Wrestle Heist #1: A High-Flying Heist Off the Top Rope
Wrestle Heist by Kyle Starks is for those longtime pro wrestling fans, as well as anyone craving a humorous caper.
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Meat Bees: A Swarm of Campy Fear
Meat Bees by Dane Erbach is exactly the campy horror story I was hoping for. It delivers a terrifying story of swarming wasps and a supernatural element that kept me truly terrified from beginning to end.
A Christmas Carol: The Ghost Story That Defined Christmas
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is not only a fanatics Christmas story, but an overall great read. Dickens brings ghosts to the festive season with a redemption-driven horror that has stood the test of time.
Fright Christmas: Ghosts of Fear Street Meet Dickens
Fright Christmas by R.L. Stine is a fantastic adaptation of the classic A Christmas Carol, but with just enough thrills and chills for the middle grade reader.
Ernest Cunningham Series: Cleverly Twisted Modern Murder Mysteries
With a title such as Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, the first in Benjamin Stevenson’s Ernest Cunningham series of novels should draw in most mystery readers, but what made me stay along for the ride is the dark humor, clever storytelling, and unique tales.
#257: Die Hard Movie Review
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss everyone’s favorite Christmas movie, Die Hard!
The Kill Clause: A Thrilling Little Stocking Stuffer of a Story
The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger is a fun and thrilling short tale with a touch of the holidays.
The Snowman: A Winter Thriller with More Chill Than Snow
The Snowman by R.L. Stine is a winter thrilling horror story with a thin connection to the season.
Silent Night: A Seasonal Dive into Vintage Fear Street
Silent Night by R.L. Stine teases the Christmas season, but falls short of delivering a truly spectacular holiday story.
Welcome to the Family: Barry Hertz Unpacks the Franchise That Defined a Generation
Welcome to the Family by Barry Hertz is an incredible deep dive into the world of The Fast and the Furious.
Dead Weight: A Tense, Human Story Wrapped in Mystery
Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir is a well-written, fast-paced thriller with a gripping story and premise.
Malloch the Damned #1: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Queer Demon Banished
Malloch the Damned by David M. Booher and Winston Gambro is something truly special. Together, they’ve created a comic that doesn’t just ask to be read, it really demands to be experienced.
Wretch: A Broken Mirror with the Sharpest Shards
Penned with prose that aches with hurt and desire, Eric LaRocca explores the demented repetition of despair perpetuated by grief with Wretch.
Dig: A Sticky Horror That Won’t Let You Go
Dig by J.H. Markert takes some familiar pieces of horror stories and twists them into something truly fresh and thrilling. It’s the kind of horror story that sticks with you, no pun intended, long after you close the book.
For Human Use: A Darkly Satirical View into Living with the Dead
Audacious, darkly satirical, and absolutely gripping, For Human Use feels like the most entertaining social study of our current culture, a sandbox where gruesome castles are built under Sarah G. Pierce’s masterful hand.
Road of Bones: Terror on the Coldest Highway on Earth
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden is a quick atmospheric horror based in the most frigid of locations.
Dread the Halls 2025 #1: Twisting Holiday Spirit Into Pure Terror
Dread the Halls is one of the best ways to finish out the year. Chris Ryall and Jordan Hart once again bring cheer and fear to the pages of their annual holiday horror anthology from Hallmark horror to an even darker A Christmas Carol, Dread the Halls is just what you need for this holiday season.
Nightmare on Nightmare Street: R.L. Stine Still Delivers the Chills
Nightmare on Nightmare Street by R.L. Stine pays tribute to some of his classic Goosebumps stories while crafting something new which will scare even the most season horror reader.
Devil on My Shoulder #1: A Brutal Tale of Retribution
Devil on my Shoulder by Kyle Starks and Piotr Kowalski is a brutal, unflinching revenge horror that hits all the marks.
The Problem Drinker: Contemplations in Glass Bottles
Doused in relatable honesty, Kyle Kouri’s The Problem Drinker offers no solutions; no, it offers something better.
Monsters in the Archives: Inside Stephen King’s Earliest Nightmares
Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks is an outstanding deep dive into five of Stephen King’s most iconic early works.
Daytide: A Novel with Beating Wings of Captivating Creativity
With such unique traits to both its world and its characters, Daytide feels like it exists in a category of its own, one that combines so much of what builds incredible stories that stand the test of time.
Enemy of My Enemy: A Gritty, Street-Level Triumph for Marvel Crime
Enemy of My Enemy by Alex Segura carries forward the feeling of the Marvel Crime series that began with Breaking the Dark, but brings a bit more of the grit and grime of the street-level side of the Marvel Universe in Hell’s Kitchen.
Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World: Cullen Bunn Goes Bigger, Weirder, and Bloodier
Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunn mixes slasher horror, cosmic terror, monstrous creatures, and honestly so much more to deliver a terrifying novel.
#254: Spawn 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 1997 Spawn film and more!
