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 ›
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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 ›
A Guide to Getting Your Awesome Book Reviewed by Awesome People
So you’ve written, edited, formatted, and done everything else required to your kick-ass book and are just about ready to hit ‘publish’ and send your words out there into the big, wide world. That’s awesome work. Of course, that book… Read More ›
Self-publishing and How Difficult it is; A Kind of Guide (with pictures!!)
I am a self-published author. Say it with me!!!!! There was perhaps a time when saying this was akin to opening up to an addiction in a room of strangers, earning tokens in exchange for divulging intimate secrets. Before I… Read More ›
Book Review – Five Doses by Mark Cassell
This collection of five stories reads more like an anthology. Each tale is so varied that you’d be forgiven for thinking they were written by five different authors. And that, is a great thing. There are many horror elements on… Read More ›
Book Review – Dark Celebrations by Calvin Demmer
If you’re a lover of horror and/or flash fiction, then chances are you are probably familiar with the work of Calvin Demmer. And if not you really should be. His collection, The Sea Was a Fair Master is one of… Read More ›
Book Review – The Cenotaph of Dreams by Prince Cavallo
I bought this collection after reading an announcement of its release on the author’s blog. It sounded interesting so I snapped it up right away. It sat on my Kindle for a while – longer than I’d planned, but I… Read More ›