The World Turns Red Tim Waggoner Cemetery Dance Publications (June 26, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Well, all I can say is that The World Turns Red is another in a long line of brilliant horror work by Tim Waggoner. There was never anyone who could blend the...

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Black Pharaoh JM Reinbold MX Publishing (September 20, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Black Pharaoh, Holmes and Watson have been retained to find Robert Henry, the Fifth Earl of...

The Nightmare Frontier Stephen Mark Rainey Crossroad Press (May 16, 2010) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In The Nightmare Frontier, Rainey’s most surreal, dreamlike book yet, we find ourselves in Silver Ridge, West Virginia, and by the time Russell Copeland arrives to...

Dreadful Things Michael Laimo Crossroad Press (January 26, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham This is the first of Michael Laimo’s works I’ve read, but it won’t be the last. Dreadful Things lives up to its title and becomes relatable simultaneously because it's your...

Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology Preston Grassman, ed. Titan Books (September 7, 2021) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I’d like to say I’d never lived through an apocalypse of sorts and this book is just science fiction, but since Covid in 2020, it’s become a...

The Wages of Belief and Other Stories from the Dark Side Elizabeth Massie Macabre Ink (February 4, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Elizabeth Massie is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, and it isn’t hard to see why. She had a knack for seeing right through the...

An Arabian Night-mare & Others; The Diamond Lens & Others; What Was It and Others Fitz-James O’Brien Swan River Press (2025) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-1862) was an Irish author, emigrated first to London and then to America, where he...

Old Monsters Never Die By Tim Waggoner Winding Road Stories (May 28, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham There’s a good reason that Tim Waggoner has won the Bram Stoker Award four times, and if you are discerning enough to purchase a copy of his latest, Old Monsters...

The Girl the Sea Gave Back Adrienne Young Wednesday Books (September 3, 2019) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I thought the first book, Sky in the Deep, was fabulous, but this one almost made me cry. I identified with the main character Tova so much, lost, homeless, alone,...

The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern J. Dianne Dotson Android Press (October 24, 2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I’ve never read lunarpunk before, but the quirky, lovable, and charming young heroes of The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern melted my heart. This story is perfect...

Skin Kathe Koja Meerkat Press (April 22, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy When I sat down to read this book I had no idea the ride I was in for. The only thing I knew was that it was a book from Meerkat Press, it was originally published thirty years ago, and it was...

Sky in the Deep Adrienne Young Wednesday Books (April 24, 2018) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy After having read several books on the religion of Asatru lately, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on some Viking literature. Even better, two of the characters were shield...

A Graveside Gallery Eric J. Guignard Cemetery Dance (April 22, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In this superb collection of nineteen stories, Eric Guignard holds nothing back. This is his second collection of short stories, the first being That Which Grows Wild...

Trapped Verse Lindsey Goddard Independently published (February 16, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Trigger warning: This poetry book deals with sensitive female issues. I’m pretty sure the cover is a clue, but just in case, I’m warning the reader. Lindsey Goddard’s...

Mood Swings (Black Shuck Shadows #36) Dave Jeffrey Black Shuck Books (July 25, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In an effort to introduce readers to horror and speculative fiction, Black Shuck Shadows has released a series of micro-collections of which Dave...