Book Reviews

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 …

11:11 THE TIME PROMPT PHENOMENON: THE MEANING BEHIND MYSTERIOUS SIGNS, SEQUENCES, AND SYNCHRONICITIES (PAPERBACK) by Marie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman Published by New Page Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 255 pages Price: $15.99 11:11 What is the significance that demands a whole book, numerous web sites, mathematical studies, metaphysical reports and all sorts of phenomena associated with …

The Forbidden is one of the stand-out tales from Barker’s acclaimed Books of Blood series: a genre-redefining collection that prompted the horror high-priest Stephen King to proclaim breathlessly that ‘Clive Barker is so good I am almost literally tongue-tied.’ (For any horror fan not to have read these gory, otherworldly fables is a like a church-goer eschewing the New Testament.) It’s …

Gypsy Blood By Jeff Gunhus Seven Guns Press 286 Pages Corbin Stewart is an author that has looked directly into the eyes of adversity and realized the greatest fear of any writer. He’s submerged deep into the fray of writer’s block. Having already received a handsome advance from his publishing company and blown through most of it, he retreats to …

ONSLAUGHT: ZOMBIE WAR CHRONICLES BOOK ONE By Damon Novak Dolphin Moon Publishing 337 Pages A global outbreak has spawned in the most precarious of forms, in black rain. Those exposed to the elements find their untimely demise only to rise again among the undead. Cole Baxter, never one to sit back and watch it unfold races against time and all …

ERRANT GODS BLOOD OF ISIR BOOK ONE BY Erik Henry Vick Ratatoskr Publishing 719 Pages A missing wife and son lead former policeman Hank to pursue two otherworldly serial killers into a strange realm of gods and demons. Errant Gods marks the inaugural reading endeavor I’ve undertaken with author Erik Henry Vick at the helm. While my ordinary flavor of …

Love to read? Love to write? Love horror novels? HNN is seeking book reviewers who don’t mind reviewing submitted .pdfs We have a smattering of horror authors looking to get their new releases reviewed. While we do only accept a handful of books to review, we are in need of writers to take on the reading and reviewing of these …

This Dying World Book 2: Abandon All Hope By James Dean 486 Pages Dan continues to struggle and cope within the post apocalyptic world that is void of any faith or prosperity. As the origins of the global outbreak become apparent a very ominous metamorphosis lurks within him threatening to be unleashed at the most unsuspecting of moments. This Dying …

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 …