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Review: The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock

May 19, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer […]

Filed Under: Coming of age, Fear For All, Gothic, Grief, Psychological, Religious Horror, Reviews, Serial Killers Tagged With: Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All The Time, Vintage books

Review: The Butcher’s Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett by David Demchuk and Corrine Leigh Clark

May 14, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: London, 1887: At the abandoned apartment of a missing young woman, a dossier of evidence is collected, ordered chronologically, and sent to the Chief Inspector of the London Metropolitan Police. It contains a frightening correspondence between an inquisitive journalist, Miss Emily Gibson, and the woman Gibson thinks may be the infamous Mrs. Lovett—Sweeney Todd’s […]

Filed Under: Body Horror, Coming of age, Fear For All, Historical Horror, Horror Romance, Revenge Story, Reviews, Serial Killers Tagged With: Corrine Leigh Clark, David Demchuk, Soho, The Butcher's Daughter, The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett, Titan Books

Review: To Those Willing To Drown by Mark Matthews

May 13, 2025 by Michael Hicks Leave a Comment

Synopsis: To save her daughter’s soul, a grieving mother must battle a sinister pastor who feeds off the cremains of the dead and haunts a lake community. “This is goddamn wonderful. It’s both beautiful and horrible.”—Julie Hutchings, author of The Harpy“A beautiful, seismic novel.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes When […]

Filed Under: Body Horror, Fear For All, Folk, Ghosts, Grief, Reviews, Serial Killers, Supernatural Tagged With: Book Review, Horror, Self Published

Review: The Lamb by Lucy Rose

May 12, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Margot and Mama have lived by the forest ever since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. People who have strayed too far from the road. Mama loves the strays. She feeds […]

Filed Under: Coming of age, Fear For All, Folk, Reviews, Serial Killers Tagged With: Hachette, Lucy Rose, The Lamb, W&N, Weidenfeld and Nicolson

REVIEW: Senseless by Ronald Malfi

April 15, 2025 by Seanchalant Leave a Comment

SYNOPSIS What do you see…? When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the detective assigned to the case can’t deny the similarities between this murder and one that occurred a year prior. Media outlets are quick to surmise this is the work of […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Police procedural, Reviews, Serial Killers, Vampires Tagged With: Book Review, Crime, murder mystery, Ronald Malfi, Senseless, Titan Books, Vampires

Review: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

March 30, 2025 by Josh Hanson Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater. […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Folk, Ghosts, Grief, Historical Horror, Psychological, Reviews, Serial Killers

Review: Violent Faculties by Charlene Elsby

February 11, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Violent Faculties follows a philosophy professor influenced by Sade and Bataille. She is ejected by university administrators aiming to impose business strategies in the interest of profit over knowledge. She designs a series of experiments to demonstrate the value of philosophy as a discipline, not because of its potential for financial benefit, but because of […]

Filed Under: Body Horror, Extreme, Fear For All, Reviews, Serial Killers, Weird Tagged With: Charlene Elsby, Clash, Clash Books, Violent Faculties

Review: Senseless by Ronald Malfi

January 28, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: What do you see…? When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the detective assigned to the case can’t deny the similarities between this murder and one that occurred a year prior. Media outlets are quick to surmise this is the work of […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Police procedural, Reviews, Serial Killers, Vampires Tagged With: Ronald Malfi, Senseless, Titan Books

Review: Victorian Psycho by Virgina Feito

January 16, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess―she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Gothic, Psychological, Reviews, Serial Killers Tagged With: 4th Estate, harper collins, Liveright, Liveright books, Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito

Review: The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein

January 7, 2025 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: There’s something wrong in Renfield County. It’s in the water, the soil, the wood. But worst of all, it’s in the minds of the residents, slowly driving them mad. When Lawrence Renfield massacred his family and drew The Giant in his farmhouse with their blood, no one imagined the repercussions. At the very least, […]

Filed Under: Anthology, Bizarro, Creature Feature, Fear For All, Grief, Monsters, Paranormal, Psychological, Reviews, Serial Killers, Weird Tagged With: Edenville, Renfield County, Sam Rebelein, The Poorly Made, The Poorly Made and Other Things, Titan, Titan Books, William Morrow

Review: Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying (Killer VHS Series # 5) by Brian McAuley

December 12, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis She’s making a list… and chopping it twice! After surviving the horrors of Christmas Eve at the Thornton house, Austin, Mateo and Fiona head to the Church of Nodland to get some confessions from Pastor Wendell and his congregation. Little do they know that Candy Cain is coming to town to wish one and […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Novella, Religious Horror, Revenge Story, Reviews, Serial Killers, Slasher Tagged With: #BrianMcAuley, #CandyCainKillsAgain, #Christmas, #ShortwaveMedia, #TheSecondSlaying

Review: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

December 11, 2024 by Josh Hanson Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess―she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Gothic, Historical Horror, Psychological, Reviews, Serial Killers

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