Sometimes dead is better
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but supernatural curiosities brought it back. A Jack-in-the-Box made from skulls. A monster egg in the mail. A sketchbook bridging imagination with reality. What other wondrous and terrible secrets will these survivors tell? Cruel Works of Nature is a collection of 11 horror novellas about strange and exciting supernatural encounters. - E. Reyes is reviewing!
Read More“Readers will journey to the depths of hell, go on a daddy-daughter date, learn what's locked in Lee's basement, watch a mother battle postpartum depression, eat the world's messiest birthday cake with Brian, and try to survive in the English countryside during the blitz.” - Dave reviews!
Read MoreBryce continues to take us down a 90’s teen fiction memory lane. For Christmas Day he’s reviewing Slay Ride - time to get dark on Christmas ya’ll.
Read MoreChristmas IS ALMOST HERE! And we’ve got some last minute gift guides for the horror readers in your life, young and old!
Read MoreThe Royce family has been a plague on the small, Southern town of Lewis for generations. Caleb has heard rumors about the family his whole life, just like he's heard the rumors about a monstrous creature known as Catfish John living in the swamp. When the Royce house burns down, Caleb's father—Lewis's sheriff—takes in the sole survivor, a young girl named Cere. Caleb quickly learns the truth about Archie Royce and the terrible fate he had planned for his daughter. After a woman is brutally murdered, Cere begins to suspect that not all of her family perished in the fire, and she and Caleb set out to stop her father's dark vision from coming to pass. Years later, Caleb is the sheriff of Lewis, and the monsters of his childhood return. Now Caleb must fight to protect those he loves from Archie Royce's legacy, and his best hope may be a legend he's almost managed to convince himself never existed—Catfish John. - reviewed by Joe
Read MoreA witch in a cabin in the woods, a boy’s camp for out of control boys, a missing boy, a dead boy, and a snowstorm. This is the premise to Winterwood, a YA fantasy mystery that is the perfect Christmas read if you’re into a more…dark Christmas.
Read MoreThe Master of Horror takes a turn at writing The Clown Prince of Crime as part of DC Comics Year of the Villain universe-spanning event. Click on as we dive into John Carpenter’s The Joker: Year of the Villain one shot.
Read MoreA teen mother raises her daughter on a looping road trip, living hand-to-mouth in motel rest stops and backwater towns, stepping occasionally into the heat and chaos of the surrounding cities. A life without permanence, filled with terrors and joys, their stability is dependent on the strangers—and strange men—they meet along the way. But what is the difference between the love of a mother, and the love of a friend? And in a world with such blurred lines, where money is tight and there’s little outside influence, when does the need to survive slide into something more sinister? - Reviewed by Joe
Read MoreWestern horror, reapers, a blood thirsty Mayor….what more could you want?! Joe is reviewing…
Read MoreFor millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. But now for the first time - suddenly, shockingly, horribly - the balance of power had shifted and the rats began to prey on the human population. - Joe is reviewing!
Read MoreRoland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake’s pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. - Joe continues his re-read of The Dark Tower series, this week he’s onto the next book: Wizard and Glass
Read MoreSylvia Bernstein doesn't want to end up on a dead-end path like a former journalism colleague. She begins searching the tabloid's archives for a story that can get her career back on track. A strange bridge, with an abnormally high rate of suicides, seems like the perfect place to start. She journeys to the little town, eager to investigate, but encounters a tale far more sinister than she ever expected... Joe is reviewing!
Echoes, a collection of ghost stories put together by Ellen Datlow, will become the definitive collection of modern ghost stories. You can look high and low and I can guarantee you won’t find a better assemblage of ghost stories in one place. - Joe is reviewing!
Read MoreIt’s time for The Wastelands, book three in The Dark Tower series! Check out Joe’s review.
Read MoreOne million years of evolution didn't change our nature. Nor did it bury the horrors predating civilization. Ancient rites, old deities and savage ways can reappear in the places you least expect. - Joe is reviewing Adam Nevill’s latest: The Reddening.
Read MoreSet in the late 70s, in and around a high rise council estate rife with urban myths and legends, this story later went on to be the inspiration for Bernard Rose’s ‘Candyman’ film. A short story by the celebrated author Clive Barker. Dave is reviewing the origins of candyman with The Forbidden!
Read MoreIs Season of the Witch a valid prequel to The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? Let’s find out!
Read MoreWhoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves. Dave and Joe are doing a double review of the novel Hex. Did they both love it? Find out!
Read MoreThe charming, childish wife of a successful lawyer, falls asleep one afternoon on her Victorian chaise longue, recently purchased in an antique shop, and awakes in the fetid atmosphere of an ugly, over-furnished room she has never seen before. This is the story of a trip backward in time in which a nostalgia for the quaint turns into a hideous nightmare. - Chelsey reviewing!
Read MoreDenise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and step-dad. They left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and have finally returned, wagering the last of their family's money on fixing up an old, rundown house and converting it to a bed and breakfast.Nothing seems to work around the place, which doesn't seem too weird to Denise. The unexplained noises are a little more out of the ordinary, but again, nothing too unusual. But when floors collapse, deadly objects rain down, and she hears creepy voices, it's clear to Denise that something more sinister lurks hidden here.
Answers may lie in an old comic book Denise finds concealed in the attic: the lost, final project of a famous artist who disappeared in the 1950’s. Denise isn't budging from her new home, so she must unravel the mystery-on the pages and off-if she and her family are to survive...
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