This fine novella from Steve Stred took me little to no time at all to get through. I wasn’t sure what to expect, judging from the creepy-if-you-look-it-in-the-right-kinda-way cover, and the blurb about an imaginary friend. But once I got started… Read More ›
The five excellent short stories on offer here all follow a similar theme; insanity. Characters who are ‘on the verge’ are always fascinating to me. A protagonist or antagonist who’s mental state makes them unpredictable is always a great hook,… Read More ›
Ah, those pesky succubi, eh? Sexy demon monsters seducing hapless fools. It’s a story that’s been told since stories have been told, I think. We’ve all heard about them, whether it be the seductive succubus or the psexy psiren; tales… Read More ›
I never used to review books. Yeah, I’d read plenty of titles then head over to review sites and read others’ reviews, but actually writing one myself? What was the point? Had I anything worthwhile to say? Could I articulate… Read More ›
In these pages you will find a healthy amount of death, gore, and general evil-doing bastards. Dustin LaValley knows how to write violence, he also knows his music, but more of that to follow. This is a collection of three… Read More ›
This tale by John F. Leonard is a short delve into darkness. As a stand alone short story I’d been putting it off for a while, instead preferring to tackle a collection of stories or a novel. But when scrolling… Read More ›
Whilst reading this collection from Aphotic Realm, I felt like Total Recall, Dark City, and Blade Runner were playing on loop in my mind, such were the vivid descriptions in the dark tales on offer here. Although not all the… Read More ›
