Category: Book Reviews
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Tits and Teeth – by Lee Richmond
For the patrons of the Olive Refuge Nudist Resort, a day at sea aboard The Naked Neptune Tour means sun, sea, cocktails, and naked flesh. Hard drinking and hot bodies are par for the course.For the enormous Great White Shark that has followed the party boat out to sea, it means dinner. Dark bleatings, my…
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I’ve Been Introduced to Something New! – Death’s Dark Wings – by Raven Dane
From deep within a dark dimension beyond all that is known by the world of men, the soul of a great raven broke free, tearing through the Veil between worlds. The brutal rent in the Veil gave out a scream of warning resonating through the minds of human and Sidhe alike. The eerie sound tainted…
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This Anthology is Giving Me Nightmares…Fever Dreams, edited by Mark Morris
Fever Dreams is the sixth volume in the non-themed horror series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in horror, and 4 selected…
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Managing and Other Lies – by Willow Heath
An unsettling collection of queer horror stories that takes readers on a dark journey down desolate country roads, through the vacant halls of Gothic homes, and into the dark heart of modern-day Britain. These are Kafkaesque tales of loneliness, brutality, and paranoia. In a labyrinthine house at the edge of a quiet English village, a…
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Gods and Mobsters – by Adam Millard
Simian Knight PI had been shot at once before. Well, not technically shot at, but the bullet had gone past his head. Well, not really past his head, inasmuch as it went past his office building and embedded itself in someone’s car. It didn’t so much embed in the car as bounce off, as it…
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Welsh Roads are Full of Potholes and Now I’m Suspicious of Them…
A Tale of Fenland Terror The council let the potholes grow too wide. They let them get too deep. And by failing to seal the breach between our world and the fiery hellscape below, they let something creep through, something ancient, something ungodly, and something hungry.But the people of Little Elmswood aren’t going to sit…
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It’s Books Like This That Make Me Want to Read All Day, Every Day, Forever: ITCH! – by Gemma Amor
Josie is at rock bottom, living a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past – all whilst battling a…
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There’s “Something Peculiar” About Great British Horror 10…
GREAT BRITISH HORROR 10 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. Every year, the series will feature ten British authors, plus one international guest contributor, telling tales of this sceptred isle. The 2025 edition, SOMETHING PECULIAR, features eleven more previously unpublished stories from authors at the very top of their game.…
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Depart Depart – by Sim Kern
When an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans and Jewish identities put him at risk with certain “capital-T” Texans. His fears take form when he starts seeing visions of his great-grandfather Abe,…
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A Light Most Hateful – by Hailey Piper
Mona Awad’s Bunny meets Stranger Things in this mind-bending and terrifying examination of female friendship and the lengths we’ll go to protect the ones we love, from the Bram Stoker award winning author of Queen of Teeth. Three years after running away from home, Olivia is stuck with a dead-end job in nowhere town Chapel…
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