Books

FOREVER MAN By: Brian W. Matthews JournalStone Publishing The quaint town of Kinsey, Michigan has been overthrown to chaos as a young boy is found mutilated in the local woods after a high school dance. His date remains missing. After Police Chief Izzy Morris has been dispatched to the scene she realizes the very real terror no parent should have …

THE PUMPKIN MAN by John Everson (Delirium Books – June 2011) After her father’s gruesome murder, Jenn needed a place to get away from it all with some friends, to take her mind off her grief. The empty seaside cottage she inherited seemed perfect. Jenn didn’t know that the cottage held arcane secrets, mysteries long hidden and best left alone. …

J-HORROR: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE RING, THE GRUDGE AND BEYOND (PAPERBACK) Author David Kalat Published by Vertical Publication Date: 2007 Format: B&W – 320 pages Price: $14.95 At long last an Asian horror book written for the consumers. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of great Asians horror books on the market. However most of them are pretty …

MIDNIGHT’S ANGELS by Tony Richards (Dark Regions Press) It may look like a perfectly ordinary New England town, a little larger than most. But Raine’s Landing, Massachusetts, holds some very dark secrets. The real witches of Salem fled here just before the Trials of 1692, and the place has been full of magic — the good and the bad kind …

Financial Sorcery – Author Jason Miller Magical Strategies to Create Real and Lasting Wealth When I had heard that a new book was to be released with the title of “Financial Sorcery”, I was more than intrigued. The book proposed to answer a few questions I had on my mind for many years. One of which is…. if witches and …

ICARUS RISING Published by: Black Rose Writing publication date: 2011 February length: 520pgs price: $20.95 In Nostraterra, the wars between the allied races of Elves, Men and Dwarves have ended; the Dark Lord Magnar has been overthrown. The Great Peace is suddenly shattered when Alfrahil, Crown Prince of Eldora is nearly assassinated. The King suspects his younger son Daerahil’s lust …

HORROR LIBRARY VOLUME 2 Here we are, what are the words that would describe the atrocities contained within this tome? How am I able to describe the horror written by authors whom readers of horror fiction will be learning about in the future? Horror Library Volume 2 is a follow up of short horror stories written by authors who know …

The newest issue of Morpheus Tales arrived in my mail box last week. Once I opened the envelope and saw the cover art I had a feeling I was in for something special. I wasn’t wrong. Morpheus Tales #11 is a great collection of short fiction and artwork. Out of the ten stories there was only one that I really …

Once again, Gregory Lamberson has written a page turner. Desperate Souls is a unique book that delves into supernatural thrills and chills and war against drug lords. I don’t want to spoil the story for those who are reading this review, but if you have read Gregory’s previous novels, you’ll have a pretty good idea what is in store. This …

The best horror often lurks unseen. Shying away from the bright lights, and the big budgets, and the household names, it sits quietly in the shadows, waiting to spring out and wrap its greasy tentacles around your windpipe. You may not have heard of One Buck Horror. And it’s not hard to guess how much this short anthology will set …

From the depths of night, the thing creeps along the ocean of imagination, pulling itself with talons jagged from too much murder. Hunger fuels the hunt as it searches for the light. Its hiss drowned out by the rock and roll music that thunders from man-sized speakers. A Human throng sways to the primal rhythms. Here and there are the …

Fangoria Magazine – Issue 305 Welcome a new addition to our regularly reviewed magazines, but certainly not new to horror fans…..Fangoria. As the world of horror changes and grows, there has been one constant bringing us month to month reports on things that go bump in the night. That constant though has changed faces a few times, which leads me …

This Darkness Light By Michaelbrent Collings 479 Pages When a man wakes up in the hospital with no recollection of how he’d gotten there he soon realizes his past is just as elusive as to the reasoning he’s there. Carnage and mayhem quickly ensue as a killer for hire is relentless to terminate the John Doe. A nurse swiftly intervenes …

The Harker Legacy Author: Teel James Glenn (she) snarled and slapped the Texan across the face. “You have no idea what true evil is, Mister Howard, but I assure you, tonight you will. Unfortunately you will not have very much time afterward to contemplate your discovery. Not very much time at all.” The Harker Legacy is the newest offering from …

This Dying World: The End Begins                           By James Dean 384 Pages Daniel Foster is your average ordinary, everyday type of guy. Husband, father and brother with a razor sharp wit, he copes with the mundane the life brings forth with sarcastic exuberance. Everything isn’t perfect but it’s perfect enough in the Foster household. Until one morning he awakens to find …