I love being alive, but I also love to read about the world’s impending doom. Bryan Smith’s latest book, Last Day, is a grim and gruesome look at civilizations final hours. The plot is nothing new: an asteroid hurtles toward the planet and jo public is given less than 24 hours until it hits.…
Without trying to give too much away, I will say that Orotund: collected short stories volume II starts with a bang. The first story, Strangers, had me wondering where B. P. Gregory was going with it all. A young girl seemingly lost looking for a library finally finds what she is looking for. But all is…
I love a good Werewolf story, especially one in which entrails are spilt at regular intervals and bones shift into place with a vicious cracking as the wolf comes to the fore. In this tale of the hunters becoming the hunted, Matt Serafini certainly does deliver the gore and the wicked transformations in style.…
Stirring the Sheets is my first time reading Chad Lutzke’s work and I must say I really enjoyed this sombre, thoughtful novella published by Bloodshot Books. Stirring the Sheets is a grief-filled story about Emmett, a funeral home worker, and his struggles to cope with the loss of his wife of 50 years. Grief…
Just like Vegemite, Unbury Carol is dividing opinion. Some think it’s the best thing Malerman has written and some think it’s drivel. It’s time for the Grim Reader’s verdict. Saddle up, dear reader, as we travel back to the old west. Yee-haw! Sadly, for me, Unbury Carol was a disappointing book. On the surface,…
After slogging through a recent novel I was looking for something a little light-hearted, fun, fast, and a little bit odd, too. I certainly got that with Jimbo Yojimbo by David W. Barbee. I’d enjoyed David’s previous novel, Bacon Fried Bastard, released last year and was only too keen to get my fishy fingers on…
Andrew Sutherland is certainly a talented chap. His project, North Hammer, sees him play all of the instruments on the album as well as write all the songs. I’ll be honest, when I come across a one-man project such as this, I approach with caution. I’ve found previously that albums as such can soon…
Fresh from his escape from the Cavern of the Damned, Grant Coleman is back in action, and this time he is enlisted by a huge corporation to travel deep into the Amazon jungle to go in search of a prehistoric beast. What could possibly go wrong? Well, as is so often the case with…
Damn, this is a tough read, but an excellent one. Kealan Patrick Burke delivers the goods once again with this harrowing story about child abuse, the scars the abuse leaves on a person, and how the scars manifest into horrific visions and nightmares. A book needs to grab my attention from the first couple of…
I have often talked about the writing talents of John F. D. Taff. Well, I’m about to do so again. Little Deaths has arisen from the ashes. It has a splendid new cover, it’s been re-edited and there have been some new stories included. It all adds up to a collection of modern horror…
