I received Devolution by Max Brooks as a gift while I was on vacation. Since I had read the Zombie Survival Guide and WWZ, I was excited and almost jumped right in, but I was diving into the Wizard King series and wanted to keep at it. I love everything …
The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade by Max Brallier is a young adult book geared for middle school kids and perhaps more for boys than girls. Some might call this a little horror novel or even dystopian, but I am going to go with Dark Fantasy with …
Sherlock Holmes Vs Cthulhu by Lois H. Gresh is an entertaining mix of classic Holmes deduction meeting the dark horror of the Cthulhu mythos. This novel did not dawdle and got right into the action as well as the mysteries right away. Watson’s first-person voice documents their exciting ride into …
Joyland, by Stephen King, is a Mystery/Crime which came out a few years ago and I never got around to reading it because I try to focus my reviews on Speculative Fiction. I found out I had made a mistake because this is an outstanding novel. It has an ease …
Camouflage by Ivy Keating and Scott Spotson sounded like a Horror novel at first glance, but as mentioned on the back cover, it is more of a mystery. The story focuses around a police officer named Sean and his developing love interest, Vanessa. The story takes place in a quiet …
Halloween was approaching and I was looking for something Horror to give me a fix as the days grew darker and the cold set in. Luckily I found Horror For Good, A Charitable Anthology lurking like a serpent ready to strike a little terror into my evening. The whole project …
The Collected Nightmares by Fred Wiehe is a horror anthology which was just released with the hopes of making you leave the lights on at night. The book had a little more stylistic variety than many one person shows. Within its pages are short stories, poems, as well as two …
I enjoy Stephen King, have loved many of his books, but this one isn’t high up on my list. Premise: Jamie Morton recalls his run-ins with Charles Jacobs, originally a minister is his small town. Charles has a profound affect on Jamie at that first meeting, but as he runs …
Genre: Young Adult Horror Publisher: Grinning Skull Press Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? The Witching Well, by S.D. Hintz is a young adult horror novel. It centers around a fourteen-year-old boy named Murray. Murray is not doing well. He has just lost …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Putnam Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Dacre Stoker is a real-life descendant of Bram Stoker, the great-grandnephew of the author who penned Dracula, the book the introduced us to Count Dracula, arguable one of the most famous horror icons …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Vincent Morales, his sister Mary, and his friend Tyler King are a trio that make up a popular yet eclectic musical group led by Vincent, a group renown for their concerts, which …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In Tarot of Hate, Antonio Simon, Jr., serves up a tasty smörgåsbord of eight horror tales, spanning sub-genres from the surreal to the too-real. Table of Contents Dogfaced Eve – a man trapped …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Slasher Sam, by Simon Petersen is a fun tongue-in-cheek take on the serial killer film subculture, primarily as it’s represented in late 70’s and early 80’s slasher movies. Peterson draws inspiration from a …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Samhain Published: 2012 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Dead of Winter, by Brain Moreland proved to be a real treat of me. Between liking horror more as Fall envelopes us and finding out Samhain Publishing has closed their doors, I dug …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbeee Have you read this book? Those of you who are regular visitors to this blog will know that I am continually banging on about how much I love the How To Train Your Dragon …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Wordfire Press Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Jarla Tangh Have you read this book? Wanna follow around a lesbian female bad–ass with only slightly more social skills than Lisbeth Salander of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame? Hey! I know it’s a different genre and there …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Rockefeller Publishing Group Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? The Raping of Ava DeSantis, by Mylo Carbia, is a horror novel set in contemporary times. There is not a drop of supernatural in this one. It could be labeled thriller, …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Science Fiction Trails Published: 2012 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Low Noon is a horror anthology set in the Weird Wild West and is edited by David A. Riley. I guess I am going through an anthology reading phase or perhaps …
Genre: YA Horror Publisher: Disney Hyperion Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? It’s hard to read books like this as an adult. Although some might consider Juvenile and Young Adult as synonymous, I don’t. I see young adult as my 15 or 16 and up. This more appropriately …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Shadows and Teeth was edited by R. Perez De Pereda or at least I think it was. It actually isn’t clear. But I won’t this against Darkwater Syndicate because this is an …
