Simultaneous: Eric Heisserer’s Genre-Bending Leap from Screen to Print
Simultaneous is a thrilling, fast-paced speculative crime fiction packed with twists, a truly unique premise, and just the right touch of humor.
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The Running Man: Reality TV Meets Dystopian Horror
The Running Man is a fast-paced and thrilling adventure using a dystopian future, which happens to be this year, and extreme consumerism to terrify us as the readers. Written using his pseudonym, Richard Bachman, Stephen King holds nothing back.
Gunpowder Prophets #1: Jordan and Piazzalunga Unleash ’70s Horror Mayhem
Justin Jordan teams-up with Patrick Piazzalunga to bring a 1970s style supernatural horror filled with over-the-top action in Gunpowder Prophets.
I Know What You Did Last Summer: A Different Kind of Horror
Lois Duncan deserves credit for creating the core story and crafting a novel that that has become something bigger with I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Crafting for Sinners: Arts, Crafts, and Eternal Damnation
Crafting for Sinners is exactly the kind of out-of-the-box novel I was craving, and it’s another standout from Jenny Kiefer.
Murder Podcast #1: When True Crime Turns Truly Deadly
Murder Podcast is the perfect launch title for Ignition Press, blending true crime, a terrifying tale from Jeremy Haun, and stunning artwork by Mike Tisserand.
Bent Heavens: The Horror of What’s Left Behind
Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus is a beautiful blend of science fiction, horror, and thriller.
Fiend: When Power Has Teeth
Written with the intensity and severity of the corporate machine, Fiend by Alma Katsu covers much ground in examining the horrors of power, wealth, and a landscape operating without a system of checks and balances.
Coffin Moon: The Sharp Fangs of Refusing to Let Go
Intense, bleak, and bathed in gore, Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson is the kind of novel that will carve out your chest cavity with a blunt silver spoon.
We Are Always Tender with Our Dead: A Haunting Introduction to Burnt Sparrow
We Are Always Tender with Our Dead exceeded all my expectations, a phenomenal start to the Burnt Sparrow series. An unsettling must-read horror.
The Long Walk: Survival One Step at a Time
The Long Walk is a truly excellent book by Stephen King, I mean Richard Bachman. It’s an intense and gripping story packed with more than I ever expected.
Shitshow: When Shit Hits the Fan
A delightful novel that lifts heavy weights, Shitshow by Chris Panatier is the definition of balance, a perfect blend of dark and light that delivers a poignant, entertaining narrative surrounding life’s shittiest dealings.
The Long Low Whistle: A Cryptid Nightmare You Can’t Pause
The seventh installment in the Killer VHS series from Shortwave Publishing, The Long Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower, is a suspenseful claustrophobic cryptid horror tale that might be the best in the series so far.
Spread Me: Sarah Gailey’s Seductive Sci-Fi Mind Trip
Spread Me is exactly what the title suggests, an erotic sci-fi horror. Sarah Gailey excels at crafting a unique and thought-provoking tale with a perfectly paced length.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 – A Hellish Return Worth the Wait
Event Horizon: Dark Descent nails the disturbing feeling and psychological horror that made the original film become a cult classic.
Breathe In, Bleed Out: Slasher Balance for the Mind and Body
Both psychologically and viscerally harrowing, Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley solidifies his status as one of the most entertaining and heartfelt voices in slasher fiction.
#238: The Toxic Avenger (1984) Movie Review
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss The Toxic Avenger film from 1984!
Starship Godzilla #1: A Thrilling New Chapter in the Godzilla Mythos
Writer Chris Gooch and artist Oliver Ono have created something spectacular with Starship Godzilla.
The End of the World As We Know It: A Love Letter Signed by the Best Voices in Horror Fiction
The End of the World As We Know It edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene offers a kaleidoscopic worldview of the place Stephen King created, a landscape rife for horror, heart, and humanity, something for everyone.
The Robert Langdon Series: History’s Secrets in High-Stakes Thrillers
The series of novels feature the Harvard professor Robert Langdon, and his unplanned journeys in which he uncovers plots, secrets and other historic facts.
Shiny Happy People: Horror for a New Generation
Clay McLeod Chapman has written a genuinely terrifying book with Shiny Happy People that could easily hook a new generation of horror fans for life.
Why I Love Horror: A Celebration of the Genre and Its Storytellers
Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature wasn’t just an outstanding read, it reinvigorated my love for the horror genre and the people who shape it.
Quick Stops Vol. 3 #1: Holden McNeil’s Comic Comes to Life
Quick Stops Vol. 3 #1 is a must-read for fans of Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse, especially those who love Chasing Amy. It’s exactly the kind of funny, smart, and heartfelt storytelling you’d expect from Kevin Smith.
Lucky Day: Finding Hope Against the Odds
Redefining randomness to expose the bleakness of the world yet still delivering notes of optimism, Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle is a hell of a novel.
What Hunger: The Synchronicity of Hurt and Hunger
Catherine Dang’s poignant prose, her seamless comparison of hunger and desire for justice, and her complex, textured characters intermingle to form one hell of a novel with What Hunger, a story of carnal desire to be treated humanely in a world of seeming indifference.
