Book Reviews

DEAD HUNGER Flex Sheridan receives an eerie phone call of unusual proportion. His sister, Jamie Leighton reaches out and quickly unveils the plague that has consumed her. She complains of an infernal, insatiable hunger. Even her husband or two daughters Jesse and Trina couldn’t subdue her carnal behavior. The call is abruptly concluded to disturbing, blood curdling screams. Distraught, he …

Released in 2018 from the publishers “SelfMadeHero, we have an impressive volume totaling over 512 pages of pure Lovecraft-ian intrigue. Yes, author and artist I.N.J. Culbard has placed his heart and soul into this one with a huge collective of illustrative works that cover 4 HP Lovercraft stories. Those featured here include: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” “The Case of …

Journalstone’s 2011 Warped Words – 90 Minutes to Live “There’s a time to live and a time to die When it’s time to meet the maker There’s a time to live, but isn’t it strange As soon as you’re born you’re dying” Bruce Dickinson-Iron Maiden Clairvoyant 1988 A true milestone for any budding author is to pen a tale that …

How to Zombie Walk: A Guide to the Zombie Event Author: Eric Hahn With the current zombie craze in full swing, it’s inevitable that someone other than novelists would soon start taking advantage, and what Eric Hahn did was nothing short of genius. For the last five years, he has held an annual Zombie Walk in Omaha, a highly coordinated, …

SHIFTING FEARS By: Eric A. Shelman Dolphin Moon Publishing 298 Pages Luke is a mild mannered auto mechanic with passions in life for the simple things. He loves his family, his girlfriend Terri, his business and his borderline obsession with restoring his 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special. Working on it since childhood he pours blood, sweat and tears into his …

Shatnerquest – by Jeff Burk Eraserhead Press, 2013 When a Magic: The Gathering tournament at Baltimore’s SuperCoolCon is interrupted by the beginning of the end of the world, Gary, Janice, Benny, and Benny’s cat Squishy find themselves on a mission, to boldly go where no cosplay group has gone before. To do what any self-respecting fan should do, given the …

NIGHTMARE BALLAD By: Benjamin Kane Ethridge JournalStone Publishing 260 Pages When part time swim instructor Luke Rhodes witnesses the inconceivable, a drowning within his pool, his life slowly becomes unravelled. Haunted by the chords and melodies of a vague recollection in song, he becomes possessed in unravelling its meaning. Cognitive snippets of recollection burst within his memory as the body …

DARKBOUND By: Michaelbrent Collings 287 Pages A group of unsuspecting passengers are trapped along a commuter train seemingly chartered toward the very depths of hell. Will the diverse mixture of individuals realize their common bond and rise against adversity posed before them or will they ultimately succumb to the evil that lurks in the shadows around them? Darkbound marks the …

This book looks at a variety of “Desert Terror” films (movies that take place in the American Southwest) such as The Hitcher, Trip with the Teacher, The Hills Have Eyes, Fleshburn, Tremors, and many, many more. In addition to being a very talented filmmaker, Brad Sykes also shows us that he is one hell of an author as well with …

Dead Indian Wars By Clark Casey 207 Pages Damnation is a realm not quite hell, certainly not heaven and eerily reminiscent of purgatory. Each the residents arrive with a sense of being disoriented, filled with questions and uncertainty. Many of the new arrivals congregate around the local saloon called The Foggy Dew. When adversity arises one gunshot is all it …

Texas Schlock: B-Movie Sci-Fi & Horror From the Lonestar State By Bret McCormick LECR Press 250 Pages “Who are these men and what have they done to cause their names to live forever in infamy? They created some of the most outrageous science fiction and horror flicks ever seen by drive-in theater patrons, home video renters or online streaming viewers. …

UNSPEAKABLE –  A NEW BREED OF TERROR Publisher: Blood Bound Books, January 2011 247pgs, $14.95 Until now, these were the creatures that only crawled through the darkest corners of your mind. The ones you refused to name for fear they’d become real. And now, thanks to this book, they are. Unspeakable is twenty four stories filled with things that should …

The Reserve By Jordon Greene Franklin/Kerr Press 203 Pages Cooper is just your regular, average guy doing his best to get over a recent break up and move on with his life. Taking a trip to New York to visit his brother Nick seems to be just the thing for a little unwinding and reflection. Not long after arriving his …

NURSERY RHYMES 4 DEAD CHILDREN by Lee Thompson Delirium Books In the hills of Pennsylvania, phantoms from the past mingle with those of the present, all swirling in a dark maelstrom over Division. Haunted by the part he played in his brother Mark’s death, John McDonnell takes a midnight hike and stumbles across four dead girls upon the forest floor. …

Our Frail Disordered Lives By Mary M. Schmidt Lulu Publishing 202 Pages Roach and Scorch are two rival demons vying to acquire as many souls for all of damnation. Yet even the business of condemning seems more jaded and tainted somehow. As the two demons attempt to find their unholy place, a mortal enters the fray that significantly changes the …