Scott Shoyer ‘Horror in the Clouds’ Review
Written by: Sheldon Woodbury With his Outbreak trilogy, Scott Shoyer has already shown he can take what’s familiar, in this case zombies, and bring it howling back from the Read more [...]
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Adam Nevill – Before you Wake: Three Horrors
You’ve never read Adam Nevill? Take a giant step into the fog Later in 2017 Adam Nevill releases his second full collection of short stories “Hasty for the Dark” Read more [...]
Scott Shoyer Delivers ‘Horror in the Clouds’
Scott Shoyer is winning zombie fans over on a regular basis, and he’s looking to continue building his legacy of terrifying fiction with his latest release, Horror in Read more [...]
Mary SanGiovanni ‘Savage Woods’ Review
“Savage Woods” is the latest novel by Bram Stoker Award nominated author Mary SanGiovanni who has a wide ranging back-catalogue as both a novelist and short story Read more [...]
‘Haunted Nights’ Edited by Ellen Datlow and Lisa Morton (Review)
Blumhouse and Anchor have crafted a collection of Halloween themed stories that shock, inspire a few guffaws and twist up familiar tropes in inventive and engaging ways. The Read more [...]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is Back in Print
If you’re one of us Generation Xers, this news is certainly going to tickle your fancy: Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy is Read more [...]
Michael Patrick Hicks ‘Mass Hysteria’ Review
When I started reading “Mass Hysteria” by Michael Patrick Hicks initially I had a sinking feeling abandonment would arrive after twenty or thirty pages, when you have as Read more [...]
Counterculture Horror Novel ‘Secrets of the Weird’ Examines Taboos of Modern Society
The older I get the more I tend to let my mind travel far from the beaten path. I find the strange, mysterious and especially taboo material to be extremely magnetic, which Read more [...]
Gruesome Magazine’s Spring 2017 Issue is Now Available!
Looking for the kind of horror magazine that still stimulates the senses? Looking for a fresh mag, with something to prove and major effort invested as a result? Look into Read more [...]
Casting a Critical Eye Over the Shirley Jackson Award Shortlist
Written by: Tony Jones I always look forward to the annual short list for the highly prestigious Shirley Jackson Award. When I scan every new list, as a lifelong horror fan Read more [...]
Nicolas Otero ‘Who Killed Kurt Cobain?: The Story of Boddah’ Review
Talk about a stunning work of emotionally exhausting greatness, Nicolas Otero’s Who Killed Kurt Cobain? forces readers through an elegant yet challenging gamut. The Read more [...]
Anthony Hains ‘Sweet Aswang’ Review
Written by: Wesley Thomas A young boy who craves adventure. An uncle who is more than happy to encourage this personality trait. But will adventure lead him further into a Read more [...]
Josh Malerman ‘Black Mad Wheel’ Review
Written by: Tony Jones “When is a sound more than a sound? When it has the power to make you cut your own ears off….” More than a few readers of weird fiction were Read more [...]
Mark Verheiden, Mark A. Nelson ‘Aliens: Outbreak’ Review
Dark Horse Comics, Mark Verheiden and Mark A. Nelson delivered one of the greatest Aliens stories ever crafted. The story, unlike so many recent Alien tales we see, serves as Read more [...]
Monkeybrain Comics Prove Capable of Competing with the Big Dogs and ‘Behemoth Vol. 1’ Proves it (Review)
Theresa isn’t your typical girl, and everyone reading this surprisingly sprawling story knows there’s a lot to this character. Don’t think you’ve got her figured out, Read more [...]
Martin Hayes, Chris Askham ‘Abominable Glory’ Review
A plane goes down in the Himalayas after being surprised by a brutal storm. Early details inform us that the crew that went down were extracting a spy of some sort. That spy, Read more [...]
Joe Hill Wins a Locus Award for ‘The Fireman’; Paul Tremblay Grabs a Nom and Tor Tears it Up!
The Locus Award winners were announced over the weekend, and there are some extremely talented genre writers that were rightfully acknowledged with nominations, and in the Read more [...]
P.J. Thorndyke ‘Curse of the Blood Fiends’ Review
Film noir and Universal monsters. Those are two things that tickle me top to bottom. It’s probably easy to understand why I was insistent on reserving enough time to read Read more [...]
Ronald Malfi ‘Bone White’ Review
Written by: Tony Jones A brother’s desperate search for his missing twin leads him to a remote Alaskan town Ronald Malfi’s latest novel “Bone White” is an absolute Read more [...]
Thom Burgess and Barney Bodoano ‘The Eyrie’ Review
It’s never easy to explore and discuss details of a shorter tale. Writer Thom Burgess and artist Barney Bodoano have delivered a new tale for lover of the macabre, but at Read more [...]
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