Odette’s Tea Room
Review Odette's Tea Room is a fascinating bite-sized horror about a desperate man and a witch. The main character Martin has broken into the home of the local witch, Odette,…
The Wood at Midwinter
Review The Wood at Midwinter is a winter fairy tale set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Every page is adorned with illustrations that were wonderful to…
The Haunting of Hill House
Review Hill House is suffocatingly atmospheric, illiciting an intense feeling of isolation–the house is buried in hills far away from the nearest town. The house’s architecture is imperfect, the crookedness…
The Year of the Witching
Review The town of Bethel is a nightmare of fundamentalist religious abuse. The town and it's people are deeply religious and led by patriarchs that exploit women under the cover…
Rural Decay
Review Rural Decay destroyed me. It is an emotionally powerful piece of transgressive extreme horror about a boy and the father he looks up to. When young Jack discovers that…
Mon Amour
Review Mon Amour is a bite-sized novella told through a series of text. As the conversation progresses and more is revealed about the main characters, a mystery unravels to reveal…
Lights, Camera…
Review Lights, Camera... offers up two stories of extreme horror. The title story was unfortunately a miss for me, but the second story was more interesting. My rating is more…
Question Not My Salt
Review Question Not My Salt is a Thanksgiving horror story with teeth. Sierra is a Canadian college student who travels to her American roommate's family home to celebrate her first…
Hee Haw
Review Colin is a morally repugnant man, a power hungry fiend that fantasizes about committing unspeakable acts that would put him in headlines as his alter ego, Hee Haw. He…
We Never Left
Review Three friends head into the woods for a girl's weekend camping trip and find themselves in over their heads. A classic set-up with simple prose that keeps the story…