Christopher Stanley’s little collection of shorties is everything you’d expect. Super dark stories that draw you in, making you hope for the best but knowing that happy ending just isn’t coming. There are three bite-sized doses of horror here, and… Read More ›
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Book Review – The Report of Mr. Charles Aalmers and Other Stories by Matthew Pungitore
This collection of 11 stories all share themes of suffering by their insignificant protagonists as they are thrust into hellish worlds and depraved realms previously unknown by most human minds. And these tales don’t really turn out too well for… Read More ›
Book Review – Highway Hunger / Motel Madness by Calvin Demmer
Calvin Demmer returns, doing what he does best, with two short stories. He doesn’t have long to impress with these, but he manages it, again. Highway Hunger is the tale of Dudley, a dude out doing his community service which involves clearing… Read More ›
Free Books!!!!
Hello there, and welcome to my lovely little promotion post. For this weekend, as a spooky pre-Halloween treat, my books An Army of Skin, The Mind’s Plague, and The Snuggle Zombies are all FREEEEEEE!!!! (Well, if you have a Kindle… 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 ›
Diabolica Britannica; a Charity Horror Anthology
Hello to all you horror fans, I trust you are keeping it depraved and brutal? Good. I haven’t posted anything for quite a while now but don’t worry, I’m still around. I’d love to say it’s because I’m immersed in… 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 – A Vulgar Display of Short Fiction by Joe Zito
I have to say that I don’t think the title of this collection of short stories actually does it justice. These tales aren’t just vulgar, they’re full-on nasty bastards (although I can’t think of another Pantera pun to perfectly describe… Read More ›
Book Review – Double Barrel Horror Vol. 3, an Anthology edited by Matthew Weber
This was a first for me; an anthology where each writer contributes two stories. What a great idea! I’ve read many anthologies where perhaps one story didn’t really do it for me, or another was properly wow-mazing, and that was… Read More ›
