Papercuts: A Passage In Black By Ryan “HB” Mount **Spoiler Free Review** As the fall approaches and the cool air fills the night, we all start to think about what lies ahead. For many, Halloween is around the corner and horror movies begin to dominate our watching experiences. However, this year, the best scary stories […]
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Nightmares: Book Review
Ellen Datlow is a master curator of fiction, and though she calls herself a “horror enthusiast,” I don’t think it’s a stretch to say she is also one of the guiding hands of the genre. Her Best Horror of the Year anthologies are a snapshot of current trends in horror, offering readers a sampling of […]
Reach and Other Short Stories By Brandon Drake Reach and Other Short Stories is a single author collection, not an anthology as suggested in the Preface. It contains an opening scene of four college-aged men and women in a closed library. You may think, as I did, how this is reminiscent of other stories or […]
Yesterday was insanely busy, so I didn’t get a chance to put this up. Apologies. Between work and a playoff softball game (championship game next week!), I just couldn’t find any time. This is also my excuse for the lateness of my Walking Dead post this week. I love excuses. The lack of a post […]
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 […]