Sleepers by Jacqueline Druga Review by S. Kay Nash Oh boy. If you’re a parent and you’re planning to read this book, grab a hanky because you’re going to need it. Here’s the synopsis: A normal spring morning cascades into a nightmare world for Mera Stevens as 1.8 billion children simultaneously fall ill and then […]
Review of “Infected Freaks Volume One: Family First” Review by Joy Yehle I’m not going to lie, I love The Walking Dead, but I hate the long breaks between the short seasons. I’ve been searching for something to fill the void and I think I may have finally found it. I picked up “Infected Freaks […]
Hiram Grange and the Digital Eucharist by Robert Davies Review by S. Kay Nash Hiram Grange and the Digital Eucharist is book 3 in a 5-part series of novellas detailing, “The scandalous misadventures of Hiram Grange”. I was skeptical about jumping into the middle of a series, worried that the story wouldn’t stand alone. I […]
Hello Darkness by Sam Best Reviewed by S. Kay Nash In the horror genre, many authors try for something new and different, something with a twist to surprise their readers. But when it comes right down to it, tales of good vs. evil have scared us for hundreds of years. Why mess with a good […]
Fresh Fear: Contemporary horror is edited by William Cook Review by S. Kay Nash Each story in this anthology touches on the fears of the modern world. In the introduction, a selection from W.J. Renham’s The Art of Darkness: Meditations on the Effect of Horror Fiction, we are reminded that, “Horror serves to reconnect us […]
The Ritual by Adam Nevill is 240 pages of bad ass horror awesomeness. Unfortunately, the book is 418 pages long. The premise is simple: four friends head into the remote Swedish woods for a vacation and encounter something dreadful. You know…primordial forest, ancient evil, derelict shacks, profane rites. That stuff. It’s an overdone horror formula […]
Bird Box by Josh Malerman is ninety-five percent of the best horror novel in five years. The concept is chilling and the execution is nearly flawless. This book made me anxious and uncomfortable, which is odd enough considering I’m a grizzled horror bastard. But then it creeped the shit out of me, which is rare […]
I was recently made aware of a terrific zombie comic by the name of Under the Flesh. I’ve read the first issue and have been officially hooked. They currently have a Kickstarter going to raise funds to print the first issue. If you get a chance, head over to the site, check them out, and […]
Many people are familiar with Corey Taylor as the masked lead singer in Slipknot, or of the Generation Y’s metal answer to the Cure, Stone Sour. But he is also a writer with a unique sense of humor and the meaty stories that fill the appetite of any hungry reader. Believe me, they are all […]
Ever wonder how the “crazy cat” lady got her start? Randy Shaffer has a theory and explores it deeper in his horror short story The Stray Cats. I won’t lie, Shaffer shared this story with me several weeks…er, okay, fine…months ago and I sat on it while I read his other work, The Horror (which was superb […]