Synopsis In The Door in the Field, a construction worker’s bad day becomes a far worse night when drinks at an off-the-books bar send him down an unforeseeably bloody path.In The Boy in the Woods, something evil has infected the counselors at a summer camp, and a young boy will have to do anything he can to […]
Reissue Revolution: A Comprehensive Guide to Stephen Graham Jones Day 2024
October 1, 2024 marks a very, very important for fans of Stephen Graham Jones’s work. If you’ve ever tried to hunt down a copy of It Came From Del Rio or Three Miles Past, you know that not only are these books out of print and a bit elusive, but they are incredibly valuable. Fret […]
Review: Evil in Me by Brom
Synopsis Evil in Me is bestselling author Brom’s newest novel of possession, damnation, and rock-n-roll where one woman must get the world singing in order to save her soul. This devilish tale includes nearly two dozen of Brom’s immersive paintings and brilliant endpapers Aspiring musician Ruby Tucker has had enough of her small rural town […]
Review: A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez
Synopsis A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all those […]
Review: The Devil By Name (Fever House #2) by Keith Rosson
Synopsis No one expected the apocalypse would be broadcast via phone call. But in this chilling sequel to Fever House, anyone who managed to survive that doomsday call has a harrowing answer to the question, “Where were you when the Message came through?” Five years after the event that drove most of the global population to madness, […]
Author Interview: Rachel Harrison
Welcome back friends! I have the pleasure of sharing my interview with Rachel Harrison, author of titles such as Such Sharp Teeth, Black Sheep, Cackle, The Return, and very soon, So Thirsty. Releasing this upcoming Tuesday (Sept. 10), So Thirsty is a novel that absolutely rocked my world, not just for how entertaining Rachel’s writing […]
Review: Sarafina by Philip Fracassi
Synopsis During one of the most violent battles of the Civil War, three brothers fighting for the Confederate army decide to go AWOL and make their way home, willing to risk execution rather than be killed in a losing war. After several exhausting weeks of rough terrain, the brothers find a miracle deep in the […]
Review: Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
Synopsis In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on her own search for self-discovery and true love. Her name was written in the pages of someone else’s story: Lucy Westenra was one of Dracula’s first victims. But her death was only the beginning. Lucy rose from […]
Author Interview: Emily C. Hughes
Happy Friday Weenies and Horror Nerds alike! If you haven’t heard by now, Emily C. Hughes (queen of the horror book lists that keep my literary life organized) has written a STELLAR nonfiction book titled, Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch. This book was such […]
Review: Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy
Synopsis From the author of MARY and NESTLINGS…A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by an unseen assailant, caught between the horrors on the other side of the door and the horrors rapidly skittering down the walls inside. Review The biggest thanks to Shortwave for […]
Author Interview: Tanya Pell
Today, I have the lovely pleasure of sharing my chat with Tanya Pell, author of Cicada, the latest installment in Shortwave Publishing’s Killer VHS Series. An HWA member, her short fiction can be found in MOTHER KNOWS BEST, OBSOLESCENCE, Shortwave Magazine, and Well, This is Tense. We discuss her stories in addition to many other […]
Review: Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
Synopsis The Menu meets Ready of Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom. Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn’t want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine. When he invites her to his family’s big Easter reunion at […]