Ugly Little Things – Todd Keisling

  A collection of shorts and a novella from Todd Keisling. His novella, The Final Reconciliation, I reviewed back in January. To make this review complete, I’ve included it. Here we go –   A Man in Your Garden – A clever telling of seeing something out the window through the raindrop while fighting off

For Fear of the Night – Charles L. Grant

  The term “quiet horror” gets thrown around everytime you read any review of a Charles Grant story. What exactly is quiet horror. Simply put, its a moniker created by Charlie himself, as a way to describe his writing style. Quiet horror is a slow crescendo of dread that builds in the story. It’s subtle,

The Devil’s Woods – Brian Moreland

  Brian Moreland is simply money in the bank. I have yet to read anything of his that I didn’t love and The Devil’s Woods is his best yet. Kyle and his brother and sister, Eric and Shawna, grew up on the Cree reservation until their mother divorced their father. Eric and Shawna have grown

Children of Chaos – Greg F. Gifune

  Philip, Jamie, and Martin are young teenagers when they stumble upon the mysterious stranger in the rain. The encounter ends with the stranger mumbling odd ramblings about destinies and then, before their very eyes, the children see the scars that line his back move and change shapes. In an act of self defense, the

Optical Delusion – Hunter Shea

  Hunter Shea has tapped into our childhood for his latest offering of fear. Remember those ads in the backs of comic books? Muscles like Charles Atlas. Sea monkeys. Joy buzzers. Fake ice cubes with a fly in the middle. Gum that turns your mouth black. Oh, and the ever popular, X-ray glasses. I certainly

Worlds Between My Teeth – Tim Meyer

  Another short story collection from a new-to-me author, Tim Meyer. Let’s jump right in and break each story down one by one. The Dream Eaters – It’s all a dream. Nothing can hurt you in a dream, right? Some familiar elements with a twist or two. 3 out of 5 stars The Lemures –

Corpse Rider – Tim Curran

  Christina was visiting her mother’s grave when a nearby headstone surrounded by weeds caught her eye. It saddened her that it wasn’t taken care of and kept up like all the others. She decided to clear the weeds and tidy it up. It all seemed so innocent. A good deed, really. But there was

Fungoid – William Meikle

  There’s a fungus among us. When the oily rain starts pouring down, what follow brings mankind to it’s knees. A fast growing fungus starts spreading and wiping out the vast majority of the population. Is it from outer space? Was it an experiment gone wrong? Does it really matter? The speed at which these

Where Wolves Run – Jason Parent

Jason Parent is kicking out some very impressive material here lately and Where Wolves Run is absolutely phenomenal. Set in the old country, young Konrad watches from the hiding place under the Bavarian cottage floor as his mother is torn apart by unknown hairy beasts. Trapped and unable to see exactly what happened, his father

With Fury in Hand – Lee Thompson

The mean streets of Flint, Michigan have been known to chew up many an innocent soul and spit it out. For five individuals, change is in the air like a breeze of desperation. Unknown to them, their lives will intertwine in a chaotic storm of death. With Fury in Hand is a gritty tale that