BOOK REVIEW “These Walls Don’t Talk, They Scream” by Kevin Holton
Holton knows how to confuse your mind. He plays with a background of sadness that makes you lose perspective of what is right and what is wrong. A witness who, after all, hasn’t chosen its fate can...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Desert Shadows” by Joshua Dowidat
“Desert Shadows” is a young-adult horror book.Two boys explore their lives and surroundings in a way we all would have wanted to: creating stories in your mind, adventure, a treasure hunt! Slowly...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Murmansk-13” by Richard-Steven Williams
Williams has written a book which will keep your hands full for several hours, I read it in one go.There is something very interesting about this story, and it’s how the author introduces to the reader...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“The Overleden: Hell on Earth” by Terence Simmons
This novel is a complex lattice with sub-stories traversed between them, creating a magnificent performance worth becoming a movie. Or two, I must say, because here we have material for weeks.Let’s...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Clock’s Watch” by Michael Reyes – A collection of heroic dark...
“Clock’s Watch” is a very interesting horror collection. The idea of a guardian between two worlds, human and evil, perhaps has been used before, but not in this way. Our protagonist is one and...
View ArticleAND HELL FOLLOWED by Death\’s Head Press – A Hell of a read!
For the extreme horror readers sometimes it’s difficult to find really good material. I am, myself, an avid reader and a very few times I find something that truly provokes an impact on me. Since a few...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW – Three Days in Ashford by TY Tracey
Well, wow. I think this is the review that, so far, has taken me the longest to write. There are so many things to say about this book. I’ll start making clear that I had never heard of TY Tracey until...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Netted: The Beginning” (The Silent Red Room Saga Book 1) by KT...
This is the first work I read from KT Rose and I’m greatly surprised. She takes basic elements such as blind dates with a psychopath, and combines it with de danger of the dark side of the internet,...
View ArticleReview – Stephen King’s Full Dark, No Stars
Often things will enter a person’s life either exactly when they need it or exactly when it’s capable of taking on another meaning, one so subjective and personal that it is almost impossible to be...
View ArticleReview – Lakewood Memorial by Robert R. Best
If there is one thing you can’t fault Best for in his writing it’s pacing. Lakeland Memorial, Robert R. Best’s first book in his zombie trilogy barrels out of the starting gate and doesn’t stop to take...
View ArticleReview – My Work is Not Yet Done by Thomas Ligotti
I first heard about the works of Thomas Ligotti after picking up the graphic novel of The Nightmare Factory, based upon his short fiction. So utterly unnerved was I by The Nightmare Factory Volume 1,...
View ArticleReview – Ty Schwamberger’s The Fields
Ty Schwamberger’s The Fields starts out with an introduction by Jonathan Mayberry, laying out the ground rules for zombie stories, those rules being that … there are no rules. Save maybe one, that...
View ArticleReview – Clive Barker’s The Scarlet Gospels (2015)
Clive Barker has long been a master of horror but with his latest book, The Scarlet Gospels, he takes his place as THE master of horror. He brings back supernatural detective Harry D’Amour to face off...
View ArticleREVIEW – Russell J. Dorn’s Skeleton in the Closet (2016)
Russell J. Dorn, author of one of the stories featured in the upcoming issue of Grotesque Quarterly, previously wrote and adapted into audio book format, a middle-grade horror collection....
View ArticleBook Review – The Enemy
“THE ENEMY” By Charlie Higson Book One of “THE ENEMY” Series From the first page, “THE ENEMY” shoots out of the gate at a dead sprint and does not stop. Higson’s prose, fast pace, creativity and...
View ArticleBook Review: THE DEAD by Charlie Higson
“THE DEAD” By Charlie Higson “THE DEAD”, the second installment in Charlie Higson’s “ENEMY SAGA” is set one year before the events of “THE ENEMY”. Just weeks after the onset of “the Disaster”, some...
View ArticleBook Review – XOM-B
“XOM-B” By Jeremy Robinson Jeremy Robinson’s “XOM-B” is a bit of a tough read, but well worth the effort. Set towards the end of this century, “XOM-B” seems at first to be two separate stories mashed...
View ArticleReview – Knuckle Balled (2017)
Knuckle Balled by Drew Stepek Left still reeling from the events in the final chapters of “Knuckle Supper”, our favorite pseudo-vampire-with-a-conscience must now deal with the consequences of his...
View ArticleReview – Knock and You Will See Me by Andrew Cull
A very special thanks goes out to www.theboldmom.com for sending this review our way!!! make sure to check out the site for great news and reviews on horror fiction!!! “Knock and You Will See Me” by...
