by Whitney Smyth | Oct 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Horror
Oliver James is waiting for the bus home after band practice one day when suddenly all his friends run away. After a few more such encounters Oliver sees his own reflection and realizes he’s become a werewolf! Rather than begin frightened, Oliver is thrilled with his...
by Whitney Smyth | Sep 27, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Horror, Sponsored
One sunny Tucsonan day, five artists find themselves drawn to another realm, each finding an entrance to a hidden land of fairy tales that seems as if it were built just for them. Coyote, a musician with a mysterious past, brings them together, which triggers the...
by Barbara Cothern | May 16, 2018 | Anthologies, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories
The story of Alice in Wonderland is one that has captivated the imaginations of children and adults for years. Both fanciful and dark, the original story weaves a tale that cannot be forgotten and has inspired countless films, books, and even video games. In the book...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Apr 3, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Horror, Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Tweens
This spooky, middle-grade story begins during summer break for Olivia and Emma, who are twins and an old friend of Emma’s named Ruby. Olivia has always been the good twin, the helper, the quiet twin. Emma and her friend Ruby used to climb out the window at night...
by Brandon Sanford | Mar 27, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Horror, NW Setting, Western
The Blackstone Family Circus has many attractions to bring joy, wonderment, and terror: Aerialists flying high over the hard ground; proud lions tamed by the will of man; the twin “Russian werewolves”; human freaks; the strange and deadly creatures of the oddities...
by Brandon Sanford | Mar 12, 2018 | Anthologies, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Horror
Horror wears many faces. Nightmares take the shape of a dreamer’s soul and cast the reflection back, alien and utterly familiar, with a range of elicited emotion from disgusted to morbidly curious to haunted. The delight of a horror anthology is that it doesn’t force...
