Man, this is a grim read indeed….and I loved it. Cizak’s tale of a cab driver and his hot, young, sex-crazed neighbour is about as noir as it gets. Lester Banks is locked in a daily life struggle. His job sucks, he can barely pay the rent on his apartment and there is little…
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Book review: The Method – Duncan Ralston
I am a big fan of Duncan Ralston. I loved his extreme novella, Woom, and I also loved the brooding supernatural novel, Salvage. The Method is very different to both of those books, which is good because it shows Ralston is anything but predictable. Whilst I enjoyed this book, it didn’t really blow me away from an…
Book review: Embers – Kenneth W. Cain
I’ve read many, many short story collections over these past few years. Some good, some great and some that are just okay. So, where does Embers by Kenneth W. Cain sit? Well, Crystal Lake Publishing very rarely drop the ball with their releases. They are one such publisher I know I am going to get a…
Book review: Baby Powder and other Terrifying Substances – John C. Foster
Not since John F.D. Taff’s short story collection have I enjoyed a coming together of short tales such as this. Though I have read some of these before, I was only too pleased to revisit the dark landscapes that Foster has crafted here with his imagination. To label ‘Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances’ (wow!…
Book review: The Stars are Legion – Kameron Hurley
This is my first novel by Kameron Hurley and it’s a bit of a ripper. ‘The Stars are Legion’ is a mash-up of sci-fi, fantasy and even horror that worked on every level for The Grim Reader. Told through two main characters in Zan and Jayd, the story follows both as they travel different paths,…
Book review: The Autumn War – Ani Fox
‘The Autumn War’ by Ani Fox is a little bit like James Bond meets Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger. It’s high-octane stuff with a protagonist that is quick-witted but even quicker on the trigger. The body count is high and head shots are a regular occurrence. There is a lot to like about this debut novel…
Guest book review: Jack ‘Splatterpunk’ Bantry reviews PUNK ROCK GHOST STORY by David Agranoff
Punk Rock Ghost Story is a beautiful journey back-in-time to the early years of American hardcore punk. It’s part horror story and part nostalgic road trip. The novel centres round Nick and his band, People’s Uprising, as they set off on their first nationwide tour. Everything is in place except for the transport, until Nick…
Album review:Xenocide – Aversions Crown
Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, Aversions Crown are back with a new album of space-infused death metal from which your ears will surely bleed. Lets have a look at what I thought… Opening instrumental ‘Void’ is a melancholic passage of music that builds behind a steady drum beat. As the track progresses things turn more ominous….
Book review: UBO – Steve Rasnic Tem
‘UBO’ is a superb story by Steve Rasnic Tem. It’s a sci-fi novel, though it does have strong horror elements to it as well. It follows a group of men trapped inside of a research facility. Are they on Earth or some other planet in a galaxy far, far away? Who are the man-size cockroaches…
Book review: Unnerving Magazine Issue #1
Unfortunately I’ve seen a few magazines go belly up in the last 18 months or so. The reasons I am not quite sure, though I don’t doubt that sales have something to do with it. So here we are with issue #1 of Unnerving Magazine: a new zine that I stumbled across on Twitter, of…
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