Category: Reviews

Book Review: Carry Me Home: Stories of Horror and Heartbreak by Michael Paul Gonzalez

November 11, 2020
13 mins to read

“Gonzalez has the uncanny ability to combine heart-breaking and horrific situations to create tales equally emotional and eerie.” Michael Paul Gonzalez is the author of the novels Angel Falls (Perfect Edge, 2013) and Miss Massacre’s Guide to Murder and Vengeance (Thunderdome Press, second edition, 2018) and the creator of the gripping serial horror audio …

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Book Review: Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner

November 4, 2020
6 mins to read

“Through a combination of many years teaching and many more writing in the genre he loves, Tim Waggoner has created a unique writing manual that stands head and shoulders above other creative reference books.” In the near-twenty years that his writing has been in print, Tim Waggoner has published close to fifty novels and …

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Book Review: Roth-Steyr by Simon Bestwick

October 28, 2020
6 mins to read

“The combination of exciting premise and a strong cast of characters—especially our heroine—makes for an exciting, well-paced and thoroughly fantastic read.” With six novels, two novellas and six collections under his belt, Simon Bestwick has been steadily producing fiction of great quality and is, according to Ramsey Campbell, “one of the most accomplished and …

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Book Review: Underworld Dreams by Daniel Braum

October 21, 2020
8 mins to read

“Reading these stories, it’s readily apparent that Braum is a writer of singular talent.” In these wildly uncertain times, the creative arts can be a great comfort. And, despite surface appearances, horror and the weird can often be the greatest comfort of all. Dark fiction allows us to explore, from positions of comfort, uncomfortable …