Category: Reviews

Book Review: Naming the Bones by Laura Mauro

  • July 24, 2017

  • 7 mins to read

Naming the Bones by Laura Mauro - cover

“Many seasoned writers would sell their souls to pen something as well-crafted, as complete and solid as Naming the Bones.” Though horror fiction in all its guises seems to be currently in a period of gentle and humble ascendancy (as has been mentioned before), much of it still continues to fly under the radar of …

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Audiobook Review: The Copper Cascade Chronicles by Kneel Downe

  • July 19, 2017

  • 6 mins to read

The Copper Cascades by Kneel Downe - Cover

“With The Copper Cascade Chronicles, [Downe] has produced an accessible and entertaining entry point for his larger canon. And the highly professional delivery of the drama from experienced narrator Bayley only adds to the quality of the story.” Author Kneel Downe has taken a less conventional route to creating the work referred to as The …

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Book Review: Black Static, Issue 58

  • July 13, 2017

  • 6 mins to read

Black Static 58 - cover

“There is more than enough contained within this particular issue—and, indeed, the magazine as an ongoing enterprise—to satisfy any who seek well-written, literary works of a dark bent.” Halfway through the year and it’s time for another review of Black Static, that purveyor of dark, literary fiction, insightful columns, and reviews/interviews. In this issue there …

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Audiobook Review: Maldicion by Daniel Marc Chant

  • July 11, 2017

  • 6 mins to read

Maldicion by Daniel Marc Chant - cover

“The combination of Chant’s solid storytelling and Peever’s dramatic narration is a match made in audio heaven.”   Daniel Marc Chant is one of the co-founders of The Sinister Horror Company and a champion of horror and strange fiction, having published work by Rich Hawkins, Adam Millard and Kit Power among many others. He is …

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