Night’s Master – Tanith Lee – Audiobook Review
This is a re-read for me. I have loved Tanith Lee’s work since I was a young man, and revisiting this book brought it all back to me. The dark…
Writing What Hurts 8-24-2025
What’s Happening As I continue to send out resumes and seek the next day-job adventure, I’m concentrating on boosting sales for Crossroad Press, drinking more caffeine, and putting out more…
The News from Stately Wilson Manor
What I’m writing, have published, watching, reading, listening to and drawing What’s Happening This is one of those up and down years where the downs seem to be having a…
How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix – Review
How to Sell a Haunted House, while actually covering the topic in the title, is much, much more than a real-estate guide. As with most of Grady Hendrix’s books, the…
THE TOLL by Cherie Priest – Audiobook Review
I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this book. I’ve read Cherie Priest’s books before, but never knew here as an author of horror, or folk horror, as…
The Pall Bearer’s Club – Paul Tremblay – Audio Review
This new memoir (NOVEL!) by Paul Tremblay is a literary experience. The format is unique. I listened to the audiobook, with multiple narrators, and found that this brought the oddly…
GHOST EATERS – Clay McLeod Chapman – Review
Clay McLeod Chapman has really nailed the world of obsession and addiction. In this book, Erin, our “heroine,” I suppose, has not lived the life her parents hoped she would.…
Benny Rose, the Cannibal King Audio Review
Benny Rose, the Cannibal King is nearly a perfect slasher. It is founded on some fo the best of the tropes but bears their weight well, spinning and reshaping them…
Face the Night by Alan Lastufka – Review
In his debut novel, Alan Lastufka introduces us to Addy, a troubled young single mother whose only current employment is doing an occasional tattoo. She’s a gifted artist, but has…
Full Immersion – by Gemma Amor – Reviewed
This novel is deeply complex, and entirely compelling. I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by the author, Gemma Amor, and I can’t imagine a more perfect voice to…