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: Horror
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…
Prey
Dustin pulled over and hit the brakes. His car, a rusted out but still functional ’78 Olds Cutlass Supreme, screeched to a halt. He wasted no time getting out of his safety belt. The girl turned her head to look at him as she darted across the lawn of an old house with faded green…
Interview With Elizabeth Massie
Elizabeth Massie is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning and Scribe Award-winning author of novels, short fiction, media-tie ins, and nonfiction. Her novels and collections include Sineater, Hell Gate, Desper Hollow, Wire Mesh Mothers, Homeplace, Afraid, Naked on the Edge, Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (co-authored with Mark Rainey), Versailles, The Tudors: King Takes Queen,…
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…
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…
Kicking Off Women in Horror Month
It’s February 1st, and Women in Horror Month has begun. I’m starting my celebration of all the talented women horror writers out there with Devil’s Call, by J. Danielle Dorn. At this moment, I’m only a few pages into the novel, but already I’m loving this story. My attention was captured from the very first…
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…
Thirteen Reads for Women in Horror Month
A little over a week to go till we begin the 2019 Women in Horror Month, and I am excited! I’ve been compiling a list of books to read, review and promote as part of the celebration of WIHM at my blog. It was a challenge compiling this list; there are just so many talented…
S.D. Vassallo 