Book Review: FALLS THE DARKNESS

Book Review: FALLS THE DARKNESS

Falls the Darkness Mark N. Drake January 30, 2024 Reviewed by Andrew Byers Over the last few years, Mark N. Drake has created and extensively developed a fictional place, Darkisle, a foreboding island inhabited by Lovecraftian horrors and cultists, where he has set...

Book Review: DEEP NIGHT

Book Review: DEEP NIGHT

Deep Night Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (July 13, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Originally published in 2006 as the second novel after Greg F. Gifune’s powerful debut The Bleeding Season, Deep Night was re-released by JournalStone in 2018. It is as chilling...

Card Deck Review: WITCH SISTER TAROT

Card Deck Review: WITCH SISTER TAROT

Witch Sister Tarot Julia Jeffrey Llewellyn Publishing (December 2023) Reviewed by N. Richards Witch Sister Tarot is an absolutely stunning "must have" for anyone interested in Scottish, Irish and Welsh folklore. The theme of Celtic folklore creates a natural dark and...

Advance Review: A BETTER WORLD

Advance Review: A BETTER WORLD

A Better World Sarah Langan Atria Books (April 9, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham The world is falling to pieces and it’s looking like the Anthropocene Era may be coming to an end. Pestilence, famine, death, war, and chaos have arrived, and all the other things...

Book Review: FAIRLIGHT

Book Review: FAIRLIGHT

Fairlight Adrian Chamberlin Crystal Lake Publishing (November 7, 2023) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham “... and a child shall lead them.” I loved this book. It is a book about battles... on many different fronts. It is about good versus evil, adults versus children,...

Book Review: ROGUE

Book Review: ROGUE

Rogue Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (September 14, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers The veneer of the American Dream—loving spouse, solid job, nice house, comfortable life—fractures catastrophically in Greg F. Gifune’s Rogue, revealing a narrative that...

Book Review: THE GOOD UNKNOWN

Book Review: THE GOOD UNKNOWN

The Good Unknown and Other Ghost Stories Stephen Volk Tartarus Press (2023) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi A renowned, excellent author of dark fiction, Stephen Volk returns with a new short story collection featuring eleven tales, three of which previously unpublished....

Book Review: MIDNIGHT GODS

Book Review: MIDNIGHT GODS

Midnight Gods Greg F. Gifune JournalStone Publishing (May 4, 2018) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Greg F. Gifune’s Midnight Gods unfolds as a chilling symphony of psychological horror, seamlessly weaving a narrative that resonates with contemporary anxieties and the...

Book Review: GOD MACHINE

Book Review: GOD MACHINE

God Machine Greg F. Gifune Cemetery Dance Publications (December 2023) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Greg F. Gifune’s God Machine is a haunting and atmospheric exploration of personal and cosmic horror that lingers in the mind long after the final page. Set against the...

 

 

 

 

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