Synopsis Mary Catherine has spent her whole life waiting for this moment. For the day that she’d walk down the aisle and marry the most important man she’ll ever know (other than God, of course). Father Osborne has had his eye on Mary Catherine since she was a young girl, and she’s always said that […]
Religious Horror
Review: Evil In Me by Brom
Synopsis: Aspiring musician Ruby Tucker has had enough of her small rural town and dysfunctional family. But a falling out with her best friend and bandmate has killed her dreams of escaping and making it big in the Atlanta punk scene. While helping her eccentric neighbor organize his religious artifacts, an ancient ring clamps down […]
Review: The Night Church by Whitley Strieber
Synopsis: Two congregations worship at the Holy Spirit Church. By day Catholics kneel at the altar of the tiny chapel in Kew Gardens, Queens. But at night the rafters echo with Satan’s music. Feared by the Vatican and as old as Christianity itself, a terrifying alternate religion has flourished in the darkness for two millennia, […]
Review: Deliver Me by Elle Nash
Synopsis: At a meatpacking facility in the Missouri Ozarks, Dee-Dee and her co-workers kill and butcher 40,000 chickens in a single shift. The work is repetitive and brutal, with each stab and cut a punishment to her hands and joints, but Dee-Dee’s more concerned with what is happening inside her body. After a series of […]
Review: Antenora Dori Lumpkin
Synopsis: Antenora: Dante’s ninth circle of hell reserved for traitors to their country. What really happened to Nora Willet? The religious community of Bethel, Alabama can’t agree on the truth. They always said she was trouble. Later, they said she was possessed. Maybe she lost her mind, killing three people and injuring many others. In […]
Review: American Rapture by C.J. Leede
Synopsis: A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin. Review: […]
Review: Revival by Stephen King
Synopsis: In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a […]
Review: Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Synopsis Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary’s Baby and the urban horror of Salem’s Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building. Best Adult Books 2023―New York Public LibaryNPR Books We Love 2023Best Horror of 2023―Esquire, Den of GeekBest Horror of 2023 (Honorable Mention)―Paste […]
Review: Father of Lies by Steve Stred
Synopsis: Beginning in October, 2019, Steve Stred released three of the darkest, most depraved novellas – Ritual, COMMUNION, and Sacrament (**Nominated for a 2022 Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella!**). These three novellas completed the ‘Father of Lies’ trilogy, telling the story of a disturbed man trying to open the cosmic gates and enter the Black Heavens to […]
Review: The Lonesome Crown (The Five Warrior Angels trilogy #3) by Brian Lee Durfee
Synopsis A sweeping epic fantasy weaving both destiny and ancient magic in this masterful final novel in the beloved Five Warrior Angels trilogy from Brian Lee Durfee. In the age of belief, magic is a myth. But when an apocalyptic crusade comes to the remote border of Gul Kana, that belief is shattered as is […]
Review: When the Devil by Emma E. Murray
Synopsis “This sapphic, Southern tale of love, murder and liberation [is] addictive, satisfying, and an all-around must-read.” -George Dunn, FanFiAddict In When the Devil, Libby finds salvation in a new sapphic partner, homebrewed poison, and facing a God she no longer believes in. “In When the Devil, Murray’s lips curl back to reveal fangs. With sharp and southern […]
Review: When the Devil by Emma E. Murray
Synopsis In When the Devil, Libby finds salvation in a new sapphic partner, homebrewed poison, and facing a God she no longer believes in. Review When I finished Emma E. Murray’s novelette, When the Devil, my first thought was that it was a kind of demonic version of the classic novel, Fried Green Tomatoes, and […]