(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is an occasional feature where I review horror short stories.) A cursed swing links a young girl to a supernatural entity that leads to traumatic revelations in a tale of domestic horror titled ‘Playing in the Dark” by John Durgin. Oddly enough, my previous Short Shots review was another domestic horror... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: Since 2024, Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of the year, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) James Kaine debuts atop the Cryptid Quarterly VII chart with a Jersey Devil thriller, and D.A. Roberts returns at No. 2 with the fourth book in The Lakeview Man... Continue Reading →
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand officially hit the shelves August 19 and became an instant bestseller. It debuted at No. 3 on The New York Times Best Sellers list for September 7, at No. 16 on USA Today's Best-selling Booklist for August 27, and reached No.... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: Since 2024, Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of the year, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) Luka T. Jacobs and Jeffrey B Miley continue their successful runs on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 List as they delivered more top-rated cryptid horror fiction during the second... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today’s list features the Top 10 Books of the Year. Click here to check out the Top 10 Authors of the Year released March 12.) I released the 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Authors of the... Continue Reading →
I don't have a vote for the Bram Stoker Awards, but if I had one, I'd nominate What Hides in the Cupboards by Cassondra Windwalker as the best novel I read in 2024. As 2025 begins and I look back on the previous year, Windwalker's gothic tale set in the New Mexico desert is the... Continue Reading →
CJ Leede's debut Maeve Fly won Best Novel at the 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, leading a trend where four of the five categories featured first-time winners. Maeve Fly, a serial killer thriller "inspired by the pages of American Psycho," was also nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in February. The seventh annual Splatterpunk Awards were presented... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: DOUBLE FEATURE is a column where I read at least two horror books per month in 2020 and review them for my website.) April’s DOUBLE FEATURE: Allison by Jeff Strand and The House by the Cemetery by John Everson. Allison The 2020 novel Allison is one of Splatterpunk Award-winning author Jeff Strand’s best... Continue Reading →
