Book review: The Writhing Skies – Betty Rocksteady

  The reviewing of this book has been some time in the making, mainly due to reasons of ill-health but I also needed to take a bit of a break from the blog. However, now I’m back! In black, some might say as my wardrobe consists of little beyond dark t-shirts and denim. Alas, dear…

Magazine review: Dark Moon Digest #29

  I had such a busy November and December last year I totally forgot about the latest DMD! First up is a story by Betty Rocksteady. Now, I love Betty’s stuff, but I don’t like cats. And,  I’m really not a fan of cats in horror. Why? Well, let’s just say I’ve read a few…

Book review: Like Jagged Teeth – Betty Rocksteady

There are a couple of different themes simmering in the background of this novella by Betty Rocksteady. Themes of regret and grief are prevalent throughout the story and in Jacalyn, we have a character that struggles to be socially compatible. This struggle results in her doing things which perhaps go against her character. She just…

Magazine review: Unnerving Issue #3

Issue #3 of Unnerving Magazine rolls around and it’s an absolute doozy! Opening with a fantastic story by Paul Michael Anderson in which he asks: How far will a father go to relieve his daughter from any future pain, both physical and mental? Anderson writes heartfelt dark fiction so well and this story is brilliant…

Dark review: Dark Moon Digest #26

The latest edition of Dark Moon Digest is amazing. It’s amazing for a couple of reasons. The first of these being that it is an emotional issue for the PMMP crew. Read the intro and the first story and you will see why. The second reason is the fiction. Dark Moon Digest is a quarterly…

BTB Storytellers LOST SIGNALS part II

Day 2 and some more insights into this great horror anthology. Yours for today only 99c at Amazon. Today I have contributions from Betty Rocksteady, Joshua Chaplinsky, Paul Michael Anderson and Michael Paul Gonzalez. As yesterday I have included each of the stories with their accompanying artwork from Luke Spooner. Desert of Wounded Frequencies by Betty Rocksteady…

BTB Storytellers episode 4: Betty Rocksteady talks ARACHNOPHILE

Last week we heard from Alan Baxter, talking about his novel ‘Bound’. You can read that here in case you missed it. This week we dive into Bizarro fiction waters! What is Bizarro fiction? Bizarro is a kind of surreal, absurd style of storytelling where pretty much anything goes. The genre continues to grow. Bizarro heavyweights such…