Category: Book Reviews
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I Don’t Know if I’m Dying to Visit This Motel, or Desperate to Never Find It…Stories From the Motel Sick – edited by Michael Allen Rose
Stories From The Motel Sick is a genre-bending anthology featuring new stories from authors of horror, bizarro fiction, sci-fi, erotica, noir, and so much more. Each story takes place at the Motel Sick, a strange, metaphysical motel on the edge of a highway leading to nowhere in particular. Inside, you’ll find criminals and lovers, aliens,…
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I’ll Be Gripping my Soul with Both Hands From Now On…
MANCHESTER 1888 Through the darkness of a mid-winter nightshift, the flicker of a candle flame illuminates the exhaustion in Dr Warren Carter’s eyes; memories of a painful surgery and the fine line of human frailty haunt his every thought. A nightcap with the beautiful Rosie is just the tonic he needs. What should’ve been a…
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One Hell of a Debut – The Shape of Guilt, by Lisa Fransson
Robert Bunny, a toy bunny rabbit, observes the steady decline of a family he so desperately wants to be a part of. His is the only voice of reason as he connects the crumbling mind of Deborah to her son Alex, whilst she tries to save him from the very worst of himself. The Shape…
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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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