Synopsis: Harriet Laurel notices the odour the moment she steps inside Mercy House, brought to the retirement home against her will by her son and his wife. In the early stages of dementia, Harriet has grown to resent her daughter-in-law for not providing grandchildren. Yet as she crosses the threshold, she notices her mind begins […]
Monsters
Review: All Hallows Eve edited by Ellen Datlow
Synopsis: Hugo Award winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of the masters of horror, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year. Featuring stories by Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix and many more. […]
Review: Stinetinglers 5 by R. L. Stine
Synopsis A boy discovers a magical deck of wizard cards… but will they spell chaos for his school talent show? Two siblings believe that the best way to beat their bullies is to become monsters… but what happens when they can’t change back? A boy gets a strange call on his second-hand cell phone… but […]
Review: As The Snow Gathers by Mere Joyce
As the Snow Gathers is what happens when Historical Folk Horror and Eco Horror come together to have a heartbreaking baby named Righteous Fury. It is such an incredibly lyrical and atmospheric read that even reading it in 30° degree heat you’d feel the cold of a snow covered, 1860s, isolated Canadian logging town, seep deep in your bones. The perfect winter read, it is a story that is both incredibly soft and tender, as it is unforgiving and painfully sharp as frozen wind on your face.
Review: The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims
Whether you’re looking for some good contemporary criticism to feel a little vindicated/seen for living through these Interesting Times while trying to pretend like life is normal instead of the insanity we’re all going through. Or whether you’re looking for a claustrophobic, sweltering, anxiety filled train ride that will get under your skin and have you shrinking away from or avoiding street grates and dark alleys, The Burn Line is for you and it will arrive at each station this August 25th via Poisoned Pen Press.
Review: Nightjars by Michael Wehunt
Synopsis Memento meets Dracula in this heart-thudding, unpredictable, and beautifully crafted novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesn’t remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all, from celebrated and critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt. On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through dinner. But before his date walks […]
Review: The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley
Synopsis A savage, hypnotic dive into the lives and deaths of a coven of vampires living in 19th Century Paris on the cusp of revolt and revolution, perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Laura Purcell and Elizabeth Kostova Paris, 1869. The Théâtre Saint-Siméon is the place to be, if you can get in. The black […]
Review: The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims
Synopsis From the dark and twisted mind behind the podcast sensation The Magnus Archives comes a suffocating, socially charged nightmare that reveals how fear festers in the cracks of everyday life… Beneath the streets of London, it hungers… It’s the hottest summer on record and the city is suffering. Prices are high, pay is low. And on […]
Review: Arc Copy of Dust Of The Dead (Tales from the Listening World) by Michael R Fletcher.
Synopsis: DUST OF THE DEAD In the peaceful decades since the Qalil War, Aakifah has gained a few pounds and taken a job as shairf of Basrah. Days from retirement, her plans for a quiet life are shattered when a local family is murdered, their daughters taken by pyumah, a race of ravenous predators. Aakifah […]
Review: Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
Four Past Midnight is a great collection of some King’s spookiest, creepiest, nastiest, and most thrilling horror stories!
Review: The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
Synopsis Tyler Kyle doesn’t believe in monsters. A washed-up thirty-year-old actor and reluctant cryptid investigator, Tyler is used to playing the Scully to his best friend Josh’s Mulder on their stupidly popular YouTube channel. But when Tyler receives previously unseen footage of the B movie bombshell mother who abandoned him eighteen years ago—footage linked to […]
Review: The Ice (The Bound And The Broken # 3.5) by Ryan Cahill.
Synopsis: In Epheria, you are the predators. Here, you are the prey. Almost four hundred years have passed since the fall of The Order. Four hundred years since the empire rose. Four hundred years since the last dragon egg hatched. In the icy wasteland of Valacia, Aeson Virandr searches for the one thing that could […]