Horror Book Reviews

Review: Declassified Events: Predator Island (Volume 1) by Fouad Kazan ★★★★

Declassified Events by Fouad KazanDeclassified Events by Fouad Kazan is an action-driven science fiction/horror novel about cruel and unusual experiments being conducted at a research island – think The Island of Doctor Moreau – but the hybrid creatures are being turned into weapons. Criminal Chris Hopkins is stolen out of prison and taken to the aptly-named Predator Island. Hopkins must struggle to navigate this horrifying environment. He doesn’t just have to escape the creatures, but becoming one one of the creatures himself.

Chris Hopkins is a compelling central character. Convicted of murder, he’s not exactly a good guy, which actually makes the island seem […]

2015-09-10T06:30:10+02:00August 10th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Haunted Trail: The War of the Dublin Woods by John C. Lukegord ★★★

The Haunted Trail: The war of the Dublin Woods by John C. LukegordFollowing the reign of terror that was McRandle, killer of the Dublin docks, horror strikes the Irish town once more. In the year of 1892 the woods of Dublin become host to a brutal murder of a budding couple who dare enter it. Ignoring local superstitions, the two trespass into cursed land, and discover the truth behind the dreaded place, at the expense of their lives at the hands of the escaped lunatics of the local asylum.

Concurrently, after outwitting McRandle, Mick Patrician has made it his life purpose to destroy and remove the evil that lurks in the Woods. […]

2015-08-24T02:58:19+02:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

The Dark Side of the Window by J.N. Brown

The Dark Side of the Window by J.N. BrownThe Dark Side of the Window by J.N. Brown is a riveting psychological horror novel about a man in his sixties who loses his wife to cancer and then begins to see images of her in apparitions and nightmares. That’s not the scariest part though: she’s not appearing to terrify him, just come to warn him of something even more terrifying living right next door.

On the surface, The Dark Side of the Window is a fairly straight-forward ghost story. However, the premise of the novel is the springboard for a richly character-driven suspense novel. The book is written in […]

2015-07-14T03:57:43+02:00July 14th, 2015|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: In the Shadow of St. Anthony by Andrew Hernon ★★★★

In the Shadow of St. Anthony by Andrew Hernon In the Shadow of St. Anthony: Being a somewhat detailed account of the coming of age of Tommy Santalesa, the neighborhood wiseass is a hybrid coming-of-age novel about being in a rock band in New York City – and a chilling horror novel.

The novel follows Tommy Santalesa, the untalented bassist of the band Fly Trap, who are on the brink of possible stardom. When Frank – his talented bandmate – is found with mysterious marks on his neck, Tommy must face this supernatural force and save his friend. The book is an impressive blend of horror, character development, period […]

2015-07-20T03:54:19+02:00July 7th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Queensboro by Thomas Drago

★★★★½ Queensboro by Thomas Drago

Content warning for child abduction and abuse of a sexual nature, as well as the use of racist and offensive language.

When model fourth grade student Ashley Smith breaks her zero-absence record at Crow Creek Elementary, everyone is immediately on edge. When Sheriff Brad Gleason calls a search, something far worse than anyone could have imagined is found, and once more the town of Crow Creek must handle loss at the hands of the simply unexplainable.

Meanwhile,  an ex-employee of Carolina EnTech turns up worse than dead in a local diner, spurring the only witness curious enough to drive […]

2018-11-08T13:14:22+02:00July 1st, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: The Miseducation of the Zombie by Timothe Davis ★★★★

The Miseducation of the Zombie by Timothe DavisIn the United Federation of Sectors, a nation of 13 Sectors altogether, the creatures of the forest, lagoon, and full moon are all real, races from beyond have landed, and the dead walk the Earth – but that’s not the real issue these days.

After the Sectors began to pass proper laws for that sort of thing, Humans and the Other-Worldly Beings (or “OWBs”) are now fairly co-existent, both together and within each other’s broad spectrum of individuals. Sure, there are Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies – but nobody gets turned without a permit and proper medical procedure these days. Helping this […]

2019-01-22T15:46:49+02:00May 11th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Shades: The Gehenna Dilemma (Shades Series Book 1) by Eric Dallaire

Shades by Eric DallaireShades: The Gehenna Dilemma is the extraordinarily original and inventive science fiction/dystopian novel of a bleak future where the IRS bring back debtors from the dead as “Shades,” turning them into servants of the state. As the old saying goes, “The only thing certain in life are death and taxes.” Shades takes this literally and combines the two ideas.

The book centers around Jonah, a reluctant IRS agent (called a “ghoul”), who’s trying to pay off his mother’s debts, while contending with his girlfriend whose job is to protect the poor from becoming Shades. The novel is a perfect balance […]

Review: Exit by Julian Boote ★★★★★

ExitExit, by Julian Boote, is a terrifying read that will keep you up well after your bedtime. And you might want to leave the lights on.

A group of thieves receive a frightening message during a midnight heist: The wage of sin is death. During the robbery, a swarm of hooded individuals trap them inside an abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker. The compound is vast and cutoff from the outside world. As the thieves begin to realize they are trapped they learn another scary fact. The people in hoods are vigilantes that will stop at nothing to get their […]

2017-03-24T10:55:16+02:00April 13th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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