Joe Mynhardt, Shallow Waters Vol.1 review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh Crystal Lake Publishing has this cool perk for its Patreon subscribers, for just $5 a month you can read and vote on their monthly Flash Fiction Read more [...]
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It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, Edited by Eugene Johnson and Joe Mynhardt
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh What, you ask? Another writing book? Yes, it is, but it is also much more than that. This book notches up the advice/tips to another level. You Read more [...]
Fantastic Tales Of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets review, Tim Waggoner, Mercedes Yardley, Kevin J Anderson…
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh So what happens when you get a bunch of Fantastic authors writing Fantastic stories about some Fantastic characters/events that most of you are Read more [...]
Dan Weatherer, The Dead Stage review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh “The Dead Stage – the period of time between completing the working draft of a stage play and placing it with an interested party.” – Dan Read more [...]
Tommy B Smith, The Mourner’s Cradle review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh The Mourner’s Cradle: A Widow’s Journey by Tommy B Smith has been touted as a story regarding grief, I found it as one about finding validation Read more [...]
Kenneth W Cain, A Season in Hell review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh Kenneth W Cain’s A Season in Hell is a powerful read, there are lessons to be learned. You know, when you pick up a horror book it usually Read more [...]
Aaron Dries, House of Sighs review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh “This award-winning, psychological experience is back in print, and includes the exclusive sequel The Sound of his Bones Breaking, a novella Read more [...]
C.H.U.D. Lives!: A Tribute Anthology review, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Waggoner, Mort Castle…
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh YIKES!! Who hasn’t seen the 1984 flick, C.H.U.D.?? This is one of those cheesy fun flicks that is great to revisit every now and again. Well, Read more [...]
Gene O’Neill, Frozen Shadows and Other Chilling Stories review
Written by Paula Limbaugh Frozen Shadows and other Chilling Stories is a fantastic collection of stories. The book opens with the novella, Frozen Shadows and then follows Read more [...]
William Meikle, The Ghost Club: Newly Found Tales of Victorian Terror review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh Oh my, what an ambitious undertaking this was! Those of you who have an appreciation of the Victorian stories of yesteryear are in for a treat. Read more [...]
Where Nightmares Come From review, Edited by Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh Wow! Crystal Lake Publishing has been on a roll this year, so many new releases and this one, I believe is the most highly anticipated! Where Read more [...]
Jasper Bark, Quiet Places: A Novella of Cosmic Folk Horror review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh Jasper Bark’s Quiet Places continues on with the Qu’rm Saddic Heresy series. Like the previous books in the series (Run to Ground, The Final Read more [...]
Todd Keisling, Ugly Little Things review
Reviewed by Paula Limbaugh A few years back Todd would end his emails with this line, “My name is Todd Keisling and I write about horrible things.” I don’t know if he Read more [...]
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities, and Undefinable Wonders review, Edited by Doug Murano (Gaiman, Barker, Kirk, Morton, Campbell….)
Written by Paula Limbaugh I was absolutely gutted when I read the last anthology Doug Murano was involved in and now I am left in utter bedazzlement upon finishing this Read more [...]
Paul F. Olson, Whispered Echoes review
Written by Paula Limbaugh Whispered Echoes is an eclectic collection of short stories and a novella (written especially for this collection) from Paul F. Olson. Most of these Read more [...]
Alessandro Manzetti, No Mercy review
Written by Paula Limbaugh No Mercy is what you’ll find here. Alessandro Manzetti assaults us with his verses and fills us with the music of his words. There is no escape, Read more [...]
William Meikle, Armand Rosamilia, Bracken MacLeod… Twice Upon an Apocalypse: Lovecraftian Fairy Tales review
Written by Paula Limbaugh I’ve always been one for fairy tales, so when I saw that Crystal Lake Publishing was putting together a collection of Lovecraftian tales based on Read more [...]
Darren Speegle, The Third Twin review
Written by Paula Limbaugh Darren Speegle’s The Third Twin is an exquisitely done sensory delight. A nightmarish tale with waking dreams within. Speegle’s descriptive Read more [...]
Kenneth W Cain, Embers review
Written by Paula Limbaugh A dark collection indeed! Kenneth Cain has put together quite a collection of short stories for your reading pleasure. In Embers, the tales are Read more [...]
J.S. Breukelaar, Aletheia: A Supernatural Thriller review
Written by Paula Limbaugh Deep below the island, something monstrous lies waiting for Thettie, and it knows her name. The remote lake town of Little Ridge has a memory Read more [...]
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