The Night Birds Christopher Golden St. Martin’s Press (May 6, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham The Night Birds provides a unique setting—a creepy, half-sunken, rusty old freighter, the Cristabel, that ran aground off the coast of Galveston, Texas in the 19th...
Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables & Dark Tales Jamal Hodge, ed. Crystal Lake Publishing (October 4, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham I have good news and bad news, so let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Bestiary of Blood is a confusingly-presented home...
Sycamore Ian Rogers Cemetery Dance Publications (September 29, 2012) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham For those of you who haven’t read anything by Ian Rogers, you need to remedy that situation with a quickness. He is one of the premier horror authors of our day, ranking...
The Apartment Kevin Bachar Independently published (December 20, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In The Apartment, we meet the main character, Kat, as a child whose father is a degenerate gambler. She helps him cheat at the local casino blackjack table with the...
Felicia’s Christmas Vengeance Ben Kardos Godless (2023) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy Christmas carols, fireside tales, baking cookies, and visiting your family are normal family traditions, but Felicia, a nine-year-old, has a new and deadly tradition. She wants Santa...
Sacrilege Barbara Avon Independently published (October 26, 2020) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I am in love with this book. If I could marry this book and have its little odd children tell me more stories, I would happily do that. In fact, I want to know more about all...
