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Book Review: We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III

  • April 14, 2020

  • 5 mins to read

We Need To Do Something by Max Booth III

“Exceptional, fearless, and, much to our benefit, only getting better with every story.”   Fresh from “destroying” independent horror publishing with his last anthology (Tales from the Crust, 2019, co-edited with David James Keaton) and before the release of his forthcoming novel, Touch the Night, from Cemetery Dance, Max Booth III has surprised us with …

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Look Out For … Boy in the Box by Marc E. Fitch

  • April 9, 2020

  • 3 mins to read

Boy in the Box by Marc. E. Fitch - cover

“Fitch’s latest turns a horrible secret of the past into a waking nightmare for today, proving some things just won’t stay buried.” A tragic hunting accident at Coomb’s Gulch in the Adirondack Mountains left a boy buried a decade ago. It also left four childhood friends with the burden of a terrible secret. Today, Jonathan …

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Look Out For … The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell

  • April 2, 2020

  • 2 mins to read

The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell - cover

“Campbell has a way of taking the common and mundane things in our lives and turning them into something dreadful and terrifying.”  While staying with his aunt Thelma when he was in his teens, Patrick learned she had traveled to magical sites. Thelma was an artist, and her later works took a turn to the …

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Look Out For … Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

  • March 26, 2020

  • 3 mins to read

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh - cover

“With her latest novel, Moshfegh pushes the boundaries of psychological horror while commenting on the genre itself in ways that are both humorous and terrifying.“ Walking her dog in the woods, an elderly woman finds a handwritten note on the ground, held down by rocks. It reads: “Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know …

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