Category: Reviews

  • A Confabulator Cafe Review of John Hornor Jacobs’s Fierce as the Grave

      After a bit of a hiatus due to other demands on my time, I have posted a new review at The Confabulator Cafe. This week, I review John Horner Jacobs’s Fierce as the Grave: A Quartet of Horror Stories, a collection  from the author of Southern Gods and This Dark Earth. You can find the review here.  

  • Confabulator Review of The Least of My Scars

    This week at The Confabulator Cafe, I reviewed Stephen Graham Jones’s amazing and disturbing novel The Least of My Scars. You can find my review here. It’s an excellent book, and I hope anyone who is a fan of dark, DARK psychological horror checks it out. I had a great time at Planet Comicon this weekend. I…

  • A Confabulator Cafe Review of Fortunately, the Milk

    My latest Confabulator Cafe book review is available. This week, I step away from my standard dark fiction to review Neil Gaiman’s recent children’s story Fortunately, the Milk. My son gave me the book for Christmas (with my girlfriend’s help), so that I could read it to him. The review is less about the book and…

  • A Cafe Review of McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited and “Flute of the Dead” News

    In case you missed it, my latest book review is up at The Confabulator Cafe, featuring Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited: a Novel in Dramatic Form, and experimental scripting of a discussion between White, an atheist professor, and Black, a devout ex-con. You can find my review here: http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/12/cormac-mccarthys-sunset-limited-book-review/ The latest issue of Bete Noire, containing my…

  • Confabulator Cafe Book Review: Alan Ryker’s Nightmare Man

    I have a new book review up at The Confabulator Cafe. Head on over and check out my thoughts about Alan Ryker’s latest novella from Darkfuse, Nightmare Man. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/10/alan-rykers-nightmare-man-book-review/

  • Book Review: House of Leaves

    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski My rating: 5 of 5 stars House of Leaves isn’t so much a book as a literary amusement park. Most books, I could explain the plot, and while you may not experience the writing style, you will get the idea. House of Leaves is barely explainable in text.…

  • Book Review: Southern Gods

    Southern Gods I met John Hornor Jacobs at ConQuest 44 in Kansas City. He was on a panel I attended and had some things to say about writing that I strongly supported. He spoke a little bit about his debut novel, Southern Gods. I bought it from a bookstore in the dealer room, and made it…

  • Review: Benjamin Percy’s Red Moon

    Red Moon: A Novel by Benjamin Percy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Benjamin Percy is a fantastic, talented writer. His prose is tight and descriptive. He’s got great imagery and you never question his characters’ motivations. I enjoyed this novel. It has a weight to it that we are sometimes missing in the horror…