Great news, everyone! My body horror fairytale, All of Me, is a Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Award winner! All of Me should be a modern classic. A horror fable for our time, it mixes equal parts black humour, body horror and compassion that hits like a sucker punch to the heart. Dan Soule,… Continue reading All of Me wins award
This is the story of Andre, a forty something New Yorker who has used drugs since childhood, who wakes up in a bad situation and tries to remember how he got there. This fast paced dark character study starts with a killer hook and an enticing promise of transhumanism themes. The story is well written… Continue reading Popsicle by Christa Wojciechowski
Belinda reconnects with her Mexican heritage when she travels to Texas for the wedding of her best friend and investigates a local urban legend. Integral to Belinda’s journey is the assault and murder of Milagros, a young Mexican woman who sought work in Texas in the 1950s, and is remembered as the Queen of the… Continue reading Queen of the Cicadas by V Castro
Forty something Eudora Fellowes defies Victorian convention in many ways. She’s single by choice, prefers the company of her wolfhounds, Cerberus and Black Shuck, to other humans, and she often wears trousers rather than dresses. When her great-aunt leaves her the seaside manor of High Hearth, Eudora looks forward to a quiet country idyll. Unfortunately,… Continue reading Inheriting Her Ghosts by SH Cooper
It’s time to return to Clifton Heights, the small town where nothing is what it seems and the weird waits in every shadow. Sheriff Chris Baker meets up with priest, Father Ward, in the Skylark diner to exchange stories that puzzle and unsettle. The first novella, Sopan (or Devourer of Souls), takes place in the… Continue reading Devourer of Souls by Kevin Lucia
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