Category: Book Reviews
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A Broken Darkness – by Premee Mohamed
It’s been a year and a half since the Anomaly, when They tried to force Their way into the world from the shapeless void. Nick Prasad is piecing his life together, and has joined the secretive Ssarati Society to help monitor threats to humanity – including his former friend Johnny. Right on cue, the unveiling…
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Return to Innsmouth: A Strange Aeons Adventure: Book 1 – by Henry Hinder
Are you a fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s spine-tingling horror, hilarious comedies like What We Do in the Shadows, and Sherlock Holmes-style detective work? If so, then you won’t want to miss Return to Innsmouth – a witty, irreverent short novel that lovingly blends cosmic horror with a healthy dose of dark humor. Join the unlikely duo of Bill…
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Exploring the Labyrinth: Volume One – by Kit Power
On the surface, Kit Power seems like a successful horror writer – three-time BFA finalist, two-time Splatterpunk winner, and author of the celebrated My Life in Horror essay series. But that affable facade hides a terrible secret: he never read the works of Brian Keene on initial publication. Podcaster. Philanthropist. Stoker winner. World Horror Grandmaster. Brian. Fucking.…
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Live Wire – by Kyle Toucher
Black Magic Meets Big Tech. What could go wrong? Just about everything. Kyle Toucher’s debut novel Live Wire rams you headlong into a fast-moving SciFi/Cosmic Horror/Action thriller, set not only in the desolate pre-internet world of 1993, but the endless night of the New Mexico desert. One harrowing situation follows another as our cast of strangers find…
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Gifts Between Us – by C.C. Adams
Elderly Londoner Augustus has lived a long, miserable life. Having driven his few remaining loved ones away years ago, he now whiles away his time drinking rum and hoping for the end. One night his death wish is nearly granted by a mugger, but a local youth called Michael intervenes. Much to the old man’s…
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The Companions We Lose – by Micah Castle
After his divorce, Michael had one anchor remaining: Zylo, his beloved dog and only companion. But when Zylo’s found disemboweled outside his home, his world unravels. The police dismiss his case, but Michael refuses to let his death be in vain. Overtaken by grief and rage, he searches for answers only to discover something darker…
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The Witch of Willow Sound – by Vanessa F. Penney
For readers of Our Wives Under the Sea and The Once and Future Witches comes a feminist gothic tale with a tough-as-nails female protagonist who must find her elderly aunt, long suspected of being a witch. A spooky, atmospheric, and fast-paced feminist tale about women called witches and the parts of our history we’d rather…
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New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural: Volume 3 – edited by Stephen Jones
Back in 1971, British publisher Sphere Books issued New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural edited by David A. Sutton, one of many original paperback horror anthologies that were appearing in newsagents and bookshops up and down the country during that time. They followed it up the next year with another volume of new horror fiction before…
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Horror Tales from Wales – edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and Ann Keeran
In this chilling new collection curated by bestselling horror anthologist Kevin J. Kennedy, five masterful Welsh authors invite you deep into the shadowy heart of Cymru, where ancient myths still breathe and old gods never truly die.Drawing inspiration from the rich, eerie landscape of Welsh folklore, each tale is a haunting journey into a world…
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Skin Thief – by Suzan Palumbo
The stories in this collection of dark fantasy and horror short stories grapple with the complexities of identity, racism, homophobia, immigration, oppression and patriarchy through nature, gothic hauntings, Trinidadian folklore and shape shifting. At the heart of the collection lie the questions: how do we learn to accept ourselves? How do we live in our…
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