I’ve had this book on my radar for ages, from back in the days when a paperback copy cost something like three million quid or something to buy! But things are different now, so I just finished my nice shiny… Read More ›
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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 ›
Book Review – Juniper by Ross Jeffery
If I was to spend precious time in this review giving the basic premise of the plot, chances are you wouldn’t choose to read this book. It’s not that the plot is boring or unimaginative, but more so that the… 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 – 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 – 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 ›
