The Final Reconciliation – Todd Keisling

  So, as a fellow metal-head, I feel a kindred spirit with Todd as he unfurls The Final Reconciliation, a story about a journalist who is interviewing Aidan Cross. Cross is an aging guitarist who is institutionalized for going off his nut over the tragic show his band played 30 years ago. Aidan was the

Covenant – Allan Leverone

  Lindie and Justin relocate from North Carolina to the small town of Covenant, New Hampshire to start their new jobs. They purchase a “fixer-upper” and immediately get to work remodeling. One afternoon, Justin goes to get them something to drink. After too much time had passed, Lindie goes looking for Justin and finds him

Dead of Winter – Brian Moreland

  In a remote fur-trapping outpost in Quebec, someone…or something is killing the inhabitants of Fort Pendleton and eating their bodies. Tom Hatcher has seen this before. The inspector from Montreal has recently captured the Cannery Cannibal after his gruesome murder spree of 12 prostitutes. Father Xavier has seen these dark forces at work, as

Coco Butternut – Joe Lansdale

  Coco Butternut is the name of a prize-winning dachshund that was mummified by it’s eccentric owner after it died and the body was stolen and held for ransom. It is also the title of Lansdale’s latest short Hap and Leonard novella. The mystery is something out of The Hardy Boys, i.e. Not very hard