I recently read the latest short story collection by Erik Hofstatter and really enjoyed it. You can see my review for that here. ‘Katerina’ is an odd little novelette originally released in 2015. What starts as a dark, erotic story soon manifests into something quite odd as main character Kimil beds a prostitute but begins to…
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BTB Storytellers Episode 1: Andrew David Barker talks DEAD LEAVES
Foreword: Wow, what an amazing response I have had to this little project. The interest shown has been phenomenal and I can’t wait to share with you these insightful pieces about some of my favorite books. This will be a weekly thing (every Sunday evening Australian time), and I hope you will get as much…
Book review: Revolver – Michael Patrick Hicks
‘Revolver’ is another short story from Michael Patrick Hicks, set in a future United States that is being torn apart by civil unrest. It’s a county controlled by fear through the media. This is an angry story, one that goes straight for the jugular in a most unapologetic but engaging way. ‘Revolver’ is a game…
Book review: Let Go – Michael Patrick Hicks
I used to devour zombie fiction like there was no tomorrow. I’ve read some great stuff and some not so great stuff. ‘Let Go’ is the sort of zombie story that I like. The living dead are a background feature to what is essentially a tale about loss and perhaps unsurprisingly letting go. Everett is…
Book review: Four Bullets – Kyle Rader
I’ve read and enjoyed a couple of good western novels this year, and I really enjoyed this one by Kyle Rader. There is something a little different with this novel to the others in that the main character Drake Travis is a hugely unlikable character. Armed with a bad attitude and his weapon, the brilliantly…
BTB Storytellers: LOST SIGNALS SPECIAL FEATURE coming soon.
At the start of August, Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing released a great anthology called LOST SIGNALS. The theme of this anthology was horror transmissions or signals from beyond. A whole host of writers from across the genre came forth with some epic, unsettling, weird and downright creepy tales. I am soon launching a new feature called BTB Storytellers…
BTB Storytellers: Sunday Episode 1: Andrew David Barker talks Dead Leaves
Sunday evening here in Australia sees me kick off a huge project called BTB Storytellers. Each week will see a different writer talk about one of their books. Sunday September 4th Episode 1: Andrew David Barker. Andrew will kick things off with a great piece about his book ‘Dead Leaves’. Hope you will check it…
Book review: Aimee Bancroft and The Singularity Storm – Daniel Marc Chant
What happens when Daniel Marc Chant leaves horror behind (temporarily, of course), and ventures into the cosmic void that is science-fiction! Well, if you like your science-fiction pulpy, filled with underwater cities and aquafolk (new word there, people!), then I am pleased to report that Mr Chant has come up trumps with this novella that…
Book review: Peel Back the Skin – Grey Matter Press anthology
What a great time it is to be a reader of dark fiction. 2016 has seen readers swamped with books of exceptional high quality. If you are a regular here then you will probably be aware of my affinity towards Chicago’s premier publisher of speculative fiction, Grey Matter Press. I haven’t been disappointed with anything…
Feature: Lamplight Magazine.
I thought that it was about time I brought your attention to a great little magazine that I subscribe to that I feel not enough people know about. ‘Lamplight’ is a quarterly magazine of dark fiction that has featured some of the very best writers around and will continue to do so for a long…
Grim Reader Reviews 