Author Archives: John Rizo

Interview: Lia Scott Price

lia-scott-price

JR: First off, I have to say that I am honored to be interviewing you. I’ve read your work: The Guardian, Revenant and Dominion and to be brutally honest I thought your stories were really amazing, terrifying, disturbing, grotesque and awesome. So now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, onto the interview.

I just wanted to say thank you too, John, for reading my work and for all your support and it is… More

Leave a comment

Comic Review: TerrorKlowns – Issue 2

TerrorKlowns

TERRORKLOWNS Issue 2

Come one, come all. Welcome to your worse nightmare. A while back I did a review for a fellow comic book writer who loves all things horror. He wrote a series that was a long time coming. First he had a vision, this vision featured every kid’s worse nightmare: Clowns. Those painted faced bastards that love making our lives a living hell with their smiling faces and their bright red noses. Their… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: TerrorKlowns – The Dark Stories – Author Jarrod L. Dodson

TERRORKLOWNS: THE DARK STORIES

So here we are again. Another review. This time it is for an anthology titled Terrorklowns: The Dark Stories. What can I say about this? The book is badass. The stories themselves are more than entertaining. Not just fucked up in a good way, but really good. Jarrod L. Dodson wrote each story featured within this one-shot. It shows how passionate he is about the genre. The artwork is disturbing. Anything… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Like Porno For Psychos – Author Wrath James White

Like-Pornos-fore-Psychos-Wrath-James

Welcome to another book review. Today we will be talking about porn, porn for psychos. Whoever could conceive of such a clever title? Wrath James White, that’s who. The guy has a natural talent for hardcore horror and sex, graphic sex. Not just a quick sentence or two, but paragraphs of detailed sex scenes. I have to say that I thought I’d read it all, but this, this tops all the usual horror novels that… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Population Zero – Author Wrath James White

populationzero

Population Zero

One man, one goal. One’s own demented method of stopping the overpopulation of earth by sterilization. This novella, short but sick as hell in a good way, was an entertaining read. The story was fast paced and disturbingly brutal as hell. Wrath James White has a knack for freaking out his readers, in the end leaving them craving for more.

Wrath’s tale of demented obsession with trying to save the earth… More

Leave a comment

Comic Review: Hatchet /Slash

hack_annual_2011

There was a movie I’ve seen called Hatchet, it was an homage to the horror movies of the eighties. In 2005 came a comic book sensation called Hack/Slash. A series devoted to all of those bad 80’s movies we grew up watching. The times where VHS movies were a big deal, how we would con our parents into letting us watch those slasher movies as they rented them for us. Hack/Slash is a series where… More

1 Comment

Book Review: Slaughterhouse High – Author Robert Devereaux

slaughterhouse_high

Bizarro fiction is an interesting idea if you think about it. Especially if you’ve finished reading Slaughterhouse High written by Robert Devereaux, who has a talent in the bizarre factor. The novel is in every word gory, disgusting, revolting and any other good word used to describe how entertaining this story was. I enjoyed it for its creativeness and brutality. The characters were likable. The kills were creative. This is the type of novel that… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: The Guardian, Revenant and Dominion – Author Lia Scott Price

The-Guardian-Revenant-Dominion

The Guardian, Revenant and Dominion

Darkness is what drives them. I never thought I would be saying that about Angels, the ones in Lia Scott Price’s Serial Killer and Vampire Guardian Angels. The tome which I have read contains three stories: The Guardian, Revenant and Dominion. Lia has done something unique and fresh with her stories.

While the vampire phenomenon suffered a fatal blow with the tragedy of Twilight, true vampire fans have felt betrayed… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Cut Corners – Author Ramsey Campbell, Bentley Little, Ray Garton

cut-corners-book

A new publisher has been introduced. One that specializes in what we all secretly love and dread: HORROR! The name of this publisher you may ask? They’re called Sinister Grin Press. A well suited name for a publishing house that delivers the good in horror fiction.

I have finished reading an anthology which consists of three stories. They were written by well known writers whose work we come to love and cherish. You may recognize… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Cosmic Forces – Author Greg Lamberson

cosmicforces-lamberson

Cosmic Forces – Author Greg Lamberson

Heaven and Hell. A private eye who’s had enough with supernatural phenomena. This is the third volume in Gregory Lamberson’s Jake Helman Files series and boy was this one hell of a read! Having read Gregory’s previous novels, I knew what I was in store for with the third volume of his supernatural horror private eye series. Gregory manages to take a turn and pay a certain homage to… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Desperate Souls – Author Gregory Lamberson

Once again, Gregory Lamberson has written a page turner. Desperate Souls is a unique book that delves into supernatural thrills and chills and war against drug lords. I don’t want to spoil the story for those who are reading this review, but if you have read Gregory’s previous novels, you’ll have a pretty good idea what is in store. This is perhaps one of the most original stories about supernatural events that I have ever… More

Leave a comment

Comic Review: TerrorKlowns – Issue 1

TERRORKLOWNS Issue 1

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the circus…there comes a time where not enough good horror comics and novels and any other related entertainment is not out there. Well, from the twisted mind of one individual who has promised to bring us something extraordinary, he did just that. What started as a Vlog on YouTube turned into something unexpected and exciting. The author is Jarrod L. Dodson.… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Horror Library Vol 4 – Editor R. J. Cavender

HORROR LIBRARY  VOL 4

It’s that time again. Another review from me, what may I present to thee? Glad you asked. Horror Library Volume 4! The latest installment to the Horror Library series. The stories contained are far more scarier and downright disgusting. Normal people can’t read this, they don’t have the stomachs to, or are more of wimps. No one truly understands the written creations that have been contributed to this series. So onto… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Apeshit – Author Carlton Mellick

APESHIT

The title says it all. Apeshit! A book written by the master of Bizarro Fiction, Carlton Mellick. This is the author’s little homage to the 70’s and 80’s slasher in the woods type story. We all know the formula a little too intimately. A group of horny teenagers go into the woods and one by one they get hacked up by some deranged lunatic who has a fondness of well, hacking people up.… More

Leave a comment

Book Review: Horror Library Vol 3 – Edited by R.J. Cavender

HORROR-LIBRARY VOLUME 3

Seated in the dark confines of my bedroom which serves as my office space, I’ve just finished reading Horror-Library Volume 3. The third installment of the Horror-Library series edited by R.J. Cavender. This time around, the thirty twisted and disturbing tales written by the minds of people who are just as ordinary as we are…or are they? From the very beginning to the end, it was all tense and frightening. The first… More

Leave a comment