Book Reviews

Shimmers: Echoes From Another Dimension By JF Goulding 402 Pages Synopsis: Detective Mick Murphy has reached countless stalemates and dead ends upon his recent investigations. A chance encounter with an unorthodox sibling tandem of Oscar and Casey forever alters his path of solving crime. Together, the trio devise to manifest and conjure their inner spiritual gumshoe and forever change how …

Book Review: Jeff Belanger- Wicked Strange: Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities & Urban Legends from New England. Photography By: Frank Grace

CHILD OF DARK WATER By E.G. Rand Castle Bridge Media 92 Pages The sleepy lakeside town of Ridgeway is about as ordinary as Mayberry and Americana as The Star-Spangled Banner and apple pie. When a disturbing an ominous presence becomes known in the murky depths, people begin disappearing without a trace. Officer Goodwin of the rural police force is determined …

Filthy Appetites David Young Spider Web Press An imprint of Silkworm Books 328 pages When an ancient paranormal entity, or Krause escapes imprisonment to wreak havoc upon the citizens of Thailand, there is seemingly no one or nothing can stop her. Mickey McCormack, a washed-up child celebrity and host of a ghost hunter television show may be the very key …

Inanimate Things Vol. 2 Edited By Stephen Rhoades Burial Books 244 Pages A collection of short stories with a central theme of embodied evil in objects accentuating sheer terror. 1-Forever House-By Jason Fischer: A decorative Halloween house has a more sinister structure than what lies beyond the four walls. 2-Picture of The Maniac-By John Adam Gosham: A husband is haunted …

Blood Night By Jonathan Daniel 337 Pages Morgan, a young, tormented woman returns to her hometown to face her demons. As a maniacal serial killer is on the loose, she may very well never see the light of day in her journey of retribution and making amends. Will she slay her in demons or succumb to the carnage within Blood …

Nest of ‘Em By Spun Counterguy 471 Pages A collection of twisted and macabre tales to satiate the appetite of readers from every social class. 1-It Feels Us Watching: A dark and sinister entity lurks with beneath a town crawlspace. Its ghastly intent of a magnitude the locals could never fathom. 2-The Caowl Contraption: A single puritan mother joins unlikely …

BACKWATERS By Lee Rozelle Montag Press 324 Pages “Dare swim these waters? Welcome to Tallapoochee, a Southern backwater plagued by an experimental toxin that’s turning townsfolk into genetically modified freaks. Follow a puzzling trail of atrocities committed by an enigmatic river cult. Delve into thrilling tales of body horror, bizarro and the weird. Read the unthinkable testimonies of the living …

So Close (2023) Book by Sylvia Day It is not a scientific fact but I will swear that it is after my recent experience. A person can get a mental concussion just from the sheer, blunt trauma power from something they view on television or read electronically or in print. Certainly it has happened to me as I completed reviewing …

Insomnia By Kelly Covic Smashwords Publishing 58 Pages A collection of ethereal and macabre short stories to ponder- what could have been the thing that went bump in the night? SILENT SIGHS: A young couple visits a haunted house when an unanticipated melee unleashes. THE ATTIC: A young teenager realizes moving into a new house with a fresh start does …

Burrows of Blood and Shadow By Rebekah L. Webb 246 Pages “The Dream Surfer has no past or memory and can only experience life through the dreams and memories of others. He is stuck in a world of doors and windows leading to quiet lives, where pain and tragedy flow like the inevitable path of gentle streams.” * Burrows of …

Return of the Living Elves By Brian Asman Mutated Media 156 Pages “All I want for Christmas is…..a gift for my girlfriend…?” Tommy has just started a new job within a Christmas supply warehouse and has an epiphany. He’s completely forgotten to not only check his list twice but make a list at all where gifts and his girlfriend are …

Symposium of the Reaper By Andrew Adams 151 Pages A collection of thirteen dark, macabre tales to tantalize terror and spine-tingling tension for readers from all levels of society. Symposium of the Reapers marks the inaugural stroll through the valley of darkness taken with author Andrew Adams. The vivid imagery and astounding descriptions found within this collection places the reader …

CONFESSIONS OF A PUPPETMASTER Author: Charles Band with Adam Felber Publisher: William Morrow

LIAR: MEMOIR OF A HAUNTING By: E.F. Schraeder Omnium Gatherum Publishing 187 Pages When young couple Alex and Rainey strive for a new beginning in a sleepy hollow town, all their dreams have come true. While there is initial reluctance, buying a rustic, fixer upper of a home seems to be the calling the binds the two even deeper. Not …