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Book Review: Fungus of the Heart – Author Jeremy C. Shipp

Posted on 09/01/2012 by Big Daddy Darkness
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FUNGUS OF THE HEART

Jeremy C. Shipp’s new collection of bizarro short stories Fungus of the Heart contains elements of horror, crime noir, and quite often dark fantasy. Mr. Shipp has a very distinguishable style even amongst the growing number of authors writing bizarro fiction. He manages to be descriptive and concise at the same time all while spinning quick moving and engrossing stories. Fungus of the Heart is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Valley of the Dead – Author Kim Paffenroth

Posted on 08/09/2012 by Big Daddy Darkness
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VALLEY OF THE DEAD
Author Kim Paffenroth
Published by: Permuted Press
Publication Date: 2010
Format: Black /White – 258 pages
Price: $14.95

The Divine Comedy by Italian poet Dante Alighieri is, arguably, one of the most studied and celebrated poems of all time. Religious scholars have spent centuries analyzing it for its theological content. Students of literature have sung praises for its prose for just long. On … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Skull Ring – Author Scott Nicholson

Posted on 04/30/2012 by Big Daddy Darkness
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Written by Scott Nicholson
Published by: Ghostwriter Publications/Haunted Computer Books
Publication Date: 2010
Format: Black / White – 328 pages
Price: $14.95

If you like your reading material dark with atmosphere as thick as Appalachian forests and with as many twists and tilts as Appalachian mountain roads then I recommend the Skull Ring by Scott Nicholson. The Skull Ring is horror/thriller of fine caliber that does a great … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eden: Crusade – Author Tony Monchinski

Posted on 07/11/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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Eden: Crusade is the follow up to Tony Monchinski’s first popular Eden novel. It features several important and well known characters (big bad Bear, pregnant Julie, feisty Gwen, movie-loving Mickey, and the once proud and strong Buddy) from the first installment as well as the same flesh hungry hordes of ravenous undead. Like the first it is told in a jumbled up sequence that seems a little disorienting until the entire story … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Among the Living – Author Timothy W. Long

Posted on 07/09/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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AMONG THE LIVING
Written by Timothy W. Long
Published by Library of the Living Dead
Publication Date: 2009
Format: B&W – 252 Pages
Price: $14.95

Among The Living, brought to you from the zombified staff at Library of the Living Dead Press, is the debut novel from Timothy W. Long. Mr. Long lives in Seattle and he uses his town as the setting for the zombie mayhem … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eleven Twenty Three – Author Jason S. Hornsby

Posted on 07/01/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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I read a wide variety of independent fiction. I’m addicted to it. I have stacks and stacks of independent horror, zombie, and bizarro books that could really cause physical harm if they tip over. These books entertain me, they entrance me, they inspire me, and they are my escape. There is one thing that none of them have done yet though. As someone who reads dark and writes even darker, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Zombies and Power Tools – Author Alan Spencer

Posted on 05/25/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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ZOMBIE AND POWER TOOLS

I sit now, typing this review with smug satisfaction curling my lips into a smile. I’ve just finished reading Alan Spencer’s gore streaked zombie novel, Zombies and Power Tools, and I gotta say I’m impressed with his take on the walking dead. Mr. Spencer introduces us to a quiet little town and many of its inhabitants before cheerfully slaughtering damn near everyone. And did I mention the gore? … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Into the Dark – Author Patrick D’Orazio

Posted on 02/20/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness

INTO THE DARK

By Patrick D’Orazio

Into the Dark is Book 2 in author Patrick D’Orazio’s Dark trilogy. It picks up exactly were the terrific first installment ends on a cliff hanger note asserting itself as a worthy sequel right away. The main character, Jeff Blaine, and his small rag tag band of survivors (including a woman from Jeff’s former suburban neighborhood, a man driven by the need to return to his … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Epidemic Victus Cadaver – A Journal – Author Nicholas Berry

Posted on 01/29/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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EPIDEMIC VICTUS CADAVER: A JOURNAL

Written by Nicholas Berry
Published by Lulu.com
Publication Date: 2010
Format: Black /White – 154 pages
Price: $10.50

Zombie stories are everywhere you look now days. Seriously, to the point that the relatively new genre of “Zombie Fiction” is all ready developing it’s own sub-genres. One of the most popular types of zombie stories right now is the blog/diary format. As with any … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Drummer Boy – Author Scott Nicholson

Posted on 01/26/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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DRUMMER BOY

Written by Scott Nicholson
Published by: CreateSpace
Publication Date: 2010
Format: Black /White – 360 pages
Price: $13.95