View ArticleReview – Joshua’s Folly by Toneye Eyenot
Another special thanks to The Bold Mom for sending this our way!!! “Joshua’s Folly” by Toneye Eyenot is the second book of the dark-fantasy series “The Sacred Blade of Profanity.” The first one, “The...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Wolvz. Whispers of War” (part of Project 26) by Toneye Eyenot
This is a beautiful book. Bloody, visceral, gore… beautiful. “Revenge” is the centre of the plot. An intelligent, organized and furious wolfkind plans their vengeance, after the outrages they have...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Emma’s Army” book 4 of the series “Zombies Vs Robots” by Joe...
This book is a different one. A very special sci-fi/cyberpunk story. This is the fourth of the series “Zombies Vs. Robots”, so the thread is already complex and with lots of information for the...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Thing of Nightmares” by Mark Rivett
“Thing of Nightmares” is a book any steampunk/fantasy reader will absolutely adore. A crime investigation, chasing the “Clockwork Killer” opens the door to a spiral of conspiracies, murders and lots of...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Harvester’s Trade” by Jim Goforth
“Harvester’s Trade” is a novella by Jim Goforth. What to say? Goforth is an established extreme horror master and as such, of course, has written an amazing, terrifying, blood-spattered story. The...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“At the Hands of Madness” by Kevin Holton
Kevin Holton presents an eclectic apocalypse. Monsters built of different influences such as kaiju and cyberpunk lead hell on Earth, in this story. This book is a very pleasurable read thanks to the...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “Beware the Demons Betrayed” by Alan Perkins
I must admit I don’t know where to start from. Well yes, I will start saying: THIS BOOK IS GOLD. I do love demonic tales so, of course, I’m prone to extra-enjoy this book. That said, this is a complex...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “The Silver Feather” by Joanne Van Leerdam
I’m very happy I came across this book. I had never read anything from Van Leerdam and I’m greatly surprised. This book is a sweet read, a horror little tale you’d love having next to your bed. I love...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “The Boneyard Chronicles” by Cyprian Wyrmwood. Extreme adult...
“The Boneyard Chronicles” by Cyprian Wyrmwood is one the most impressive books I have read. In a good way, a very good way.* **Warning** This book contains very sensitive and strong adult content. And...
View ArticleSUNDAY WICKED READS: Horror Recommendation – GHOSTS.
The closest of our fears. The fossil of your soul chained to Hell. An invisible parasite. Or perhaps… not that invisible? It wasn’t your imagination… It wasn’t. It wasn’t. They are here to show you…...
View ArticleTHE VAMPIRE HENRY by Michael S. Walker –“Life is Short baby, so drink up…”
“Sick of vampires who glitter? Who run around in the sun, looking all hunky and moody? Then meet Henry Lovell – the Vampire Henry. Nothing glamorous about Henry. He’s a working-class stiff (no pun...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “Embrace the Darkness” by P.J. Blakey-Novis
This book is a collection of short stories. It’s the first piece I have read by this author and it has greatly surprised me. The stories are short but very disturbing, those spine-chilling kind of…...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“LOW” by Mike Duke. – Sin and guilt, the foundation of Hell.
Well, I had to take a couple days to write a review of this book, because it implies too many important concepts. The most important, in my opinion, is how this book DISTURBS you. But not in a regular...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “The Queen of Bones” by Gregg Zimmerman
I don’t know how to start talking about this book, because it provokes many different feelings, shadows. The excellent skills of Zimmerman to evoke deep emotions in the reader are present all the book...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Affinity’s Window” by Douglas L. Wilson
This is the first piece I’ve read by this author. I’m greatly surprised. Ghosts and demons, pure paranormal threads are my thing in horror. I love them, and Wilson takes those terrifying strings and...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “Legacy” by Marc W. Johnson
If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be without a shadow of a doubt, “shuddering”. Johnson knows how to keep you awake. Playing with dialogues, he makes you jump from one scene to...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “Awakening” (Sequel of “Affinity’s Window”) by Douglas L. Wilson
This book is certainly the sequel of “Affinity’s Window” and for starters, I’ll say that if you thought it couldn’t get better, well, it does.The first page already made me clench my teeth (obviously...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Shadowmancer” by Jeremy Mac
This book is a disturbing quick read. What starts looking like a simple teenager story ends up being an obscure tale electrifying the reader’s spine. I didn’t expect what I found in this title. Mac is...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW “Verdure” by Gregg Zimmerman
I don’t even know how to start this review. I would say that “Verdure” is a “big” title, in all ways. For starters, Zimmerman’s prose is spotless and graceful. Perhaps at first, you can feel a bit...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW –“Death, Infection, The Devil… and Jed” The Best of Howard Carlyle
Allow me to talk a bit about my thoughts on Howard Carlyle. This book is not the first work I read by him since I follow his blogs “The Meyerstown Secret” and “Gloriously Gory”. He is an emerging...
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