Category: Reviews

Book Review: The Final Cut by Jasper Bark

June 8, 2016
4 mins to read

“Just when you’re convinced that level of depravity could not be reached again during the course of the text, Bark manages to ramp it up just a little more with horrors far more gut wrenching around the corner.” Fans of Jasper Bark know his work is extremely fast paced and particularly gruesome. First time readers …

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Book Review: Psycho: Sanitarium by Chet Williamson

June 7, 2016
5 mins to read

“For the Psycho completist, there’s plenty here to enjoy above and beyond simply finding what happened next for Norman Bates but for the casual reader, there are perhaps alternatives out there within the genre that you might get more from.” Anyone who has even a passing interest in the murder thriller genre will be familiar …

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Book Review: Black Static, Issue 52

June 7, 2016
5 mins to read

“As a showcase of the quality that Black Static regularly bring to the table, issue 52 is possibly an excellent place for a novice to start, and for regulars, should provide ample reasons to keep subscribing/buying.” Black Static should be a familiar publication to most horror writers, even if they haven’t read it. It is …

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Book Review: The Fisherman by John Langan

June 3, 2016
5 mins to read

“The Fisherman is a cosmic tour de force unlike anything that’s been penned before.” To the horror community at large, John Langan is no stranger. Hailed by critics as a writer with outstanding talent, he’s been published in multiple anthologies, including several “years best” anthologies, Ellen Datlow’s Fearful Symmetries, and two single author collections–Mr. Gaunt …