The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Shapiro, an accomplished poet, delivers a literary, lyrical story that takes place in the jazz age and is full of stimulating musical metaphors. Let Me Take You Down by Marc Shapiro, Short Sharp Shocks! number 66. In one of the scarier haunted house stories I’ve ever read, Burt returns to his childhood home to discover the ghost-beast is still there after all these years, and Shea reveals the ghost bit by bit to stretch out the scare. “The Attic” by Hunter Shea, Weirdsmith Magazine: Number Seven. basically the best anthology I’ve read all year! ARC from the Denver Horror Collective. The Jewish Book of Horror edited by Josh Schlossberg is an anthology of skillfully penned, fresh stories that are highly emotional while simultaneously “light” on the horror part. Malinae by Josh Schlossberg is a fantastic, Lovecraftian horror novella with a delightfully different protagonist, an elderly man with mobility issues. Strange’s bold collection is all about the characters’ enjoyment of sensual pleasures, even when the characters are hairy beasts, vampires, ordinary humans, or Lovecraftian creatures. Library.Ĭreatures of the Cryptoeroticos: A Fantasmagoria of Erotic Tales by K.M. Trent is an accomplished poet which is why her prose in this contemporary Gothic novel is so spot-on and evocative even if the story itself is too meandering. Free story on Nightmare’s website.Īlmost Dark by Letitia Trent.
This is the kind of story that only an experienced writer like Waggoner can deliver because he conjures dread and an existential nightmare that leaves the reader wondering what the role is of men in modern society. “Negative Space” by Tim Waggoner, Nightmare magazine, Issue 104, May 2021. E-magazine purchased through their website.
This suspenseful first part of Ungar’s serial novella features a group of hooligans who have been kidnapped by a terribly misguided man. Kindle.īlood and Paper Skin, Part 1, by Rami Ungar, The Dark Sire magazine, issue 8. In this insightful essay, Ungar explores the trope of the once-traumatized-child-now-adult in horror literature and why it’s so popular. “ The Horror of the Broken Child” by Rami Ungar, House of Stitched The Magazine, August 2021. Tidepool by Nicole Willson is a Gothic-Lovecraftian novel with a misty, dank atmosphere, a protagonist you can root for, and a plot you can sink your teeth into. I can’t believe Tidepool is Willson’s debut.
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