Category: Book Reviews
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The Silence – by Tim Lebbon – Book Review
In the darkness of a vast cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed… Swarming from their prison, they multiply and thrive. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death. Deaf for many years, Ally knows how to…
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Night’s Plutonian Shore – by Garrett Boatman – Book Review
Researching sustainable energy, Rick’s best friend Wally has discovered a means to tap into the bioplasmic energy field that surrounds all living things. He envisions trains and office towers running off collective psi. But when he invites his friends to test his psychotronic generator, they unleash demons residing in the human old brain, the seat…
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The Ballad of El Hacha – by JP Wenner – Book Review
Sales Link: AMAZON In the post-apocalyptic world of Isla Rudo, dark magic rules supreme and pro wrestling is the lifeblood of the people. El Hacha Cuarto, a member of a legendary luchador dynasty, is poised to become the next Grand Wrestling Champion. But when he accidentally runs down a deer with his prized possession, the…
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The Perfectly Fine House – by Stephen Kozeniewski and Wile E. Young – Book Review
AMAZON LINK: THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE In an alternate reality where ghosts are as commonplace as the weather, the most terrifying thing imaginable is a house not being haunted. Donna Fitzpatrick runs a surrogacy agency, where ghosts can briefly possess volunteers in order to enjoy carnal pleasures. She’s also working herself into an early grave.…
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No Happily Ever After – by Phil Sloman – Book Review
Sales Link: No Happily Ever After Hi everyone, I hope you’ve been happily reading great books since last we spoke. Speaking of wonderful books, I’d like to talk to you today about this short story collection from Phil Sloman (who you might know from such prestigious awards as ‘The Best Legs in Horror’), which is…
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Whistling Past the Graveyard – by Lex H Jones – Book Review
Affiliate Sales Link: Whistling Past the Graveyard Hey everyone! I hope you’ve been reading great stuff recently! This week, I’m bleeting on about this short story collection from Lex H Jones, which is an assortment of horror tales. It’s the first book I’ve read by this author. As an overall collection, it’s really strong. Instead…
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Portrait of a Nuclear Family – by J. P. Behrens – Book Review
Sales Link: Portrait of a Nuclear Family Wanda has uncovered a dark secret that could shatter the image of her perfect family. Attempting to force the situation back into the societal framework she’d strived for years to present, events spiral out of control. Secrets threaten to emerge from a carefully suppressed past and become public.…
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House of Hunger – by Alexis Henderson – Book Review
SALES LINK: HOUSE OF HUNGER WANTED – Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the…
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Earth To Earth – by Richard Daniels – Book Review
AMAZON LINK: EARTH TO EARTH An Unwitcher guards the veil between our world and the world of shadows, the strange and the supernatural. It has been this way for centuries. In the small market town of Hexhorn, tucked away in the Lincolnshire Wolds, there is a grave problem – a powerful sprite is on the…
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The Headsman – by Cristina Mîrzoi – Book Review
SALES LINK: THE HEADSMAN Take a glimpse into the world of a headsman, a gloomy village in which each dweller has a secret: an evil witch, a shrewd florist, a naive young man, a foreign merchant, a dreadful husband, a mischievous maid, and a lustful duke. These stories are intertwined, weaving a dark narrative of…