secret: The Guardians of Light can speak with the dead… My Soul to Take is a title that …Read More
Demitrius breeds dogs – dangerous dogs for dangerous people. These are not yappy little dogs or show dogs. What the people use the dogs for after they are sold is of no interest to him. His problems start when he gets a pang of conscience after hearing that a dog he sold to a Cuban …Read More
The story takes place following a zombie outbreak. The outbreak, focused around the Midwestern United States, has supposedly been crushed by the military, but not without the loss of thousands of lives. But are they lives any more after they’ve turned? Not sure about that. Anyway, the American people are assured by the government that they …Read More
The Summer Tentacular, the premier H.P. Lovecraft fan conference held in Providence, Rhode Island is home annually to Lovecraft fans of all types and walks of life in this work of fiction. Geeks, goths, scholars, collectors, and writers converge in the name of fandom to honour the legend of the famous writer of weird. Colleen …Read More
During the 1980s there was a great fear in western cultures, and no it wasn’t terrorism. It was Satan. The fear was of a satanic conspiracy, with satanists in high ranking positions throughout all walks of life. Mediums of popular culture were being used to recruit new followers and brainwash the young. Satanists could be …Read More
Synopsis: In the aftermath of an apocalyptic viral infection which wiped out most of the population of earth, a scattering of survivors in North America are hopeful that the infection is over and they can start to rebuild. But the man known as Zero, the first infected, still waits in the ruins of New York …Read More
American readers may not be familiar with the ASBO, it’s a quintessential British punishment. It stands for Anti-Social Behaviour Order. It’s a punishment for minor offences that supposedly limits movements and types of behaviour of the offenders. It’s a kind of probation before getting into more serious trouble for breaking the stipulations set out in the …Read More
The story takes place in a small rural town where, all of a sudden, there is a humming that causes residents to develop nosebleeds and headaches. Every occurrence of the humming coincides with the appearance of large sinkholes, swallowing up residents and buildings. What’s more is that the residents are seeing phantoms, all representing something different …Read More
Lilith is an apocalyptic tale set both on an aircraft carrier and across the city of New York. It was nice to read a novel with such a wide scope and implications, since most of my recent reads have been in small-scale settings. The author has grand ambitions and sees them through well. The story follows Lilith, a Lilitu (you’ll …Read More
Synopsis: Albert Kench has just returned to Victorian London from Australia. He has been summonsed home after his sister Sally has been admitted to Oakbridge Asylum. When he visits her, he discovers she has become unrecognisable. She is near skeletal. She hasn’t spoken in over a year and she is missing an arm. He finds …Read More
There has been a lot of hype about this one so I couldn’t wait to read it. I hoped it wasn’t going to be the same sort of weird, and would be something different. Boy was I in for a surprise! Synopsis: Chris is getting ready for a date with a girl he met online. …Read More
Someone tipped me off to this story coming on Facebook and to the fact that Mr Garton was looking for some reviewers to pick this up and give it a little whirl. I have read a couple of other things from Ray Garton. His short story, The Guy Down the Street in Widowmakers, and A …Read More
Hannah is a regular flesh and blood girl, but in this story, that ends when 8th grade does. Following graduation she is to become like her parents and the rest of the adults – a puppet – a wooden puppet controlled by strings that stretch into the sky. The sky is a mysterious black void …Read More
I usually steer clear of short story collections. I never feel invested, and if it has the makings of a good story, it’s over before you know it. Due to the length there is always a lack of depth. After having really enjoyed Tribesmen by Adam Cesare, I decided to take a punt on this …Read More
You can’t always judge a book by its cover, but with this one you can, and that’s a very good thing. Worms is a pretty short novella that you can rip through in a sitting or two. This is a good old creature feature that I don’t come across too often anymore. It immediately brought …Read More
I picked this up looking for a quick read. I’d read Rollo’s Jigsaw Man and quite enjoyed that. I’ve been looking forward to reading Valley Of The Scarecrow because the synopsis intrigued me. So I thought Crowley’s Window, also by Rollo, would be a fitting appetiser. Crowley’s Window begins with a young girl born with psychic powers …Read More
When Angela gets picked up in a club by a mysterious, handsome guy, she thinks it’s her lucky night. Unfortunately, he’s bringing her back to his boss’s house to be brutally raped, tortured, and murdered on film. Andre, the man who picked her up, is indebted to his boss; he’s a heroin addict and his …Read More
Synopsis: After some fitful nights waking up out of breath, Katherine worries she might have inherited sleep apnea from her parents. To investigate on the cheap, and following suggestions from her doctor, she decides to record herself sleeping for three weeks. When the doctor examines the tapes he discovers something deeply unsettling happens while she …Read More
The plot of Draculas is pretty straightforward in its set up. A rich, elderly, billionaire named Moorecook is dying. Upon hearing of the discovery of a supposed vampire skull in Romania, he buys it and ships it back to the United States. Desperate to live, he plunges the fanged skull’s teeth into his neck. He …Read More
Where to begin with this book? Well, first of all I can say I don’t think I’ve read anything like it before. I read a lot of horror, and have done so all my life and I can safely say I don’t think a book has made me feel sick before. This piece of fiction …Read More
Last year I covered Adrian Roe’s book First Scream to the Last which I greatly enjoyed. It took us through what is possibly horror cinema’s greatest decade, the 1980s. Now Adrian is back with his follow up Second Scream, which covers the 90s. The 90s are an era that saw a downturn in horror popularity, …Read More
Shock! Horror! Astounding Artwork From The Video Nasty Era by Francis Brewster, Harvey Fenton and Marc Morris is a wonderful British compendium of movie posters and VHS box covers. These are the titles that were demonized by overzealous British censors on a foolish mission to impose their own sense of morality on the horror loving public. …Read More
An annual hunting trip for four best friends quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival. Someone or something is stalking them. After one of the four gets injured, they seek refuge in a decrepit cabin, where things go from bad to worse. That’s essentially the setup, and the story throws us immediately into the …Read More
A parasite that loves filth is driven from its home in a landfill and finds refuge literally inside a hoarder, an elderly woman named Anna Grish. She lives in a house filled with trash, magazines, and all the other things she couldn’t bear to part with. The story then moves to her family and the local authorities …Read More
Paul Kane is no stranger to the Hellraiser universe. He’s the author of the truly outstanding “The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy” as well as the editor for the short story anthology, Hellbound Hearts, which expanded Clive Barker’s mythos still further. This is a man who clearly respects Clive Barker’s most brilliant creation. So there …Read More
I’ll admit from the start that I’m a huge fan of this author. For a long time I’ve followed his website, Hysteria Lives!, which is an incredibly entertaining and in-depth slasher genre film site filled with reviews. I’m also an avid listener of Kerswell and his fellow hosts’ podcast, The Hysteria Continues! I can’t recommend it enough. …Read More
This recently released Jeff Strand novella, as you’d guess from the title, involves the theme of stalking. The book begins in the middle of the action, as the stalker closes in on his victim. What is unique about the story is that it’s told from the point of view of the stalker rather than that …Read More
