September 7, 2021
Kyle Holl
There's something in Leigh Harker's home. It lurks in the shadows of her bedroom watching her with round unblinking eyes, its booming footsteps filling the night air as it waits for Leigh to fall asleep. So begins The Haunting of Leigh Harker, the newest novel from prolific Australian author Darcy Coates. No stranger to hauntings [...]
September 1, 2021
Kyle Holl
The Guardian of Magic is the first entry in author Andrew Sharp's Stone Magic Series. I'll admit I had a fair amount of trepidation going into this one for a few reasons: the title is generic but the Amazon title line is absurdly overlong and descriptive, plus the cover is nigh identical to hordes of [...]
June 29, 2021
Kyle Holl
The Shade of Highfall: The Tale of Shrew is the debut novel by fantasy writer Mark O'Dell. The book is one part traditional sword and sorcery and one part coming of age that centers on the titular Shrew as she navigates her new life as a member of Highfall's thieves' guild. The story begins in [...]
June 15, 2021
Kyle Holl
Smithy is the debut novel by Inkshares author and paranormal connoisseur Amanda Desiree. The novel is an epistolary record of an animal language acquisition study centered on the titular chimpanzee Smithy (or Webster, if you're feeling formal) and the students who are teaching him American Sign Language. The researchers and their ward have taken up [...]
February 23, 2021
Sean Quinn
The Curse of Braddock Mansion begins as Natalie and her history professor husband, Evan, are quickly uprooted from their lives after Evan accepts a position to teach at a University in Atlanta. Exhausted from the seemingly fruitless search for an apartment, Natalie sparks fate when she sees a vacancy sign hanging on the gate of [...]
January 26, 2021
Kyle Holl
The Black Veldt is a new novella from Michael Reyes, an up and coming horror and dark fantasy author with previous credits in Weird Tales Magazine and Cirsova. We follow Jose Carvel, a self-described degenerate who's trying to turn over a new leaf as a writer in the Lower East Side but can't seem to [...]
January 7, 2021
Kyle Holl
Wood is a holiday horror novella by new author Dalton Primeaux. The book is about Henry, whose choice in furniture leaves a lot to be desired as the new table that he and his boyfriend Jason bring home from an antique store turns out to be infested by the spirits of long-dead witches. Having been [...]
FOR RYE is a Pitch Black Descent into Madness
THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER Distorts Settings and Perspectives
THE GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Is a Flawed but Promising Fantasy Debut
THE SHADE OF HIGHFALL is a Promising if Occasionally Overwritten Debut
SMITHY Is Believable but Lacks Payoff
THE CURSE OF BRADDOCK MANSION Is Compelling and Entertaining
THE BLACK VELDT Is Equally Sleazy, Strange, and Inscrutable
WOOD Really Needed Another Round of Editing
FOR RYE is a Pitch Black Descent into Madness
THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER Distorts Settings and Perspectives
THE GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Is a Flawed but Promising Fantasy Debut
THE SHADE OF HIGHFALL is a Promising if Occasionally Overwritten Debut
SMITHY Is Believable but Lacks Payoff
THE CURSE OF BRADDOCK MANSION Is Compelling and Entertaining
THE BLACK VELDT Is Equally Sleazy, Strange, and Inscrutable
WOOD Really Needed Another Round of Editing
FOR RYE is a Pitch Black Descent into Madness
THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER Distorts Settings and Perspectives
THE GUARDIAN OF MAGIC Is a Flawed but Promising Fantasy Debut
THE SHADE OF HIGHFALL is a Promising if Occasionally Overwritten Debut
SMITHY Is Believable but Lacks Payoff
THE CURSE OF BRADDOCK MANSION Is Compelling and Entertaining
THE BLACK VELDT Is Equally Sleazy, Strange, and Inscrutable
WOOD Really Needed Another Round of Editing