Rating: 5 out of 5 In Luke Walker’s horror novel The Unredeemed, Benjamin Harwood has been dead for 400 years. He spends his time carefully destroying lives and families by haunting them, something that he enjoys. He escaped going to…
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Review: “Inheriting Her Ghosts,” S.H. Cooper
Rating: 5 out of 5 Slow-burn is not my favorite style of horror; I like to jump right into the scary stuff. Yet somehow, S.H. Cooper’s Inheriting Her Ghosts completely drew me in and never let go of me. It…
Review: “Dark Whispers,” Krista D. Ball
Rating: 5 out of 5 Dark Whispers (Spirit Caller Series Book 2), by Krista D. Ball, starts up shortly after Spirits Rising ends. (It is also found in: Beginnings: first novels in multiple series by Krista D. Ball.) There have…
Review: “Spirits Rising,” Krista D. Ball
Rating: 4 out of 5 Krista D. Ball’s paranormal novella Spirits Rising (Spirit Caller Series Book 1) is an enjoyable start to a series. (It is also found in: Beginnings: first novels in multiple series by Krista D. Ball.) It…
Review: “Seeing Things,” Sonora Taylor
Rating: 5 out of 5 Sonora Taylor’s Seeing Things is every bit as good as her Without Condition [review], and I loved that book. She has a knack for taking well-used story elements like serial killers or seeing ghosts and…
Review: “The New Neighbors,” Simon Lelic
Pros: Interesting mystery Cons: Structurally odd Rating: 4 out of 5 Simon Lelic’s The New Neighbors largely takes the form of a manuscript written alternately by Sydney and Jack, a couple who recently bought an old house stuffed with creepy…
Review: “The Broken Girls,” Simone St. James
Pros: Fascinating story Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Uncorrected proof provided by publisher for review. In Simone St. James’s The Broken Girls, the time period switches back and forth between 1950 and 2014, in the small town of…
Review: “Mumma’s House,” Ike Hamill
Pros: Excellent haunted house tale Cons: The ceremony was a tad weird Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Ike Hamill’s Mumma’s House introduces us to a most unusual haunted house. This isn’t the stereotypical empty, unlived-in building. Instead, it belongs to…
Short Take: “The Dunewalkers,” Ron Ripley
Pros: Interesting new themes Cons: Weird that Paul showed up at a new place Rating: 4 out of 5 Ron Ripley’s The Dunewalkers is book two in his Moving In series. (Here’s my review of book one, Moving In.) In…