Categorie: indiehorror
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Horror Anthology review ‘Dead Seas, Volume 1: Terror in the Trench’
Author(s): Laurel Hightower, Kay Hanifen, Joshua Marsella, Thomas Gloom, Mocha Pennington, Nicola Kapron, Nikki R. leigh, Spencer Hamilton, Matthew Stevens, Megan Kiekel Anderson, Andrew Cull, Catarina Prata, Hannah Hulbett, Craig Wallwork, Jack Harding Edited by Jay Alexander Publisher: Dead Sea Press (independent publisher) Number of Pages: 302 Cover design: Jay Alexander ISBN: 979-1915272072 My rating:…
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Black Bloom, a Story of Survival
Synopsis: It started with a viral sensation. A photo of a young Indian boy plucking a single black dandelion from the train tracks situated beside a slum. The weed was considered an abnormality, a genetic mutation. Nothing to be concerned about… Weeks later, most of the world has gone blind. Black dandelions have sprouted everywhere,…
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The Love Song of Nathan Franco
Synopsis: Love at first sight. A Dark Obsession. Murders. Nathan Franco is a young man who conceals his true mannerisms and feelings on the inside by presenting a secure version of himself on the outside. He lives his life, goes to college, loves music, and deals with his father, who doesn’t like him much. Things…
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Haunted Souls
Synopsis: Death brings January Miller home, back to a house that’s taken so much from her over the years – Stone Acres. After years away from the manor, January finds herself drawn back there. To a place soaked in horror and tragedy, the scope of which she cannot imagine…Samuel M. Hallam’s debut novel will bring…
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The Lunchling
Synopsis: The Lunchling: A Novella by Jay Alexander Orville and Ellie Taylor would do anything to get their son to eat his dinner. Lennon’s an exceedingly fussy kid, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Which is why they started using the puppet. “The Lunchling”, they called it: an ugly little wooden doll with a…
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ARC review ‘The Cotton Candy Massacre’ (ARC)
Writer: Christopher Robertson Publisher: independently published Publishing date: 1 July 2022! Number of pages: 275 (Tolino e-reader) My rating: 5/5 Synopsis: The book you are about to read is an account of the tragedy that occurred at the reopening of Bonkin’s Bonanza one day in the summer of 1989. Some came looking for fun, like…
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The Potted Plant
The Potted Plant: An Eco-Horror, Revenge Tale They say that love is blind…. …but so is revenge. The girl he’d planned to marry shattered his heart into a thousand pieces. His best friend stabbed him in the back. He was heartbroken, angry, and ashamed. Then he met Fiona. Could she help put his life back…
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Sister Funtime: a Smileyland Story
Synopsis: “Welcome to hell, Sister.”Sister Mary Matthew arrives on the steps of St. Teresa’s Joyous Youths Orphanage determined to be the children’s favorite nun. But she can’t seem to win over the head of the orphanage: stern, withered Sister Agatha Eustace, whom everyone secretly calls Sister Killjoy. Mary tries to rise to the challenge, but things…
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The Ritual: a Holiday Folk Horror Story
Synopsis: “Let us bow our heads and close our eyes,” the villagers chanted, “for the Bell waits not for the one who dies.” In the square, the villagers had gathered for The Ritual, which hasn’t been performed in more than thirty years. Only those old enough to have been at the last one knew the…
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Starving Grounds: Tales of Folk Horror (ARC)
Synopsis: Starving Grounds: Tales of Folk HorrorA Short Story Collection from Jay Alexander, author of The Lunchling Welcome to Sorrow Helm… To the woods and fens that surround it; to the creatures, cults and cruelties that hound it. Welcome to a collection of stories that bring folklore to life, that terrify and delight and that…
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