It’s Women in Horror Month 2020 and now, more than ever, so many talented women writers are contributing to the genre that it’s hard to choose books to read for the event. I’m going to add to that list two new offerings that will be hitting bookstores later this month: The Garden of Bewitchment by…
Category: Book Reviews
The Best Horror Fiction of the Year
So today, I came across an article by Bill Sheehan, in which he selects what he considers to be the best horror fiction of 2019. I can’t quibble about the books he did put on his list, as the buzz I’ve heard about them is nothing short of positive. I do, however, have a bone…
Midnight in the Graveyard, ed. by Kenneth W. Cain
Around three months ago, I saw a notice of the upcoming anthology, Midnight in the Graveyard, from Silver Shamrock Press. The book featured a highly talented group of contemporary horror authors, including Kealan Patrick Burke, Elizabeth Massie, Chad Lutzke, Catherine Cavendish, and many others. I marked it on my calendar and began counting the days…
Desper Hollow, by Elizabeth Massie
Desper Hollow was my introduction to Elizabeth Massie’s stories. Oh, I’d come across her name every now and then over the years, knew that she was a fiction author and had written several books, but that was about the limit of my knowledge. Then I had the chance to get my hands on a copy…
Second Lives, by P.D. Cacek
I recently stepped into the world of book reviewing for the first time, and have enjoyed many good books. It played out that Flame Tree Press was the publisher whose books I read the most of. The Dark Game, Black Wings, and The Haunting of Henderson Close were all great stories, and I’m thankful Flame…
Martial Arts Mayhem in Old Chinatown
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson Review by S.D. Vassallo I really enjoyed this novel! It’s a fun mix of martial arts action, Chinese folklore and mythology, fantasy, and a little bit of horror thrown in for good measure. M.H. Boroson grabs the reader’s attention and keeps it throughout the book. The action…
The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz
I’ve been looking forward to reading one of Jonathan Janz’s novels for a while now. The buzz I’ve seen on social media about him and his work has been nothing but positive. When Flame Tree Press offered me an advance reading copy of his upcoming novel, The Dark Game, I jumped at the chance to…
Black Wings
I just finished reading Black Wings by Megan Hart, and I have to say it was a damned good read. The premise is one I’ve seen before; genius kid turns evil and cooks up a wicked scheme of some sort or other. However, while the overall theme might not be original, I thought Hart did…
Review of The Haunting of Henderson Close
I opened up a package a couple of weeks ago to find several advance reading copies sent my way from Flame Tree Press. One of the novels in the box was The Haunting of Henderson Close, by Catherine Cavendish. I took it and the other books and put them on the bookshelf down in my…
Mayan Blue: A Bloody Good Tale
2018, book-wise, has been an interesting year for me. I’ve ‘discovered’ lots of new authors and novels I hadn’t heard of before. As far as horror fiction went, in the past my reading largely consisted of the old stuff, by Lovecraft, Poe, Bierce, Bloch, Blackwood, and other like authors. My knowledge of contemporary authors…
S.D. Vassallo 