Review of ‘American Midnight: Tales of the Dark’
This anthology is well-suited to welcoming new horror readers. Continue reading Review of ‘American Midnight: Tales of the Dark’
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Tag: ryan c. bradley
Review of ‘Ghostlove’
Ghostlove will grab readers and keep them wrapt close, thanks to Mahoney’s conversational style. Between the forward momentum of the story and the easily digestible prose, this one is hard to put down. Continue reading Review of ‘Ghostlove’
Review of ‘Nine Bar Blues’
The stories in Nine Bar Blues cover a range of genres: horror, magical realism, science fiction, and literary. Whether they have forward momentum or not, Thomas’s prose is reason enough to read. Continue reading Review of ‘Nine Bar Blues’
Review of ‘Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows’
Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows is a brilliant take on classic comic horror. Continue reading Review of ‘Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows’
Review of ‘The Law of Lines’
A compelling thriller that uses a familiar story frame to interrogate the way grief shapes our lives. Continue reading Review of ‘The Law of Lines’
Review of ‘Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River’
Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River is a free-floating thought experiment with loads of laughs. Continue reading Review of ‘Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River’
Review of ‘Black Forest’
Black Forest is a dream of death, a collage of vignettes and grounded, concrete observations counterpoint the dreaminess of the novel, breathing life into it. Continue reading Review of ‘Black Forest’
Review of ‘Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror Vol. 1’
Bogged down with bad stories and a misleading title, there is not a lot of Poe in here either, other than to joke about his alcoholism, the anthology is beating a dead horse. Continue reading Review of ‘Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror Vol. 1’
Review of ‘Taaqtumi’
Neil Christopher deftly puts the stories together without editorializing, allowing Inuit writers to tell their own stories about their own culture. Continue reading Review of ‘Taaqtumi’