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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 …

The Dark Side Issue 191 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing THEY WON’T STAY DEAD: FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, screams the front cover to The Dark Side issue 191, and what a fifty years it’s been! George A Romero’s indie masterpiece changed cinema forever, thanks to its casting, its plot, its terrifying atmosphere and downbeat ending, spawning …

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 …

The Dark Side Issue 189 Editor: Allan Bryce Ghoulish Publishing It says something about the quality of the Dark Side’s content when, despite the 80s horror extravaganza within this issue, I instead went for the report on the first ever Dark Fest, a Dark Side event in London which sounds so much fun that I’m tempted to head to 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 (http://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 …