Tag: fiction

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: Black Static, Issue 52

  • June 7, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

Black Static cover

“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 cover

“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 …

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Book Review: Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason

  • June 2, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

Mayan Blue

“A brilliantly imagined, comprehensively researched vision of hell done up the Mayan way, replete with owl-headed gods, shapeshifting demons, and a whole host of other creatures both terrible and wonderful.” It’s sometimes perplexing to see how two distinctly unique individuals can come together seemingly as one mind to create something so complex as a full …

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