Drake Morgan

Gary William Crawford and Bruce Boston ‘Notes from the Shadow City’ Review

May 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Modern poetry is a very challenging animal. In the post-modernist wake, form, style, and function have been tossed to the wind in favor of a less Read more [...]

Karen Dionne ‘Freezing Point’ Review

May 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan With climate change comes infinite possibilities for horror. We are creating a real-life nightmare across the globe as extreme weather conditions Read more [...]

Joe McKinney and Michael McCarty ‘Lost Girl of the Lake’ Review

May 20, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan Lost Girl of the Lake is a coming-of-age novella set in Texas in the early 1960s. Mark is the son of a wealthy Texan and his summer of country club Read more [...]

Linda Addison and Stephen M. Wilson ‘Dark Duet’ Illustrated by Jill Bauman Review

May 12, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan In the introduction to Dark Duets, we are reminded that a duet is not only two in accompaniment, but also a conflict “engaged in an attempt to Read more [...]

Tracy L. Carbone ‘The Collection and Other Dark Tales’ Review

May 9, 2013 // 2 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Tracy Carbone’s new release is a short story collection. There are eighteen tales included here. While definitely horror, Carbone digs past the Read more [...]

Nathan Robinson ‘Starers’ Review

April 17, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan Nathan Robinson’s debut novel Starers begins with an interesting premise. The Keene family is your classic dysfunctional crew that many of us can Read more [...]

A Comparison Review ‘The Historian’ by Elizabeth Kostova and ‘Verland: The Transformation’ by B.E. Scully

April 17, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan I’ve been reading a great deal on vampires lately. Fiction and non-fiction have crossed my desk, including a debut novel from B.E. Scully called Read more [...]

Robert Dunbar ‘Willy’ Review

April 14, 2013 // 4 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan I have an obsessive passion for books. My friends know this and supply my need. That does mean however, that I have so many books on my computer that Read more [...]

John Grover ‘Creatures and Crypts’ Review

April 12, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan John Grover’s Creatures and Crypts is a book to sink your teeth into on a dark night. There are twenty stories featured here and they run the Read more [...]

Michael K. Rose ‘The Human Body’ Review

April 10, 2013 // 0 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan This is a free short story (well, that promo just ended, but it’s still awfully cheap and well worth a look) from author Michael K. Rose. The Read more [...]

Marge Simon and Sandy DeLuca ‘Vampires, Zombies, and Wanton Souls’ Review

April 10, 2013 // 3 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Poetry is a challenge even to the most literary of reader. Its brevity makes each word a vital part of the whole. There is no room for waste. Dark or Read more [...]

Brad Hodson ‘Darling’ Review

April 10, 2013 // 2 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Hodson’s debut novel, Darling, is billed as ghost story. It definitely has the creepy setting. Raynham Place has a dark past. The grounds began as Read more [...]

Rick Hautala ‘Glimpses’ Review

April 4, 2013 // 2 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Glimpses is a collection of short stories from the late horror master Rick Hautala. These stories have all appeared in other publications, but like Read more [...]

‘Here Be Monsters: An Anthology of Monster Tales’ Review

March 28, 2013 // 0 Comments

Written b: Drake Morgan Here Be Monsters: An Anthology of Monster Tales is an eclectic collection of stories using the classic monster trope, but not in the traditional Read more [...]

John Vamvas ‘Wherewolves’ Review

March 26, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan Let me begin by saying this novel is based on a screenplay. That does come back to haunt the novel. A group of high school students head into the Read more [...]

Kaiya Hart ‘Getting Thin’ Review

March 19, 2013 // 1 Comment

Written by: Drake Morgan Ghost stories are making a comeback and I’m glad to see it. They are often heavier on the suspense and creepiness rather than the gore and Read more [...]

Dan DeWitt ‘Underneath: Short Tales of Horror and the Supernatural’ Review

March 14, 2013 // 8 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Like anthologies, short story collections are a strange animal. Unlike novels, the reader only gets a slice of a story before moving on. Short Read more [...]

Lillian Irwin ‘Ghost Trio’ Review

March 7, 2013 // 2 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan Castles, ghosts, lost love, and pain are all staples of the classic Gothic story of the 1800s. Ghost Trio from Lillian Irwin has all of these Read more [...]

Anthology ‘Evil Jester Digest, Volume Two’ Review

March 3, 2013 // 2 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan In my opinion, independent press anthologies are a wonderful read. They offer a wide range of authors, many of whom you may not be familiar with or Read more [...]

Alexandra Sokoloff ‘The Unseen’ Review

February 21, 2013 // 4 Comments

Written by: Drake Morgan The Unseen by Alexandra Sokoloff isn’t your traditional horror novel. It’s a supernatural thriller and it’s definitely a book for any fan of Read more [...]