Fragments of Horror
Review Fragments of Horror is one of Junji Ito's most unusual collections. It is very different from his typical body of work in both good and bad ways. Many of…
Flesh Party: Five Monstrous Horror Stories
Review Flesh Party is Jordan Thiery's second themed short story collection, this time featuring a range of different monsters, both the classics and original creations. The characters in Thiery's stories…
The Doll’s House
Review The Doll's House is an interesting little novella that straddles the line between horror and mystery thriller with a dash of paranormal. The story is told from the dual…
Woodworm
Review Nothing thrills me more than discovering a new favorite book, and Woodworm easily tops the list of books I've read this year. Woodworm follows a cursed family of women,…
The Scampering
Review What did I just read and why did I love it so much? The Scampering is a wild little short story about a woman named Melinda who hates squirrels.…
The Unclean
Review African folk superstition with a heavy dose of Christian spirituality come together to form an absolutely horrifying novella about womanhood in a traditional patriarchal society. The story follows doomed…
Magnum Opus
Review Beware the green-eyed monster; the sin of envy can be deadly! I picked this novella up on a whim and am glad I did. From the synopsis, I expected…
Eleven
Review I think we forget sometimes how scary the internet can be. Eleven is a short story about a woman grieving the loss of her girlfriend and driven to dire…
The Bell Chime
Review The Bell Chime had so much potential, but it was an unfortunate case of "less is more." The first half of the story was honestly unnerving and felt like…
Cabbage
Review Strange and fantastical, Cabbage feels like a dark fairy tale bursting with magic. An old man lovingly plants a dream garden for his ailing wife, but the garden becomes…