Angel Down is a disorientating book, unapologetically so, and it’s a masterful, skilfully crafted, beautifully destructive novel, delightful to experience in a way that drains you but satisfies your inner desire to pursue perfect art.
Horror
Author Chat: Simon Kewin
Simon is an award-winning fantasy and sci/fi writer with over a hundred published short stories to his name (with appearances in Analog, Nature and many others). He’s the author of the Cloven Land fantasy trilogy, cyberpunk sci/fi thriller The Genehunter and the “steampunk Gormenghast” Engn Saga. He’s signed to the mighty Elsewhen Press for the […]
Review: Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman [audiobook]
Synopsis The body of Glenn Partridge’s 15-year-old son was discovered in a vacant lot nearly forty years ago. The police are still no closer to finding the murderer decades later. Glenn refuses to let the memory of his son fade—or let anyone else within this small working-class community forget. His long-suffering wife signs him up […]
REVIEW: My Ex, The Antichrist by Craig DiLouie
SYNOPSIS 1998: Lily Lawlor and Drake Morgan form a punk band. Drake inspires faith in some. Fear in others. Lily is a believer. 2010: At the height of her stardom, Lily walks into a police station and confesses to a murder. Now: The band has refused to talk to the press about their riotous past, […]
Review: DuMort by Michelle Tang
Synopsis Mrs. Mina Braithwaite has never quite fit into Mydalla’s polite society. Her features are so different from the other noblewomen, more like the city’s foreign workers, and she chafes at all the rules. Then there’s the furious entity that has followed her for years, crawling from shadows to hurt her and staining every memory […]
Review: Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley
Synopsis It’s a Midsommar night’s Scream in this thriller set at a remote tech-free healing retreat from author Brian McAuley. Hannah has been running from her demons ever since the death of her fiance. No one really knows what happened the day Ben died, and she’d like to keep it that way. She’s definitely not going to admit to […]
Review: The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts
Synopsis: This psychological thriller follows a family to their Appalachian farmhouse, where they encounter an unimaginable horror. In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hills of West Virginia. Along with his wife and teenage daughter, the family uproots their lives in Ohio and moves south. They […]
Review: Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon
Synopsis When Jodi, BB and Matt decide to burgle a derelict country home as a thrilling dare, they become embroiled in a twisted legacy of supernatural terror. There are rumours of a bizarre curse hanging over the hoard of antiques and jewellery within the house. And unbeknownst to the others, one member of the trio […]
Review: The Massacre at Yellow Hill (That Light Sublime #1) by C.S. Humble
The Massacre at Yellow Hill is the kind of thrilling, action-packed, character focused story that I would love to write myself one day!
Review: Old Too Soon by Brian Bowyer
Synopsis: When Kadence’s father dies, she begins hearing voices in her head. Soon thereafter, she discovers alcohol, which silences the voices, and Kadence becomes an alcoholic. To finance her addiction, she turns to a life of crime. Then she meets Arianne, the girl of her dreams. After she gets locked up, Arianne breaks up with […]
Review: We Like It Cherry by Jacy Morris
Glacier-dn’t have gone there Synopsis Ezra Montbanc is burned out. The reality series he hosts—immersing himself into the cultures and celebrations of Indigenous tribes—borders on pure exploitation and has been relegated to tax write-off status by the network; this was not the prestigious journalism career he had long envisioned. Everything changes when Ezra receives an […]
Review: A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper
Synopsis: Euphoria meets Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke in this latest novel by the Bram Stoker Award–winning author Hailey Piper, following a couple whose search to spice up their sex life leads them down a path of madness. A kink-fixated couple, Carmen and Blanca, have been in a rut. That is until Blanca discovers the […]