I received a copy of this fine book from BookSirens, so massive thanks to everyone involved for that. I must begin by saying the title wasn’t the grabber here. Country Roads could be a pamphlet on quiet and picturesque places… Read More ›
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Book Review – The Devil’s Pocketbook by Ross Jeffery
This book was getting plenty of hype pre-release in the horror community. It hasn’t been unknown for things (films, books, TV shows, albums) to suffer from this pre-conceived notion that they’re going to be the best thing ever. Sometimes things… Read More ›
Book Review – Enter the Darkness by Sarah Budd
I don’t think a story’s title could sum up its contents quite as precisely as this one. The darkness prevails throughout this tale and, by the time you finish reading, it will have probably ingrained itself upon your puny and… Read More ›
Book Review – The Balance by Kev Harrison
All I knew about this book before diving in was that it involved Baba Yaga. An old witch in the woods whose creepy cottage you don’t want to happen upon on your jolly ramble through the trees. But Kev Harrison’s… Read More ›
Book Review – The Window in the Ground by Steve Stred
Over the years on this planet I’ve learnt a few things about life. Snow is cold, water’s wet, baby poo stinks even when it emerges from the butt of your own kid, and Steve Stred knows how to creep you… Read More ›
Book Review – Necromantic by Katherine Kitchener
Found lurking within these pages are 12 short stories guaranteed to set the creep factor whirring. On the whole I had a great time with this one. Each tale managed to chill, and the writing was top notch, constantly driving… Read More ›
Book Review – The Midwives by Duncan Ralston
Having thoroughly ‘devoured’ The Midwives (which is certainly an intentional pun) I feel compelled to write about just how damn great it is. Ahem, so I will. This novel of folklore, macabre practices, a killer on the loose looking for… Read More ›
Book Review – Cinders of a Blind Man Who Could See by Kev Harrison
I’m on something of a Short Sharp Shocks! bender at the moment. I’m devouring these tales and this short story is yet another superb entry in the growing list of great titles. This story had me from the very first… Read More ›
MORGAN K TANNER, Writer of Horror 