“This collection brings with it all the trappings of the season, from pumpkins and spooky decorations, to that chill coursing over your skin in the night, and the lingering sense that death has come to claim many things, possibly the reader as well.” The foreword by Robb Watts gives us a glimpse into Connecticut …
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“It’s body horror mixed with easy sex and sharp blade violence.” Breaking News … There’s a woman standing in the street in a raincoat holding a carrier bag saying, ‘He seemed like a nice man. Always kept to himself.’ Phil Sloman’s new novella, Becoming David from Hersham Horror, is a tale that would be reported …
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“A great addition to the Tales From The Lake series and the impressive back catalogue of one of the most well-respected publishers in the field.” The most recent release from Crystal Lake Publishing is the latest instalment in their anthology series, Tales From The Lake, and is the first in which head honcho Joe Mynhardt …
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“If you like fast-paced, action-packed horror in a compact and easy-to-read novella that will keep you hooked until the very last page, consider checking out this book.” Rich Hawkins burst onto the horror fiction scene with his debut novel, the British Fantasy Award nominated The Last Plague, in August 2014. In the two …
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“A nightmare for every horror fan.” As indicated in Ellen Datlow’s introduction, you could consider this a sequel to Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror, which included greats like Clive Barker, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman and George R. R. Martin. Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror is a celebration of the art …
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“Paul Kane’s vision of hell, and his brilliant depiction of the members of The Order of the Gash leaves nothing to be desired and Holmes and Hellraiser fans both will find something to love here.” Over the years there have been many short stories and novels that take on the subjects and themes of famous …
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“Though not technically horror, The Warren is rather disturbing, with hints of paranoia, psychotic behavior, violence, even body-horror, all delivered with a steady prose that turns stranger by the second.” Nameless, confused, and unsure of who he really is, X believes he is one of many, descended from many before him. And though his memory …
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“ The end result is a themed anthology that consistently tunes the frequency to the fear channel, then cranks the volume up to eleven.” There are signals all around us, flowing through us. Most are undetected, though occasionally, we are on the receiving end of a transmission that alters our very lives. These lost signals …
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“I Can Taste the Blood is a tour de force for Grey Matter Press and for the five outstanding dark fiction authors gathered here.” Any time you see the name John F. D. Taff coupled with the words “short fiction” you can expect that you’re in for something special, and the same can be said …
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“It is, quite simply, pure art, and we can only wonder what works this writer will produce in the coming years.” Readers looking for the best in horror fiction should keep their eyes on the recent, stellar offerings of the small press. The Unheimlich Manoeuvre by Tracy Fahey is one such release that recently caught …
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