A Reviews / Recommended Readsalternate-reality / horror / menage a trois / monsters / Portero15 Comments
Dear Ms. Reeves: I am at a loss as to how to begin to describe this weird and wonderful novel, so I’m going to start by cribbing from the Amazon blurb: A large creepy estate, mysterious twin brothers, family secrets, a diabolical invention known as the bone machine, and a ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Categoryf/f historical mysteries / horror4 Comments
The scissors are blacksmith worked, crude and blackened. They’ve always hung there at the door of Treagrove. For three-hundred years they have played a part in murders and mysteries surrounding the women of the old house. Who says the tool of justice can’t be domestic? Three Novellas Spanning Three Centuries ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews CategoryDark Fantasy / horror / LGBTQ / rock music4 Comments
I’m supposed to be better than this. I’m supposed to have a tenure-track job teaching music history to undergrads, writing papers about Bach, and proving to kids like me that you can work your way out of Harlem. I’m not supposed to be following a rock star around the country, ... more >
C- Reviewshorror / m/m romance / sleepwalking11 Comments
Daniel Whitlock is terrified of going to sleep. And rightly so: he sleepwalks, with no awareness or memory of his actions. Including burning down Kenny Cooper’s house — with Kenny inside it — after Kenny brutally beat him for being gay. Back in the tiny town of Logan after ... more >
Publishing NewsBEA / cultural exchange / Fantasy / horror / Ireland / marriage equality / obituary / Tanith Lee / writers festivals / YA8 Comments
Tanith Lee Was An Indispensible Fantasy Author – As you may already have heard, Tanith Lee died on Sunday; she was only 67, and was still writing, despite the fact that she could not get any of her recent work published (see her own explanation below). There are several posts ... more >
C- ReviewsAsian heroine / ghosts / horror / Japan / Japanese culture / SourceBooks / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco
Dear Ms. Chupeco, Maybe because fall is fast approaching (where did the year go?), I find myself in the mood for a horror novel. Something like Anna Dressed in Blood or The Waking Dark. When I saw your debut, The Girl from the Well, I was excited. Horror influenced by ... more >