by Elaine Pascale | Nov 29, 2023 | Horror World Library, Horror World News, Reviews
Spearfinger Rob Smales Bad Ideas Press (October 14, 2023) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale A serial killer is on the loose in North Carolina. This killer has an affinity for children and may be the first indigenous serial killer on record. Carl Spaberg, a reporter...
by Carson Buckingham | Nov 25, 2023 | Horror World Library, Horror World News, Reviews
Testing the Prisoner Phil Giunta Raging Seas Press (September 18, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Daniel Masenda is haunted. He hasn’t always been—it’s a recent development and began just before his mother, whom he hasn’t spoken to in 14 years, dies and he goes...
by Carson Buckingham | Nov 22, 2023 | Horror World Library, Horror World News, Reviews
Fantasmagoriana Deluxe Eric Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, eds. Dark Moon Books (November 28, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I’m here to tell you that 18th and early 19th century German ghost stories are a different breed of cat. Different, but most definitely...
by N. Richards | Nov 20, 2023 | Horror World Library, Horror World News, Reviews
Gwyllion Magazine Reviewed by N. Richards If you want to read something fresh and exciting, this is it! “Gwyllion” is a very old Welsh word; it is mysterious and has a variety of possible translations. Folklorist Wirt Sikes richly describes it as...
by Carson Buckingham | Nov 18, 2023 | Horror World Library, Horror World News, Reviews
A Haunting on the Hill Elizabeth Hand Mulholland Books (October 3, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham When you have the hubris to take on writing a sequel of an iconic classic like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, you better be able to deliver the goods....
by Carson Buckingham | Nov 16, 2023 | Horror World Library, Horror World News, Reviews
Ghostwritten Ronald Malfi Titan Books (October 11, 2022) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Ghostwritten is a series of four novellas, all involving books… strange, ghastly, deadly books. It’s a terrific collection predicated on an ingenious idea and if you enjoy...