Rating: 5 out of 5 Kealan Patrick Burke’s horror/paranormal novella The House on Abigail Lane is written like a set of research notes or journals regarding the strange events associated with number 56 Abigail Lane. First, of course, there are…
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Short Take: “The Secret Name,” Eve Harms
Rating: 3 out of 5 Eve Harms brings us the short tale The Secret Name (Kendra Temples: The Demonic Diaries) in the form of a series of blog posts. It’s an intriguing and original attempt, but it often makes the…
Review: “Camp Slaughter,” Sergio Gomez
Rating: 2 out of 5 Maybe I should learn not to pick up books that Amazon algorithms recommend to me. Sergio Gomez’s Camp Slaughter isn’t bad, but it isn’t particularly good, either. Lakewood Cabin is advertised as the most secluded…
Short Take: “The Worm and His Kings,” Hailey Piper
Rating: 5 out of 5 Hailey Piper’s The Worm and His Kings begins on the streets: Monique Lane, 20 years old, is homeless. Most nights she beds down next to a spot she calls the empty place, where people instinctively…
Review: “Devouring Dark,” Alan Baxter
Rating: 5 out of 5 Alan Baxter’s Devouring Dark introduces us to Matt MacLeod, a man with a strange darkness inside of him. If he goes too long without letting it out, it hurts him. But when he lets it…
Review: “The Between,” Tananarive Due
Rating: 5 out of 5 Tananarive Due’s The Between is a really intriguing story. Hilton James discovered his Nana dead on the kitchen floor. He ran down the road to find someone, but when they return she’s alive and making…
Short Take: “Food Fright,” Nico Bell
Rating: 3 out of 5 Nico Bell’s novella Food Fright (Rewind or Die) is a humor/horror cross-genre work. It didn’t live up to my two favorite blends of humor and horror (The Roo [review] and Playing Possum [review]). In those…
Review: “Parasite,” Darcy Coates
Rating: 5 out of 5 Parasite, by Darcy Coates, is less a novel and more a series of short stories that are meant to be read in order. Every story takes place on a different station, starting with Station 331…
Short Take: “The Book Club,” Alan Baxter
Rating: 5 out of 5 Often when I’m stressed or tired I just want a fun horror book (preferably a novella I can read as a break) to take my mind off of everything. So far Alan Baxter’s books have…