Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands Paul Finch (ed.) Telos Publishing (2021) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi If I’m not mistaken, this is volume 13 in the successful series edited by Paul Finch, collecting horror stories set in different areas of the United Kingdom. The...

Malignant Michaelbrent Collings Written Insomnia Press (October 25, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Michaelbrent Colings is a reliably fun crafter of horror thrillers; some rely on supernatural elements and others are content to showcase man’s inhumanity to man without...

Six Dreams About the Train and Other Stories Maria Haskins Trepidatio Publishing (August 13, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Single-author collections from authors who haven’t yet achieved the name recognition they deserve are sometimes hit-or-miss: they can be...

Gory Days (Rock & Roll Nightmares ‘80s Edition) Edited by Staci Layne Wilson Excessive Nuance (2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers This is the third (and for now, final) volume in Staci Layne Wilson’s series that combines rock & roll with horror, with each volume...

Hell Fighters Bil Richardson Mountain Media (September 20, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Much like chocolate and peanut butter, do you like your Lovecraftian horrors mixed with action-adventure thrillers? Hell Fighters is for fans of Lovecraft’s work who like their...

Do You Fear Like We Do (Rock & Roll Nightmares ‘70s Edition) Edited by Staci Layne Wilson Excessive Nuance (2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Writer and editor Staci Layne Wilson has created an ambitious new series: three horror story collections revolving around the...

The Graveyard Feeder Jack Keaton Decayed Films, Ltd. (September 21, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Jackson Boylen discovers that his wife, Delores, has been harboring a dark secret. Even though they have been married for half a century, he didn’t know what she was....

Life on the 64 Bus Brad C. Hodson JournalStone Publishing (August 6, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’m glad I read Life on the 64 Bus. It’s not my typical sort of book, with most of my fiction-reading consisting of horror, or at least horrific, fiction, but I do...

Peel Back and See Mike Thorn JournalStone Publishing (October 29, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers My first encounter with Mike Thorn’s work was his engaging first collection, Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition, also published by JournalStone, which I reviewed here. I’m...

CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN Richard Chizmar Gallery Books (August 17, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Richard Chizmar understands what scares you. He has been writing and editing horror stories for years and runs one of my favorite magazines, Cemetery Dance. I’m sure he would...

The Ghosts of Who You Were Christopher Golden Haverhill House Publishing (October 12, 2021) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi In his introduction to the volume, Golden contends that he’s not a short story writer, but a novelist. Truth be told, he’s actually the author of...

THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER Darcy Coates Poisoned Pen (September 7, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Author Darcy Coates has really made a name for herself in the horror field as she consistently attains best-seller status with USA Today national newspapers. I cannot go...

THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET Catriona Ward Tor Nightfire (September 28, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I predict that Catriona Ward’s THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET will be a literary horror novel that everyone will be talking about. When I saw the running list...