Category: Book Reviews
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The Weejee Man – by NP Cunniffe

Forced by his publisher to deliver a fresh manuscript by the end of the year, author Rick Rooney retreats to a secluded cottage in the West of Ireland in search of inspiration. After a night of dabbling with a spirit board at the local pub, strange events begin to unfold at the cottage, while a…
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Droplets – by Paul Lubaczewski

From the Preditor and Editor award-winning author Paul Lubaczewski comes a new collection of short stories. The forgotten early tries of God to make sentient beings, zombies, cannibals, down on their luck glam rockers all of them are hiding inside the pages of this collection waiting to waylay the unprepared. From ghouls to cults, to…
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Bound in Blood – Anthology from Titan Books

A chilling anthology of over 20 stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals and the end of the world. From award-winning authors including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman and A. G. Slatter. Perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark. You find it hidden in the dark corner…
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The Wretched Bones – by C.M. Saunders

The Regal Retreat is an exclusive resort situated deep in the countryside of East Anglia where the rich and famous go to unwind. However, far from being a place of rest and relaxation, bad things happen there. Its history has been plagued by tragedy and misfortune. Over the years there have been scores of killing…
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Fluffy Fucking Bunnies – by David Youngquist

Since the interstellar ships of the United Worlds dropped into the Earth’s atmosphere five years ago, Doctor Dan Smith’s life and career as a historian for the local museum have been busy. He’s been blessed with not only new information about the little blue world we live on, but sister planets throughout the galaxy. Like…
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Disintegration – Edited by Darren Speegle

Disintegration: the breaking down of something into small particles or into its constituent elements. Fifteen of the greatest minds in speculative fiction come together to explore this concept, with their own unique takes on the theme. From relationship disintegration to age disintegration to dark post-apocalyptic fantasy, these stories weave a web of imagination that encroaches upon…
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Ink Vine – by Elizabeth Broadbent

Sometimes, you just pick your poison and pray Stay the hell out of the swamp — the backwater town of Lower Congaree recites it like an eleventh commandment. But when exotic dancer Emmy Joiner sneaks under the dark tree-canopy behind her family trailer, she meets mysterious, tattooed Zara, the first girl she dares to kiss. But…
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These Things Linger – by Dan Franklin

When Alex Wilson’s estranged uncle unexpectedly dies, Alex realizes he would do just about anything to make peace with the man who had raised him as his own. He’d even reach out to the dead. But things more dangerous than ghosts haunt his uncle’s broken down trailer and the nearly abandoned one-gas-station town of Fair…
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Missing in Miskatonic – by J.P. Behrens

Dark bleatings, my mysterious, cosmic tribe! I’m here today with a review of my third (I think?!) J.P. Behrens book, and I have to say, I was delightfully surprised by this one. I’ve enjoyed Behrens’s other works but this one was quite far away in tone and plot from what I’ve read so far from…
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Mantis – by Erica Summers

Chain-smoking bisexual, Mantis, finds herself amid a demon apocalypse. With the book of Revelations unfurling before her very eyes, she recruits a reformed prostitute, a bubbly stripper, and a hopelessly smitten DJ to try to stop the biblical event in its tracks. Can the uproarious crew of misfit degenerates save the world before it’s destroyed?Locked…