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4.8 / 5.0
DARKNESS BELOW by Barbara Cottrell is a compelling and unnerving exploration of Lovecraftian horror set in the grounds of Miskatonic University.
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4.8 / 5.0
Each of the stories in SUBURBAN MONSTERS is a masterful exercise in building tension and creating a sense of unease, as author Christopher Hawkins delves...
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Rating:
4.1 / 5.0
Despite its demonic themes, Ryan L Canning's HEL TAKES A HOLIDAY is a horror novella with no shortage of gags and festive humor blending Christmas...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Kaylin McFarren’s REQUIEM FOR A QUEEN is a well written and very pacy fantasy thriller with elements of dark romance and passages of explicit erotica.
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4.0 / 5.0
Isaac Thorne creates characters who feel like real people in HELL SPRING and then puts them through the wringer, but doesn’t get much beyond the...
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3.9 / 5.0
Clocking in at just over 75 pages, Chris Kelso's THE BLACK DOG EATS THE CITY is a novella that serves as an allegory for depression,...
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3.9 / 5.0
THE HOSTAGE CHRONICLES is a violent and very gory collection of short stories framed around a demented fantasy author kidnapping his publisher and editor. Though...
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3.0 / 5.0
Brian James Gage’s THE NOSFERATU CONSPIRACY: Book Two, The Sommelier is a dark, pulpy adventure featuring likable protagonists and horrifying monsters but gets bogged down...
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4.0 / 5.0
A romantic coming-of-age tale intertwined with a massive dark fantasy epic, Kaylin McFarren's ANNIHILATION--a thrilling expansion of the Gehenna universe--will leave readers eager for the...
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Rating:
3.9 / 5.0
Patrick Ashe’s postapocalyptic thriller THE AUTUMN QUEEN PROTOCOL is a solidly crafted journey through a post-COVID wasteland that prompts interesting questions about trust, authority, and...