Book Reviews

Children of the Dark By: Jonathan Janz Sinister Grin Press 398 Pages Will is your typical teenager struggling to overcome the obstacles into young adulthood. With an impoverished lifestyle at the hands of a negligent, addict of a single mother, a dependent little sister, bullying adversaries at school and a crush on one of the bully’s girlfriend it seems as …

This has been a great year for specialty books. For awhile, we were inundated with several zombies “best of” releases, and then shortly after several “vampire” “best of” editions to the point where I never wanted to read another vampire book again. So of course it gave me great pleasure to receive a brand new release from Insight Editions that …

In The Graveyard Antemortem By: Stephen Stromp Kindle Press 340 Pages Lisa Jacobs has endured far more than any girl should have to go through at the age of seventeen. Coming home one day she finds her father has been slain in the grisliest of fashion. On top of coping with such a dreadful tragedy she learns she’s been forced …

Locked away incarcerated below 1000 feet of ice held in a remote dark-black-box container, The government holds the biggest secret ever kept from man….the devil. It was this film-like introduction of the man, his accomplishments, and his life of inflicting chaos and death upon his associates that pulled me into this cleverly narrated novel. Author Thaxson Patterson II, is a …

The Prince of the Earth By Mike Robinson Curiosity Quills Publishing 183 Pages Quincy’s life has been turned upside down. Although she’s suffered from anxiety in the past it seems as though her very grip on reality is coming apart at the seams. Memories eclipse fantasy, events shadow circumstance and even family members may or may not have ever existed. …

The Art of the Strain Author Robert Abele Hardcover: 156 pages Publisher: Insight Editions (June 28, 2016) Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.9 x 10 inches The Strain is a horror drama appearing on FX created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The show which is now entering its 3rd season offers an adventure-fantasy epic that centers on vampires. Though …

Sideshow Collectables……… what can I say, I’m jealous. This book acts like a virtual brochure to one of the most interesting looking places to work for. I will say up to reviewing this book, I was not as familiar with the company itself. Although I went thru a phase where I collected alot of Spawn Figures, I was not as …

Tobin’s Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition Erik Burnham | Dr. Ray Stantz | Dr. Egon Spengler | Kyle Hotz Format: Hardbound Categories: Film / Television, Humor / Gift. Published on: 6/14/2016 Pages: 96 Trim Size: 6.5 x 9 Right on the arrival of a Ghostbuster’s reboot, debuts a fictional book Ghostbuster fans must now be more than familiar with. John …

Mr. Nasty By Leo Darke Samhain Publishing 198 Pages Tommy Wallace is a supporting extra struggling to make ends meet within the British film industry. With an estranged wife and unresolved past, Tommy has plenty to cope with until a director’s command of Cut! Has never been more profound. A full-fledged blood bath has unleashed on the sets of Tommy’s …

Canines versus Zombies! It is time to find out what role canines play in the zombie apocalypse. “The Canine Zombie Chronicles” collects twenty first hand accounts of the Marcorem Carne Plague from the viewpoint of man’s best friend. Today’s book review is quite an offbeat take on the zombie genre. You got to give props to writers who approach things …

“Twisted Reunion” is a collective of short stories published by Vincere Press and written by Mark Tullius (also featuring some fine illustrations introducing various stories). The stories here were collected from the periods of 2003 to 2008 previously published under numerous magazines and anthologies. I counted around 29 sections of stories totaling in at 284 pages, which is quite alot …

Those 3 words that seem to re-surface time and time again should be plenty well familiar to us by now. It seems that as long as we are forced to stay in the dark on UFO reports and strange sightings that suggest otherwise, it is the voice of authors and publishers that continue to present the evidence and stories usually …

DEADWORLD: FROZEN OVER MINI SERIES 1-4 (COMIC) Writer: Mike Raicht Artists: Federico Dallocchio, Rafael Ortiz Letters: Nate Pride, Bernie Lee Covers: Dalibor Talajic, Sebastian Camagajevac Editor: Joe Pruett Publisher: Desperado Publishing Publication Date: 2007-2010 Format: Full Color – 24 Price: $3.99 “With the streets of New York still snowed in, our survivors attempt to find a way out of the …

THE ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR ZOMBIE – ISSUE#1 (COMIC) Author Mackenzie Meredith Artist: Erik Thompson Script & Letters: Brian Meredith Pre-Press: James Taylor Pages: 16 Price: $2.50 From: Rorschach Entertainment and Micro Brew Comics Publication Date: 2008 Format: 16 pages Price: $2.50 A new all-ages series! In this first issue, Doctor Archibald Zombie takes his faithful assistant Marigold Murray camping, in …

THE ZOMBIE HANDBOOK: AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO ZOMBIES AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO AVOID THEM From the collector series of Barron’s books comes a new entry “The Zombie Handbook: An Essential Guide to Zombies and, More Importantly, How to Avoid Them “written by the prolific expert in monster mythology, Bob Curran. Zombies have become a part of our culture in …