Drummer Boy, by Scott Nicholson, is a supernatural novel set deep in the North Carolina Mountains. The town of Titusville readies for the annual reenactment of the area’s most famous Civil War battle; Stoneman’s Raid. During the actual battle, years before, a rag tag band of deserters from … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Empire – A Zombie Novel – Author David Dunwoody

Posted on 01/23/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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EMPIRE: A ZOMBIE NOVEL

Written by David Dunwoody
Published by Permuted Press
Publication Date: 2008
Format: B&W – 296 pages
Price: $14.95

For as long as humans have been living we have been dying. If prostitution is called the “original sin” then I make the argument that the undead (in all it’s terrifying forms, from stumbling biting zombies to elegant biting vampires) should be called the “original horror”. … Continue reading →

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Book Revew: Comes the Dark – Author Patrick D’Orazio

Posted on 01/17/2011 by Big Daddy Darkness
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COMES THE DARK

By Patrick D’Orazio

Comes the Dark is the first novel in a planned trilogy from talented zombie author Patrick D’Orazio. Fans of zombie and horror may recognize Mr. D’Oraizio’s unique last name from one of the many critically acclaimed stories he has placed in independent anthologies over the course of the past two years. In that time he has had stories from zombie, horror, bizarro, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Season of Rot – Author Eric S. Brown

Posted on 12/18/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness
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SEASON OF ROT

Written by Eric S. Brown
Published by Permuted Press
Publication Date: 2009
Format: B&W – 262 pages
Price: $14.95

I have always considered myself a thorough person; when I receive a book to review I always read it twice before sitting down at my computer to write the review for it. Well, I’m on my fifth reading of Season of Rot and I had to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Estuary – Author Derek Gunn

Posted on 12/14/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness

THE ESTUARY
Written by Derek Gunn
Published by Permuted Press
Publication Date: 2009
Format: B&W – 280 pages
Price: $14.95

Dublin, Irelands’ Derek Gunn is best known for his Vampire Apocalypse novels of which the third will be released in October. I myself am more a fan of stumbling biting zombies rather than vampires, so I was very excited to see how his first zombie novel would turn out. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Resurrectionist – Author Wrath James White

Posted on 11/27/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness
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THE RESURRECTIONIST
Author Wrath James White
Published by Leisure Books
Publication Date: 2009
Format: Color – 324 pages
Price: $7.99

When I found out that Wrath James White was coming out with another book, I knew I had to pick this one up and give it a read. Having read Succulent Prey, I became a fan of Wrath’s writing. He is considered to be the most sick, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Unabridged, Unabashed and Undead – Author Eric S. Brown

Posted on 11/26/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness
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UNABRIDGED, UNABASHED AND UNDEAD
Written by Eric S. Brown
Published by Library of the Living Dead Press
Publication Date: 2009
Format: B&W – 240 Pages
Price: $14.95

Since I have begun reviewing books for this killer horrornews.net monster I have been exposed to all kinds of killer authors and their wonderfully brutal stories. As I am human I picked my favorites from the stumbling and moaning masses … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Unbound and Other Tales – Author David Dunwoody

Posted on 11/21/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness
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UNBOUND AND OTHER TALES
Author David Dunwoody
Published by Library of Horror Press
Publication Date: 2010
Format: Black /White – 188 pages
Price: $14.95

David Dunwoody is the talented author of one of my favorite zombie novels, Empire. I can honestly say Unbound and Other Tales takes all the things I loved from Empire and spreads them out over a novel and a handful of short stories. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: An Undead Wedding – Author James H. Lucas

Posted on 11/21/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness
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AN UNDEAD WEDDING
Written by James H. Lucas
Published by PublishAmerica
Publication Date: 2009
Format: B&W – 166 Pages
Price: $19.95

An Undead Wedding is a totally unabashed zombie comedy. Now, don’t get me wrong there is piles and piles of gore and violence as is required in zombie fiction. The difference is even the gore and death is there to make you laugh. There is chuckles, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: World War of the Dead – Author Eric S. Brown

Posted on 10/20/2010 by Big Daddy Darkness
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WORLD WAR OF THE DEAD
Written by Eric S. Brown
Published by Coscom Entertainment
Publication Date: 2009
Format: B&W – 144 Pages
Price: $13.99

I first became a fan of Eric Brown’s work while reading Season of Rot. The action was so vivid, the violence so graphic, and the sweet despair almost palatable, how could a horror fiend such as I resist? I enjoyed Season of Rot … Continue reading →

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