“The saviour of mankind will be suicide and its prophets are serial killers and film makers – apparently.” Right then, OK, where do I start with this one? I don’t often struggle with writing reviews, it’s usually pretty easy to sum… Read More ›
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Book Review – Gods of the Dark Web by Lucas Mangum
I’d had this book on my wish list on a certain website for quite a while. And then Christmas came along and I got a shiny book-shaped present that contained this gory specimen. Things were looking up. The story jumps… Read More ›
Book Review – Eye of the Brave by Halo Scot
This is the third book in Halo Scot’s Rift Cycle. I’m very much invested in these tales with the first two books being very much five star affairs in my opinion. You can read how much I loved them here… Read More ›
Book Review – Helena by Claire L. Smith
There are times when you read a story, become lost in the moment and simply enjoy the words as they are presented. It’s only afterwards, as you ponder just what happened, you feel its rotten fingernails scraping over your… Read More ›
Book Review – Echoes of Blood by Halo Scot
It wasn’t all that long ago that I read the first book of this series, Edge of the Breach. I found that particular story to be really rather good, and if you don’t believe me just take a little lookie… Read More ›
Book Review – Under Rand Farm by L. J. Denholm
Let’s just jump straight into it, eh? Under Rand Farm begins with a girl returning home one night. But she never makes it home. She’s suddenly bundled into the back of a strangers van and taken to a creepy basement… Read More ›
Book Review – Dead and Breakfast by Gary Buller
It’s great when a short story collection presents itself incognito. Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted is one such example. This collection of tales from Gary Buller was a superb take on this style of storytelling, and worked really well. Things start off… Read More ›
Book Review – Communion by Steve Stred
Steve Stred’s Ritual was a brutal novella with violence, otherworldly cults (kvlts?), and some questionable antics by a supposed holy man. It was pretty graphic and gross; which means it was great. Communion is the next instalment in the trilogy… Read More ›
Book Review – The Resurrectionists by Michael Patrick Hicks
You know you’re onto a good thing when a book opens with a group of doctors in those creepy bird-like plague masks surrounding a bound woman, who then proceed to slice her up. Yes, just a few pages into this… Read More ›