Book Reviews

Cthulu Blues By Douglas Wynne JournalStone Publishing 232 Pages Becca Philips is a tormented soul. Struggling with a burden of regular nightmares, her subconscious is beckoning something beyond this world. Her one and only true ally Jason of the SPECTRA paranormal investigation team may be her only semblance in her sanity. The two’s reunion is more sinister than either of …

Knuckle Balled By Drew Stepek Blood Bound Books 241 Pages When an unsavory vampire by the name of RJ Reynolds is chosen to ensure the haven of a child cancer survivor named Paulina, he grapples with his own sense of morals. Riddled with tons of twists, turns and the gutter dwellers of society, Knuckle Balled is an expose of the …

Dawn in Damnation By Clark Casey Lyrical Press 181 Pages “Welcome to Damnation where every living soul is as dead as a door nail, except one.” The quotation directly derived from the novella’s opener says it all. Somewhere beyond the parameters of human comprehension lies a realm where the dead go. Not exactly hell, certainly not heaven the inhabitants are …

Peel Back The Skin Grey Matter Press 333 Pages Mystic By Jonathan Maberry: A PI with ability to communicate with the dead vows to settle the scales of justice. The Protector By Tim Lebbon: A young boy struggles to cope with his alcoholic, abusive father. Moth Frenzy By Lucy Taylor: A young woman searches for her missing sister in the …

Sleep Paralysis By Patrick Lacey Great Old Ones Publishing 227 Pages A collection of eighteen short stories with a common thread of what lurks in your subconscious at our most vulnerable times. Worm Garden: Josh and Charlie, two paranormal investigators will stop at nothing to capture the oddities of Worm Garden, even if it comes between them. Operation Parasite: Manny’s …

The Night Marchers And Other Strange Tales By Daniel Braum Grey Matter Press 288 Pages A collection of eleven short stories with a common theme of the dark, disturbed and deviant psychological nature of the average person, vying to cope in a world gone mad. Music of The Spheres: A band’s obsession with a song has ominous consequences on those …

Following the success and cult following of Artist Steve McGinnis range of horror art (www.steveillustration.com/), he continues the macabre madness with the follow up to the 2016 graphic novel Rise of the Harvester: Book One. In book one, we are introduced to young boy sitting on a farm with evil just under the skin. We see the growth and development …

When I was several months shy of turning nine years of age, a television trailer for Dario Argento’s Suspiria sent me running to my bedroom in a mad dash of fright, fueling a nightmare that I have had at least twice since then. Eight years later when I became a horror film genre fan, my introduction to the World of …

The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies (Dark Heart of Cinema) Series: Dark Heart of Cinema (Book 2) Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: FAB Press (October 15, 2017) By Michael Gingold (Author), Frank Henenlotter (Foreword) It seems about this time every year a new horror treat finds its way to my desk offering all sorts of horror genre classifications and information. This …

The Goldmine Lodge is a picturesque retreat nestled deep in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Perfect for a conference of revered religious leaders to get away from it all and discuss the beliefs and ideals they are so passionate about. Little did they know that an evil lurks in the shadows, stalking them, biding its time. A hellish storm is coming …

Body Art By Kristopher Triana Blood Bound Books 236 Pages Toby and Jessica may not be everyone’s idea of the perfect couple. Yet their chemistry is Body Art infectious and they seem inseparable. At times it seemed like nothing would come between them. Then Jessica’s insatiable appetite succumbed to the realm of XXX. A neighbouring porn producer named Rutger spots …

The Haunted Halls By Glenn Rolfe Matt Shaw Publications 242 Pages The Bruton Inn is site to the most horrific of tragedies between two feral girls rebelling against society. Now more than thirty years later the staff and guests at the ordinarily quaint yet rustic hotel are hapless prey to the supernatural forces that lurk within the shadows and four …

Emma’s Rose By Eric A. Shelman Dolphin Moon Publications 355 Pages Arthur Wells is just your ordinary everyday loving family man with a vision. Albeit a wealthy tycoon that travels every corner of the world at a whim, just a man with the American dream. With an eclectic taste for exhilarating adventure Mr. Wells finds himself with family in tow …

Countless (no pun intended of course) books have no doubt been written about the career of the late Sir Christopher Lee, the actor arguably best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula and his appearance in scores of science fiction, fantasy and horror films. I was introduced to Sir Christopher’s work when I was five and caught several scenes of …

The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; Ill edition (September 1, 2017) It’s a only a few times a year that a horror genre book comes out that is so stunning, it becomes a must-own right out of the gate. Sure, we get alot if books that focus on the …