 | Joanne Van LeerdamI'm very happy I came across this book. I had never read anything from Van Leerdam and I'm greatly surprised. This book is a sweet read, a horror little tale you'd love having next to your bed.
I love these short stories, it kind of reminds me of "Tales from the Crypt", which I was a total fan when I was a kid. Short, sharp, right to the point, with a lesson, a horrific lesson. The reviews for this title are great, and it completely deserves it.
The author introduces all the essential elements to make a horror thread interesting and catching: suspense from the very first page, a little romance (without turning it... Read More |
 | Mark Rivett"Thing of Nightmares" is a book any steampunk/fantasy reader will absolutely adore. A crime investigation, chasing the "Clockwork Killer" opens the door to a spiral of conspiracies, murders and lots of blood.
Rivett's writing is very clear, very easy to read. You turn the pages without realizing. With all the introductions and descriptions he needs to expose to guide the reader, it never gets slow or boring.
Characters are realistic, you can relate to what they feel, which sticks you to the book. I especially liked the crime thread. People enraged because they are just, scared. The law failing in their conclusions... Read More |
 | Joe and Marisha CautilliThis book is a different one. A very special sci-fi/cyberpunk story. This is the fourth of the series "Zombies Vs. Robots", so the thread is already complex and with lots of information for the reader.
A great effort on robotics research (or knowledge) is obvious and it turns the plot into a web of controversial characters, emotions, technical concepts and delicate situations. Survival, danger and panic move our characters, making the tension latent all along the book.
The Cautillis know how to make you smile very often, though. Humorous scenes are alternated with bloody, sharp ones, sewed with a fast, spine-... Read More |
 | Toneye EyenotThis is a beautiful book. Bloody, visceral, gore... beautiful.
"Revenge" is the centre of the plot. An intelligent, organized and furious wolfkind plans their vengeance, after the outrages they have been suffering from, of course, humans.
Our hurt, betrayed and aching protagonist narrates the whole story from the filter of her pain for her recent loss.
"One by one, my claws penetrate the chest and then slowly, I drag down, opening the body up from neck to groin. It screams. Its final vision is of my gaping maw, descending to tear away its head from the struggling body."
From the entrails of the wolf... Read More |
 | Anthology edited by Dawn CanoThis book is a special piece. It consists of a competition between US and UK writers, round by round one writer becomes the winner with their short story. You can find different kinds of subjects, from gore extreme sex to bloody revenge and dark conspiracies. Big names show up in this book, competing against each other. Most stories focus on fury and revenge, taking the author to the limit. Others are lighter, like a dark thriller. I enjoyed very much the rounds seven, twelve and thirteen.
The book opens with a quite light round, but if you keep on reading you get to the extreme ones. In my case, what I was... Read More |
 | Essel Pratt"Yeti Yearning" by Essel Pratt is a very, very special book. I don't even dare to review it as any other regular title. What can you expect when you have this book in your hands? We are not used to the concept of "yeti", and belonging to Project 26 (which is an amazing terror book collection project from J. Ellington Ashton Press), you ask yourself "what is this?".
I need to start from the point that Pratt's writing is very pleasurable to read, which makes his books sincerely gratifying to hold. He brings a sugary tone to threads, in a way that he exposes a bloody scene giving you the sensation of watching ballet... Read More |
 | Toneye Eyenothttps://www.theboldmom.com"The Scarlett Curse" by Toneye Eyenot is the opening novella of the horror series "The Sacred Blade of Profanity".
A blade possessing its host is the central figure of the plot. Scarlett, the bearer, remains under its control, being demanded to bring victims to tear up. Her way is turned off when she collides with little Dera, who will transform the events... and her destiny.
At the same time, a threatened Joshua runs his own race to find what he's been ordered, crossing his dark way and obsession with Scarlett and our fragile Dera.
This book is, simply, great. Quick, fresh, free of... Read More |
 | Roma GrayHaunted House Harbor" by Roma Gray is a terror book (part of Project 26, book 8) about the "perfect Apocalypse". But no definition could ever describe the amazing work Gray brings to us.
The plot is complex, many characters are introduced at the same time, suffering a worldwide terrorist attack (a very creative one, I must say) each one of them, in their way. They find (or are they forced to find...?) shelter in a place which hosts its own evil entities.
You’ll still have to deal with what already lives in this town, and I think you will discover that it is always hungry.” With a cackling laugh, she added: “Welcome... Read More |
 | Andrew Cull"Knock and You Will See Me" by Andrew Cull is-a-terror-book. What do I mean? You better have a light on when you read it.
A loving parent protecting her children from something she cannot even understand.
A ghostly story, taking the reader to shivers. While you hold this book, you check your back very often.
Cull's writing is very easy to drown into. His words are soft and warm, you don't even realize you're letting the fear into your room.
A strong loving family and a deep dark memory of the dead tie the thread. The link is broken when no one believes her word and how she and her kids... Read More |
 | Toneye Eyenot"Joshua's Folly" by Toneye Eyenot is the second book of the dark-fantasy series "The Sacred Blade of Profanity." The first one, "The Scarlett Curse" is an amazing little novella where the main characters and background are introduced.
This book reveals the thread in flashes, sewing all the stories from the first title together. What seemed to be the centre of the plot, is not. Who you thought to be the hunter, turns into prey. Everything makes sense for the reader, but all doors remain open for THAT feeling telling you nothing will stay like this for long.
Many important characters run parallel, connected little... Read More |
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