Review: Nightmares Unhinged: Twenty Tales of Terror Edited by Joshua Viola ★★★★★
It must be said that, strikingly, the cover and overall book layout and presentation is darkly gorgeous, even down to the perfect new-gothic style fonts. […]
Review: The New World: A Step Backward by Andy Skrzynski
★★★★½ 
Sometimes the end of the world is just the beginning. In 2019, Easter Sunday, a spike in Internet chatter amongst Iranian, Chinese, and Russian users gives a swansong to the era of global nuclear peace as America’s capitals are wiped from the map. After the five years of devastating conflict – later dubbed the “World Annihilation” period – humanity lives on in its pockets; in secluded villages that escaped the crosshairs of the major powers that have long gone silent.
Over half a century passes, and a bastion of hope formerly called Riding Mountain National Park becomes home to […]
Review: Studying Evolved by John Duckworth ★★★★★
The first point to make about the book is perhaps unexpected: it’s hilarious. I don’t use […]
Review: The Children of Cain: House of Dvanaesti by David R. Bishop & J. Scott Cordero ★★★★
Gabriel Hawthorne never chose an easy life – his days investigating some of the filthiest secrets, personal and political, have marked him out. But every man has his limit, and when Gabriel stumbles onto the biggest skeleton in human history’s closet, he must find a way to survive.
Hunted by legendary beings many call “vampires” and held in prison-sanctuary by a mythical cult of information, will Gabriel wriggle out of this ancient struggle alive or be just another victim of the longest war of human history? Knowledge is power in The Children of Cain: House of Dvanaesti by David R. […]
Review: Fusion (Tesla Evolution Book 4) by Mark Lingane
★★★★½ 
The world ended, but that was just a new beginning. Sebastian is no longer the boy whose mother was taken from him, or the wide-eyed student of the Academy. Cyborg armies, zombie plagues, magnetic magicians, and insane warlords are all just par for the course at this point, and fate proved too powerful for even death. Finally, scores are to be settled, and the growing darkness to be faced in Fusion, Book 4 and the finale of the Tesla Evolution series by Mark Lingane.
This sci-fi mash-up has been a favorite of mine for a long time, but […]
Review: The Gift-Knight’s Quest by Dylan Madeley ★★★★★
Review: The Old Way Of Winter (The Nimedian Ways Book 1) by M.P. Goodwin
★★★★½ 
When House Kérbholán is destroyed, purged by enemies and allies alike, only Kérbholán Néit seems to have escaped with breath in his lungs. Assisted by a scant few trusted friends and holding the lone item left to carry his ancestry, Néit pursues understanding, revenge, and above all, survival in The Old Way of Winter by M. P. Goodwin, Book 1 of The Nimedian Ways.
Firstly, the cover needs mention, as it is subtle and appropriate; the illustration (credited to Louis Lafont) is reminiscent of the covers and images in Tolkien works. The connection is perfectly suitable and the […]
Review: Fortune 69 by David Heath ★★★★
Content warning for depictions of suicide and sexual abuse.
On the Internet, there is a website that caters to every depraved and bizarre interest on the planet, mundane or otherwise. Like the Wild West of old, there are no rules, except that you never let what happens there cross into real life. Here on the anonymized “Fortune 69” dot com, reality is just what you make it.
Fortune 69 is David Heath’s debut novel, previously the writing talent behind Bilateral Comics and contributor to several short story anthologies. Heath describes himself as an author of “transgressive fiction,” which is apparent […]