Book review: 12 Gauge – Dustin LaValley

  12 Gauge is a collection of three very different novellas from Dustin LaValley. Novella 1 was my favourite of the three; It ticked all the boxes for this reader. The other two were damn entertaining, particularly The Deceived, which came a close second. Let’s get stuck into what I thought… Spinner starts out as…

Magazine review: Unnerving Magazine #4

I’ve been really looking forward to this bumper issue of Unnerving Magazine. October is always a special time of year for horror fans, for obvious reasons, and what better way to spend the dark nights than with a copy of this excellent magazine. What I really enjoy about this issue is that the stories are…

Interview: The Grim Reader talks to Mercedes Murdock Yardley

  Mercedes M. Yardley is a whimsical dark fantasist who wears stilettos, red lipstick, and poisonous flowers in her hair.  She is the author of many diverse works, including Beautiful Sorrows, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy, Detritus in Love, and the BONE…