by Dave Simms | May 12, 2014 | Reviews
BLACK STATIC #38-39 Once again, for those who have forgotten about my reviews of the best international magazine of dark fiction, pay close attention. Very few magazines are worth the price of subscription – ever. This is the exception (other than Cemetery...
by Dave Simms | May 11, 2014 | Reviews
When your first novel becomes the inspiration for a hit television series, you know you’re onto something big. John Dixon’s PHOENIX ISLAND is a bit of mutt- part YA story, part adult horror/scifi. However, it’s 100% great. Of course, readers will...
by Dave Simms | Mar 4, 2014 | Reviews
In the introduction to the author’s first collection since FEARFUL SYMMETRIES, Jack Ketchum notes that Thomas Monteleone always uses the voice which is best suited to the story. If the reader has ever had the pleasure of witnessing Mr. Monteleone read a story,...
by Dave Simms | Feb 20, 2014 | Reviews
When does an author step out of his mentor’s (or parent’s) shadow and bask in a praise that is well deserved and earned on his own merit? Christopher Rice’s readers just might forget who his mother is after THE HEAVENS RISE hits big. Yet many will...
by Dave Simms | Feb 20, 2014 | Reviews
We’re definitely not home anymore and I doubt Dorothy would last a minute in Nocturnia. Welcome to a world that would make Oz seem utopian and where munchkins would likely find themselves on a menu in this imaginative, fascinating story, the first in a trilogy....
