Tim Curran – Into The Macabre

Monstrosity – Tim Curran

You know a writer kicks ass when they can stretch your imagination to the point where, when you look back, you can’t believe how much of the story you were buying. Curran does that in spades with Monstrosity. Monstrosity takes your typical rural Midwest setting and turns it on its ear in this dystopicContinue reading “Monstrosity – Tim Curran”

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 wasContinue reading “Corpse Rider – Tim Curran”

Resurrection – Tim Curran

The rain kept falling and falling and falling…and like the rain, the story kept going and going and…well, you get the idea. This one ran the gamut with me, good and bad. Resurrection is listed as a Zombie Epic and you better believe it when they say epic. The problem was that it wasContinue reading “Resurrection – Tim Curran”

Long Black Coffin – Tim Curran

Damn, damn, damn. Now THAT was how you do horror. Tim Curran’s Long Black Coffin actually gave me shivers – yes, shivers – and that’s something that hasn’t happened in a very long time. Long Black Coffin is a working class ghost story set in a small town in Wisconsin. Johnny Breede is your typicalContinue reading “Long Black Coffin – Tim Curran”

Blackout – Tim Curran

Want to know how to do sci-fi/horror right? Something that takes you back to great cinematic offerings from the hey day of 1980s? Look no further than Tim Curran’s Blackout. Claustrophobic, eerie, familiar surroundings and people, and like a master magician, Curran only shows you what he wants you to see when he wants youContinue reading “Blackout – Tim Curran”

Sow – Tim Curran

Curran is the master at describing a scene. By the time he’s done setting it up, you can not only see it in your mind, you can smell it, taste it, hear it, and feel it down in the marrow of your bones. Sow is no exception. My gag reflex was on autopilot as heContinue reading “Sow – Tim Curran”