Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell, eds. Stars and Sabers Publishing (August 5, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy This second collection from Stars and Sabers is beautifully told and a testament to the human imagination. These...

Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories Pedro Iniguez Stars and Sabers Publishing (July 15, 2025) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy It’s rare that I find myself in awe of an entire collection, but Pedro Iniguez has done this with Echoes and Embers. He’s tugged at my...

Dead Scalp Jasper Bark Crystal Lake Publishing (July 29,2025) Reviewed by Nora Peevy I wasn’t sure what to expect when I curled up with my laptop last night but was soon drawn in to weird wild Dead Scalp where no one cuts their hair. And for good reason. Unless you...

The World Turns Red Tim Waggoner Cemetery Dance Publications (June 26, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Well, all I can say is that The World Turns Red is another in a long line of brilliant horror work by Tim Waggoner. There was never anyone who could blend the...

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Black Pharaoh JM Reinbold MX Publishing (September 20, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Black Pharaoh, Holmes and Watson have been retained to find Robert Henry, the Fifth Earl of...

The Nightmare Frontier Stephen Mark Rainey Crossroad Press (May 16, 2010) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham In The Nightmare Frontier, Rainey’s most surreal, dreamlike book yet, we find ourselves in Silver Ridge, West Virginia, and by the time Russell Copeland arrives to...

Dreadful Things Michael Laimo Crossroad Press (January 26, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham This is the first of Michael Laimo’s works I’ve read, but it won’t be the last. Dreadful Things lives up to its title and becomes relatable simultaneously because it's your...

Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology Preston Grassman, ed. Titan Books (September 7, 2021) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I’d like to say I’d never lived through an apocalypse of sorts and this book is just science fiction, but since Covid in 2020, it’s become a...

The Wages of Belief and Other Stories from the Dark Side Elizabeth Massie Macabre Ink (February 4, 2025) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham Elizabeth Massie is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, and it isn’t hard to see why. She had a knack for seeing right through the...

An Arabian Night-mare & Others; The Diamond Lens & Others; What Was It and Others Fitz-James O’Brien Swan River Press (2025) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-1862) was an Irish author, emigrated first to London and then to America, where he...

Old Monsters Never Die By Tim Waggoner Winding Road Stories (May 28, 2024) Reviewed by Carson Buckingham There’s a good reason that Tim Waggoner has won the Bram Stoker Award four times, and if you are discerning enough to purchase a copy of his latest, Old Monsters...

The Girl the Sea Gave Back Adrienne Young Wednesday Books (September 3, 2019) Reviewed by Nora B. Peevy I thought the first book, Sky in the Deep, was fabulous, but this one almost made me cry. I identified with the main character Tova so much, lost, homeless, alone,...