Book Reviews

Dark Country By Monique Snyman Vesuvian Books 294 Pages Published May 17, 2022 “Too often people mistake monsters for gods.” Esme Snyder is an occult crime expert conjured to investigate the latest spree of killings within the South African city of Pretoria. Spiralling deeper and deeper within the abyss of a cat and mouse game with the macabre slayer, she …

Under Worlds, After Lives By Dan Fields 180 Pages A collection of ten short stories containing the dark, sinister, eerie, and macabre, from Do Not Resuscitate to Old Man Winter and everything and anything imaginable in between. I’ll be the first to go on record that I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of Under Worlds, After Lives at first. …

The Ragged By Brett Schumacher 172 Pages Upon the passing of his grandfather Corvus, Andrew and his wife Celeste attend his funeral while chartering along the inevitable journey of grievance. Not long after returning to the locale of his upbringing Andrew learns the farmhouse in which he was raised was left to the couple in Corvus’s will. Sorting through the …

Evil Eye: A Slasher Story By: April A. Taylor Midnight Grasshopper Books 178 Pages St. George Island, Florida is the perfect, sleepy getaway for virtually any and all walks of life. That is of course until everyone is forced to evacuate with a hurricane in sight with enough vengeance to obliterate all within its path. Six strangers are trapped on …

Vice vs Vampyres: An Original Feature Radio Play By Brad Havens Mountainfire Media A group of dirty cops look to redeem their previous slate by taking down a white slavery ring. Only catch, is their captives are being coveted by a group of insatiable vampires. I’m never ceased to be amazed at the assignments that are delivered unto me by …

Scott Christian Carr has balls. Big, hairy, hyper-inflated balls that he doesn't mind showing off at every opportunity. Anyone who is willing to throw the attack on the Twin Towers and baby tentacle-rape at the reader in the friggin prologue has to. He doesn't hold back anything and the effect is tremendous. By 7 pages in, you know that nothing and noone is safe from this man and his horrific dreams where laughter is mixed with blood-tainted vomit.

Dial M for Mutants By Mat Thorne Terlion Books 236 Pages “The Midnight Extra isn’t much of a tabloid, but that’s never really bothered Buck Vincent. He’s not much of a reporter. And in a paper notorious for Elvis sightings and celebrity sex gossip, Buck’s Can You Believe It?! section feels right at home. For twenty-nine years, he’s dreamt up …

She Rises at Night By Jae El Foster DCL Publications 477 Pages Bob and Karen are an estranged couple searching for any path towards reconciliation. One final gesture towards a new beginning is a move across the sea to a farm in the UK. The fresh start and new locale could prove to have catastrophic results. A decrepit constitution with …

Tombstone Teeth and Other Horrors By E.G. Rand 50 Pages A collection of four short stories under the genre of contemporary horror and not so conventional fears. Since the pandemic had unleashed upon our society in early 2020, we have all been prompted to make some radical changes. Whether these changes are temporary, extreme, or perpetual could vary as much …

To Dust You Shall Return By Fred Venturini Turner Publishing Company 364 Pages There is something dreadfully amiss about the sleepy town of Harlow. Each of the residents have an allegiance to the leader border lining unholy or unearthly proportions. Their leader, simply known as The Mayor seemingly has the population under his sinister spell. Curtis Quinn, a man with …

A Disgusting Supermarket of Death By James Harberson III

BRIAR HILL By Jerry Bradshaw Onyx Books 116 Pages Sam is your just another ordinary, everyday university student trying to get by and fit in. One of his few vicarious escapes is his attraction to the local librarian. As his desire increases so does the body count within the sleepy hollow of Briar Hill. Is there a correlation to the …

Ghostbusters, the iconic movie of 1984, is one that has left impact upon generation after generation. Considered a staple film for its time, Ghostbusters was a movie that combined comedy, horror, and fantasy in a perfect way uniting us with its stellar characters (and the cast that played them). Never slowing its pace as a much loved favorite that has …

We live in a world of extremes now, especially when it comes to our entertainment options. I myself am certainly guilty of pushing the limits and I can offer up plenty of examples over the past few decades that will justify my artistic right to do so, but the question that needs to be addressed is, is it always necessary …

The Whisper Killer By Rod Little 402 Pages A young man named Ben, billed the Baby-Faced Killer is on the run from the FBI. While constantly on the run, looking over his shoulder and trusting no one, he finds refugee in the small town of Wolf’s Hollow. His serendipitous stay may turn out to be critical for each of the …