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 ›
horror
I Wish I Loved Halloween More Than I Do
I love horror. I love everything about it. I love zombies and monsters and killers and ghosts. I love reading about and watching people quivering in fear as they realise that their life is about to end, and when it… Read More ›
Debut Novels and Debut Albums; Are They the Best You’re Ever Going to Get?
You know when you hear a band for the first time and something in their sound just wows you? I’m sure you do, it’s happened to all of us. How about when you find out that said band has actually… 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 – Girl in the Glass Planet by ST Cartledge
Girl in the Glass Planet is a brief sci-fi horror novella detailing a series of brutal butcherings as a small group of vengeance seekers journey their way through a, erm, glass planet. The story is narrated by Cyberia, who is… Read More ›
Do Books Really Give You Nightmares?
This is an expression that gets bandied around all the time. You can usually find it in the blurb of a horror novel as it promises to scare you senseless. It’s a sort of anti-warning to readers that this book… Read More ›
Book Review – The Violators by Vincenzo Bilof
So yeah, this book. How do you describe this book? Funny, insightful, entertaining, and brutal. Yeah, pretty, pretty brutal. Many other reviews mention how this book may not be for everyone and I’ll strongly agree with that. The violence and… Read More ›
Book Review – The Invasion by Brett McBean
Brett McBean’s The Invasion is a horrible, nasty bastard of a novel, and I mean that in the most very positive of ways. It had me squirming and gasping pretty much all the way through as I held the Kindle… Read More ›