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Book Review: Food Fright by Nico Bell
A nasty case of high school bullying ends up with one of the students dead. However, revenge is a dish best served cold, and sweet. Cassie lures supposed friend and soccer teammate, Jennifer, to some after school bullying by the rest of the soccer team, but when Jennifer seeks refuge in the Home Economics classroom,…
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Mythology and Me: Catherine McCarthy
Hi, I’m Cath. My head is almost permanently immersed in the world of books, whether it’s reading or writing. My favourite reading genres are magical realism, gothic fiction and supernatural horror. I have a collection of my own stories on Amazon entitled “Door and Other Twisted Tales“. My choice of viewing material is similar to…
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Book Review: The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
A novel that starts shiny and bright, but, much like its title, begins to rust in its middle, and crumbles away to nothing by the end. Phoebe returns home after twenty eight years, as her mother is selling the family home to move into a condo, and Phoebe still has belongings to collect. It’s a…
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Book Review: Perfect Little Murder by Yawatta Hosby
A psychological exploration into what makes a child a killer that is as much a tragedy as it is horror. 13 year old Loren isn’t coping with the tragic death of her older brother, Franco, and is convinced that her younger sister, Kina, killed him. Determined to avenge her best friend, and ensure justice is…
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Author Interview: Tracie Provost
Tracie Provost is a joy to interview. Warm, charming and full of interesting stories about horror and history, I could have talked with her all day. This is a woman who has managed to bring her love of horror into her work as an historian; teaching classes on dark folklore and publishing papers about witches,…
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Book Review: Forest Underground by Lydian Faust
A doctor hoping to make her name, and a patient who might not be human. Let’s journey together to the Forest Underground. After an apparent suicide attempt, Luna is admitted to Dr Sizemore’s experimental treatment facility. Kept isolated from the other patients, and subjected to odd scenarios during her therapy sessions, Luna slowly reveals details…
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Book Review: The Cat in the Wall by Heather Nanni
A collection of dark and twisted tales of women in strange situations. The Cat in the Wall starts off this collection of six very short stories; a flash piece about a woman whose mother starts hallucinating. Next comes Hive, broaching the subject of infidelity. After that comes The White Rabbit, and one woman’s symbol of…
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Author Interview: Catherine McCarthy
Catherine McCarthy lives in a two hundred year old house in West Wales with a disused farm track that leads down to woodlands, and if that doesn’t provide the perfect setting for a horror and fantasy writer, I don’t know what does. Talking to Catherine, who is warm and bright with a melodious Welsh accent,…
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Book Review: To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger
Vultures offer freedom to Andi in this compelling story of mental illness and obsession. Andi has never fit in, always felt different and an outsider, but her life seems to be going well. She has a loving girlfriend, Luna, her own home and a new therapist, Dr Fawning. But the vultures that ride the wind…