Book Reviews

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 …

The Suicide Society By: William Brennan Knight KWB Enterprises 450 Pages Zach Randall is a complacent, self absorbed accountant that is all but given up on life. In darker times he’s succumbed to his depression with attempts to take his own life. His most recent failed acquisition into the abyss unveils something profound. Randall discovers he has visions or premonitions …

The Influence By Ramsey Campbell Flame Tree Press 229 Pages The Faraday’s aren’t entirely unlike any other contemporary family. They have their fare share of trials and tribulations as we all do. Three generations reside within the household while the eldest, Queenie lay upon her deathbed. After she meets her inevitable demise. One of her final wishes was to be …

Slash By Hunter Shea Flame Tree Press 279 Pages Ashley King is just like any other American gal. Loved by her family, loads of friends and always the life of the party. She’s even engaged to be married by her adoring fiancé Todd. It seemed as though she was on top of the world. So why was her lifeless body …

Jurassic War By John W. Dennehy Severed Press 218 Pages After the U.S. Marines deploy special operations during World War II in the Pacific Theater, they soon realize their most formidable opponent in combat is not the Japanese infantrymen. Irresistible force meets the immovable object as dinosaurs lurk around every turn, threatening to wipe out mankind to the brink of …

Subcutanean By Aaron A. Reed 232 Pages When college roommates and best friends Ryan and Niko discover a hidden passage within their off-campus home, they realize the hidden room is merely the entrance to a much darker, infinite labyrinth. Will their curiosity unveil the secret to everything they desire, or will the tandem be forever imprisoned in their own living …

Author and music enthusiast, Jim Magus is a true music fan (if not apparent from this written achievement). More so (and better yet for us) Jim Magus loves horror music! So much, that he has dedicated his time to a 407 page book that covers it all. I’m not kidding ! I am not aware of any human being who …

Stay Alive is an adult style, horror action graphic novel from the gang at Markosia. Coming in at over 100 pages this mature read is just what horror movie fans are looking for. I say this as it tends to take on the direction of films like “Running Man”, “Gamer” and other modern action pieces that center themselves on a …