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“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality” —”Bohemian Rhapsody”, Queen *(I will explain this video link at the of the review) Rob Bliss caught my radar last year when I saw the cover for The Pig Bros (still on my wish list), so when I […]
Horror
Mage of the Hellmouth (Reviewed by Richard Martin)
Satanic Panic Meets Clerks! When somebody finally gets around to writing a top ten list of must-read stoner horror-comedies about demonic tabletop games then Mage of the Hellmouth is surely destined to top that list! Jake and Max are best buds, both working a dead-end job making ‘dietary-restriction-friendly’ ice cream on a production line. The […]
The Vine That Ate The Starlet (Reviewed by Richard Martin)
The Great Gatsby Meets The Day of the Triffids Madeleine Swann’s horror-tinged period noir, The Vine That Ate The Starlet is a fun, likeable romp through a fictional 1920s New York, where the good times and social lives of the population of plucky reporters, wannabe movie stars and shady businessmen are hampered by a plague […]
Trampled Crown (Reviewed by Richard Martin)
In the 10th book in Unnerving’s prolific Rewind or Die series, Kirby Kellogg takes us back to the 1990s with a story of a high school homecoming that the students of Canary Lane High School won’t soon forget. Valerie is a math teacher at the high school, well-liked by her students and respected by her […]
Crossroads (Reviewed by Richard Martin)
Crossroads was my first experience reading Laurel Hightower’s work and, in 126 pages of gut-wrenching prose, she has marked herself firmly as a must-read author for me going forward. Chris is a mother in grieving. Her son, Trey, died violently in a tragic car accident almost two years ago and, since then, her loss has […]
Touch the Night (Reviewed by Mort Stone)
There are some huge booby traps when it comes to coming-of-age-horror stories. How easy is it to make your characters do something beyond their age, or show some kind of wisdom or mental maturity which takes away the childhood ínnocence they are supposed to have? Personally, my biggest pet peeve of this genre is when […]
Candy Coated Madness (Reviewed by Mort Stone)
Strand, Strand, Strand…what it must be like to have a look around in that messed up head of yours! From killer songs to nutty nuts, from tomatoes to a really, really messed up fetish—and the incredible lengths to hide it, from parental instincts to going insane, from lawyers to being in denial…and don’t forgot the […]
The Worm and His Kings (Reviewed by Richard Martin)
“We sing the song that pierces the Universe and bring the world to its knees” An unholy melding of Books of Blood era Clive Barker and the cosmic terrors of H.P. Lovecraft, with a style and vision all her own, Hailey Piper’s The Worm and His Kings is a nightmarish novella that will linger with […]
Bludgeon Tools (Reviewed by Mort Stone)
While I am not a huge fan of anthologies, there are enough of the big names in this one to give it a go. Some of the stories are great, most are very good and only two left me disappointed. Overall a very entertaining read for splatterpunk fans There are two stories I have to […]
Seeing Things (Reviewed by Richard Martin)
The Sixth Sense Meets Carrie Sonora Taylor’s latest novel puts a new spin on the Coming-of-Age horror sub-genre with a mix of family drama, murder mystery and full-on horror. Abby is a thirteen-year-old girl with a seemingly normal life, with a loving family and good friends. This normality is short-lived, however, as she begins to […]
