Visions of Grace Under Pressure: The Unseen Horrors of Alison Littlewood’s New Novella A Horror Book Review by Anthony Watson Visions of Grace is the new novella from Alison Littlewood and has been released through the Absinthe Books imprint from PS Publishing. It tells the story of the eponymous character … Visions of Grace Under Pressure: The Unseen Horrors of Alison Littlewood’s New NovellaRead more
Trapped in the Abyss: A Review of Chris Butera’s Claustrophobic Debut ‘The Darkest Deep’ Ever wonder what would actually happen to your mind if you got stuck, alone, in a long, dark tube under the ocean? Not a pleasant thought, is it. That unsettling, squirming feeling in your gut is … Trapped in the Abyss: A Review of Chris Butera’s Claustrophobic Debut ‘The Darkest Deep’Read more
Review: Does Terror Tales of Chaos Deliver the Frights? Edited by Paul Finch, the Terror Tales series is – and this isn’t because I wish to rub my age in anyone’s faces – only 6 years younger than me, having been published since 2011. Even when Gray Friar Press closed, the series … Review: Does Terror Tales of Chaos Deliver the Frights?Read more
Some stories don’t just want to be read. They want to be felt in your bones, a visceral tremor that resonates long after the last page. This is the unsettling territory of Yah Yah Scholfield’s debut, On Sundays She Picked Flowers. A Southern Gothic horror novel that’s equal parts bloody and lyrical, it … On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield, Review: Sapphic Horror & Generational TraumaRead more
Review: The Rise by Alan Baxter – The Gulp Swallows Readers Whole Again The truly great fictional places, the ones that stick with you, aren’t just backdrops. They’re characters with their own pulse and their own dirty secrets. Think about it. Stephen King’s Maine isn’t just pine trees and lobster … Review: The Rise by Alan Baxter – The Gulp Swallows Readers Whole AgainRead more
Tobias Reckermann’s Gloom & Glow Review: German Weird Fiction Untold Anyone interested in the small weird fiction community in Germany will likely have come across Tobias Reckermann’s name at some point. As the operator—or stoker, as he calls himself—for Whitetrain/Nighttrain, he gave many upcoming authors of the German weird a … Tobias Reckermann’s Gloom & Glow Review: German Weird Fiction UntoldRead more
Simone St. James has built a novel, brick by brick, that is rich in detail, thoughtful in depictions, and creative in plot. This is a writer who knows her business. A BOX FULL OF DARKNESS will stick with you for a long time. You know how old houses hold onto … A Box Full of Darkness Review: A Supernatural Cold Case Thriller by Simone St. JamesRead more
Healing is Messy: A Review of Jim Butcher’s Twelve Months Let’s be honest, after a war, you don’t just get a weekend off. You get a long, hard year. That’s the brutal, brilliant pivot Jim Butcher makes in Twelve Months. Forget the “worst weekend” formula. This is about the 365 days after. … A Review of Jim Butcher’s Twelve Months, Healing is MessyRead more
She’s not just telling scary stories; she’s writing works of unease. She understands that the deepest fears are the ones that feel both foreign and familiar, the stranger in the woods, the lover in your bed who turns cruel, the ancient ritual in your modern town, the terrifying thought that … Itch! by Gemma Amor Review: A Folk Horror Novel of Trauma and TerrorRead more
How do you make a Hellraiser? The secret ingredient is love. No, really. Content warning: we’re talking about the Hellraiser franchise here, so torture, gore, mutilation, medical abuse, suicide, sexual assault, addiction, suicide and a lot of blood, plus some discussion of homophobia and systemic oppression because, well, this is … How do you make a Hellraiser? The secret ingredient is love. No, really.Read more
The Bones Remember: A.G. Slatter’s Grief-Chilled Tale of Haunting and Heritage, The Cold House You know that feeling. Not the jump scare, not the gory bit. It’s the slow seep of cold. The kind that starts behind your ribs, a dull ache that has nothing to do with the weather. … The Cold House Review: A.G. Slatter’s Folk Horror Novella Chills to the BoneRead more
Honestly, you don’t see a Bodach Glas every day. Or a Sidh, for that matter. Raven Dane’s latest, Bailfire and Brimstone, isn’t just another fantasy novel, it’s a grimy pilgrimage into an alternative 17th century where the monsters from Gaelic folklore feel as real and rotten as the people. Forget pristine … Bailfire and Brimstone by Raven Dane, Grimdark Gaelic Folklore: A ReviewRead more
He Will Have the World by David Jack Fletcher The Unsettling Claustrophobia of Trapped at 30,000 Feet You don’t read He Will Have the World. You survive it. You white-knuckle your way through it, checking over your own shoulder, second-guessing the person in the next seat, especially if, like me, you … He Will Have the World by David Jack-Fletcher The Unsettling Claustrophobia of Trapped at 30,000 FeetRead more
Chris Sorensen’s Balancing Act: The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap Merges Heart and Humour You can always tell an audiobook narrator wrote it. There’s a rhythm to the prose in The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap, a cadence meant to be heard. Chris Sorensen builds his sentences with a performer’s ear. It … Chris Sorensen’s Balancing Act: The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap Merges Heart and HumourRead more
You finish it. And you feel the dirt, that metaphorical dirt, still there. Under your nails. In the creases of your skin. A residue of Scratch Moss. It doesn’t wash off easy. Barnett hasn’t just written a novel; he’s conducted a séance for a whole way of life, and the … Digging into Darkness: A Review of Scratch Moss, David Barnett’s Mining Folk HorrorRead more
