Book Reviews

SPARROW ROCK Author Nate Kenyon Published by: Leisure Books Publication Date: 2010 Format: Black / White – 322 pages Price: $7.99 In a short period of time, Nate Kenyon has quickly become one of the most respected writers in the field of horror fiction today. What makes Kenyon’s novels stand out from the horror fiction pack is his writing style. …

SEASON OF ROT Written by Eric S. Brown Published by Permuted Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 262 pages Price: $14.95 I have always considered myself a thorough person; when I receive a book to review I always read it twice before sitting down at my computer to write the review for it. Well, I’m on my fifth reading …

RHINEHOTH Author Brian E. Niskala Published by CreateSpace Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 178 pages Price: $9.99 Werewolves and vampires are the gruesome monsters of some of our favorite scary stories but in Brian E. Niskala’s Rhinehoth they are even more spontaneous and creepy. Rhinehoth is aptly titled for it’s the name of the prison where our main …

THE FOURTH BLACK BOOK OF HORROR Author Charles Black Published by Mortbury Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 232 pages Price: $15.00 “People Who liked horror were f*ckwits. He’d lived with horror all his life. Real Horror. Well, tonight he’d spread it around.” -”All Hallow’s Even” In the interest of total honesty and with full respect to the fine …

THE BOOK OF LEGION – ISSUE#1 (COMIC) Author Ryan Mojica, Freebird Hayes, Reverend Thomas Thorn Pencils: Ryan Mojica, James Helkowski Colors: Michelle Kruse, Ryan Mojica Letters: Michelle Kruse Publisher: Legion Studios Publication Date: 2007 Format: Full Color – 48 pages Price: $3.95 The Book of Legion #1 is anthology book unlike any I had ever read before. Within these pages …

It Came From Del Rio, Part 1 of the Bunnyhead Chronicles Texas is a state built for stories. It is wide and flat and hard. You can stand in a pasture and see in any direction for miles and miles and you know that you are alone and anything can happen. Texas is a state that promises heat and dirt …

THE ASYLUM OF HORRORS (PERFECT PAPERBACK) Written / Artwork by Frank Forte by Frank Forte (Editor, Illustrator), Szymon Kudranski (Illustrator), Robert S. Rhine (Author), Marcin Ponomarew (Illustrator), Aaron Rintoul (Illustrator), Riste Sekuloski (Illustrator), Nenad Gucunja (Illustrator), David Paleo (Illustrator), Billy George (Illustrator), Kevin Colden (Illustrator) Published by Asylum Press Publication Date: 2008 Format: Color – 96 pages Price: $4.95 Now …

THE GOLDEN LABYRINTH: THE UNIQUE FILMS OF GUILLERMO DEL TORO (PAPERBACK) by Steve Earles Published by Noir Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: color – 192 pages Price: $29.96 If you’ve been paying attention in the past few years you of course have heard the name Guillermo Del Toro becoming a main stay in the film industry. Much like Peter Jackson, …

THE ESTUARY Written by Derek Gunn Published by Permuted Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 280 pages Price: $14.95 Dublin, Irelands’ Derek Gunn is best known for his Vampire Apocalypse novels of which the third will be released in October. I myself am more a fan of stumbling biting zombies rather than vampires, so I was very excited to …

THE APOCALYPSE SHIFT Author Derek J. Goodman Published by Library of Horror Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W- 272 pages Price: $15.95 It is exceedingly difficult to blend horror and humor together in a way that appeases fans of both. The genres themselves are starkly different, catering to two completely separate tastes that often don’t mix well together at all. …

SPELLBENT (PAPERBACK) Written by Lucy Snyder Published by Del Rey Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black & White – 97 pages Price: $7.99 I imagined the people below sitting on their front porches, enjoying the evening breeze, sipping sweet lemonade or perhaps frothy cold beer. And then they’d look up to see a woman with a flame arm flying through the …

Sheep and Wolves By Jeremy C. Shipp Published by Raw Dog Screaming Press Cover design by Jennifer Barnes Book design by M. Garrow Bourke 164 Pages How often does a book give you the creeps or the willies? How often do you find yourself at a loss for words after reading story after story? “Sheep And Wolves” takes my words …

THE GREAT ALASKAN ADVENTURE…WITH ZOMBIES Author J. Kevin Burchfield Published by CreateSpace Publication Date: 2010 Format: Black /White – 138 pages Price: $9.95 There are so many books about zombies out there right now that it is nearly impossible to keep up with all of them. Some feature fast zombies that run like track stars. Some have zombies that slowly …

THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING (PAPERBACK) Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray Art by John Higgins Published by Harper Paperbacks Publication Date: 2007 Format: Color – 112 pages Price: $17.99 Most likely you have seen the films, past and present. With those you have come to know the horrifying details of families who go astray and get stranded …

THE GOLEM Author Edward Lee Published by Leisure Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: color – 323 pages Price: $7.99 As a reader of intense horror fiction I look for the very best that will have that one of a kind impact to gross me out, which is rare to do. If there’s an author out there that’s capable of grossing …