Book Reviews

Working in a library gives me access to tons of great books. Over the past year, I’ve read The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell, The Troop and The Acolyte by Nick Cutter, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, Horrorstör and My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, We The Animals by Justin …

Netflix’s Bird Box (2018), which was based on the eponymous book by Josh Malerman, has a plot that revolves around desperate people covering their eyes and ears to prevent seeing a mysterious thing that, when they do see it, will fill them with the uncontrollable urge to kill themselves. Perhaps Bird …

I’m one lucky book nerd. I get to read quite a few books to review for PopHorror. I have discovered many new authors this way, which is fantastic. When Our Lady of the Inferno’s Preston Fassel (read my interview with him here) asked me if I’d like to read Headcheese …

I’ve always loved vampires. Bram Stoker brought to life the most infamous vampire of all: Count Dracula. When Stoker submitted Dracula to his publisher, he included a preface indicating, “The events here described really took place.” This was during the time of Jack the Ripper, so his publisher took out …

The Mourner’s Cradle: A Widow’s Journey by Tommy B. Smith is the latest novel released by Crystal Lake Publishing. If you aren’t familiar with Crystal Lake Publishing, you need to rectify that immediately. They put out some of the best horror novels out there. We’ve had a chance to review …

Music to the ears of fans of Fangoria… The beloved legendary magazine is being revamped and with the reboot, they have announced that they will be releasing a series of horror novels under the “Fangoria Presents” banner. One of the first books, Our Lady of the Inferno, is the debut …

Christina Bergling is an author that I discovered when I read her novel, The Rest Will Come. You may read my review here. I also had a chance to chat with her as well, and you may find that interview here. I am now a huge fan of hers, soI …

From Austin Macauley Publishers comes Nonsomnia, a collection of short stories by Russian author Maria Raven. Now living on Cyprus, Raven moved after a difficult childhood filled with years of both medical and psychological treatment, the result of being a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. She began writing at …

While I have my favorite go-to authors, I genuinely love to seek out and find new authors out there as well. I have been looking forward to Masterminds Incorporated: An Appointment with Fear by Chad Lee Erway since we first reported his campaign to get it published. So when I was …

J.D. Barker is at it again with his sequel to The Fourth Monkey (read our review here), The Fifth to Die. When we left off, the 4th Monkey Killer (4MK) had escaped Sam Porter and the Chicago PD. Now, a new serial killer is stalking the streets of Chicago. Young …