SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: KILL CREEK by Scott Thomas
Crickets chirped the last few bars of their nightly song. But Kill Creek circled the house like a moat, and within this keep, this…
Month: October 2021
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE DEAD HOURS OF NIGHT by Lisa Tuttle
“I have always been drawn to the weird, the strange and the supernatural in fiction. That is certainly my natural territory.” – Lisa Tuttle,…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: BENEATH by Kristi DeMeester
A reporter receives an assignment that could break the monotony of her recent stories … investigate a rumored snake cult in the Appalachian Mountains.…
LIEGE-KILLER by Christopher Hinz (Paratwa Saga #1)
Christopher Hinz’s Liege-Killer was originally published in 1988 and won the Compton Crook award for best first novel. In the intervening years, Hinz has…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB by Kim Newman
‘I represent the Diogenes Club,’ Jeperson drawled, voice rich and deep as a BBC announcer. ‘A branch of government you won’t have heard of.…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE GHOST TREE by Christina Henry
Christina Henry is a prolific writer, having produced well received and bestselling novels with dark themes across novels of horror, urban fantasy, and twisted…
The Somebody People by Bob Proehl
Last year I reviewed The Nobody People, a superhero origin story that took a savvy fresh look at the superhero genre. I liked it…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: A NEST OF NIGHTMARES by Lisa Tuttle
“The wasp is making sure that her sting has [the spider] completely under control before going on. She’ll dig a hole and pull the…
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow (Fractured Fables #1)
Alix Harrow is a writer whose work has shown the power of story, I’ve read both of her novels (The Ten Thousand Doors of…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings by Dan Jones
Here’s a little oddity that may be just right for Halloween. As this story is written by a historian, it is perhaps fitting that…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones
…[T]here was a sea of green eyes staring back at him from right there, where there was just supposed to be frozen grass and…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2021: SLEWFOOT by BROM
Possessing both the skills to tell a story through the written word and through potent imagery is a rare feat. (Gerald) BROM is one…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2021: When Things Get Dark, Edited by Ellen Datlow
Recognition of Shirley Jackson’s influence on horror and literature has perhaps never been higher than at the moment. The recent movie Shirley (2020), with…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: IN A GLASS DARKLY by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
As it’s October 1st, we begin our traditional countdown to Halloween here! And we’re beginning with a classic. Randy Money has had a look…
