Ed Kurtz’s The Rib From Which I Remake the World is, in a word, awesome! OK, so it takes its time to get going, but even so there was never a feeling of ‘come on, get on with it.’ The… Read More ›
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Book Review – Secrets of the Weird by Chad Stroup
“Trixie loathed her penis.” What a great opening line, and with those four words, I was hooked! And that was after I’d seen the cover – a Medusa-woman-goat-butterfly-type thing with bloody hands! Trixie, a resident of the strange and, well,… Read More ›
Book Review – Blister by Jeff Strand
You know when you come across a book that piques your interest enough for you to add it to that wish list of yours? It may be some time before you get round to purchasing it and by then you’ve… Read More ›
Book Review – The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
I’ve never been shocked by a book before, although I’ve been close a few times. I love grotesque and frightening stories where things never work out for the protagonist. The more gore and death, the better. But finally, something has… Read More ›
Book Review – Bad Pennies by John F Leonard
When a book’s title has the sub-heading ‘A Supernatural Horror Novel’ my interest is always piqued. Add to that the promise of a whole new mythos inside (this one’s entitled The Scaeth), I’m practically salivating like a cannibal in the… Read More ›
Book Review – The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian is not a story about a little red alien man from Mars, it’s actually about… OK, you probably already know what it’s about. There’s a film based on this book and everything, you see. Although I haven’t seen… Read More ›
Book Review – More Bizarro Than Bizarro, An Anthology
With a title like this you know you’re going to be in store for some crazy, strange, and insanely mental stories. And yes, this anthology doesn’t disappoint. In fact I’d go as far as to say there isn’t a dud… Read More ›
Book Review – Japanese Werewolf Apocalypse by Vincenzo Bilof
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. They also say (I think) you should judge a book by its title. OK, maybe not, but this is one book to definitely not judge by the title. Because… Read More ›
Book Review – X’s for Eyes by Laird Barron
Well, as they say; you can’t choose your family. Mac and Dred Tooms are teenage brothers, set to inherit their family’s global empire in space and other worldly exploration. Sounds good, right? Yet when the brothers discover a satellite buried… Read More ›
MORGAN K TANNER, Writer of Horror 