Category: Book Reviews
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A Season of Horrors: Four Novellas – by Roland Blake

If you stare into the dark… Step into the shadows and embrace the macabre in this chilling collection of novellas. Unearth a tale or two: a witch’s curse, a boy with a thirst for revenge, a beast protecting a rural idyll, and a sinister work of art revealing hidden horrors. These haunting stories explore both…
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Pennies from Heaven – by James P. Blaylock

With a 100-year storm threatening the southern California coast, Jane Larkin is approached by a strange, audacious woman who wants to invest much-needed money in Jane’s Old Orange Co-op. Meanwhile Jane’s husband Jerry discovers an ancient excavation beneath the Larkin home. On that ominous morning in autumn, shadows descend over the deceptively quiet neighborhoods of…
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For Those Who Dream Monsters – by Anna Taborska

18 tales of terror… What are you afraid of? What are you haunted by? What waits for you in the dark? Face your fears and embark on a journey to the dark side of the human condition. Defy the demons that prey on you and the cruel twists of fate that destroy what you hold…
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Echoes in Dark Places – by L.F. Shelly

Beneath the surface of small-town life lies a darkness waiting to be uncovered. Echoes in Dark Places is a collection of thirteen chilling stories that peel back the familiar façades of quiet communities to reveal the terror lurking within. From a forgotten well that guards a horrifying secret to a snow-covered field where something unnatural waits to…
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Counted with the Dead – by Peter O’Keefe

Jack Killeen is done killing. The Detroit hitman has grown disgusted with his job and wants to turn his life around. Unfortunately for him, it’s too late: A mad surgeon has created a monster from the bodies of Killeen’s victims and the creature is animated by the damaged brain of Jack’s final target, Victor Moravian.…
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The Protos Experiment – by Simon Clark

‘MEMORIES CAN BE MURDER.’ From the multi-award-winning author of the cult novels BLOOD CRAZY and THE NIGHT OF THE TRIFFIDS. ‘IF IDENTITY COULD BE REPLACED WITH MEMORY IMPLANTS.’ THE PROTOS EXPERIMENT is gripping dystopian Sci-Fi/Horror based on an Avenet-Bradley Film, scripted by Simon Clark and Brian Avenet-Bradley, and directed by Laurence and Brian Avenet-Bradley. ‘SHE STARTED TO REMEMBER.’ Kyra wakes in…
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Mason Gorey: A Haunting Catskill Elegy – by Shane D. Keene & Stephanie Ellis

Camp Kaatskill near the small New York town of Wildham was once an idyllic spot for summer and fall getaways. Surrounded by a wild thicket of black walnut, aspen, and evergreen, reflected by the reservoir and overshadowed by its dam. Camp Kaatskill seemed like the perfect destination for young Rachel Starck to spend her summer interning and…
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Draw You In: Trilogy – by Jasper Bark

Can you disappear so completely that only one person remembers you existed? That’s what comics creator Linda Corrigan asks, when her editor, disappears without a trace. Drawn into an FBI investigation by Agent McPherson, Linda and comics historian Richard Ford unearth a chilling link to the forgotten comic artist R. L. Carver, whose work might…
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Shadows and Whispers – by Michael Jess Alexander

Dark bleatings, my shadowy tribe! I’m reviewing a short story collection today – literally. This whole book is a slim boi and perfect if you want something swift but entertaining. Let’s take it tale by tale. A FOREST HAUNT Julian chops wood in a forest and comes across a bizarrely close circle of trees, and…
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We’ll Always Have Alchemy – Anthology Edited by Peter Coleborn

For over 25 years The Alchemy Press has published fantasy, science fiction and horror in fiction and non-fiction, and a few poems along the way, from a wealth of wonderful writers such as Sarah Ash, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Steve Rasnic Tem, Storm Constantine, Stan Nichols, Nancy Kilpatrick, Stephen Jones, all encased in covers by the likes…