“Wreck and Ruin is an absolutely brilliant novella and perhaps Ware’s finest work so far for the Black Library, and perhaps even her original sci-fi titles”
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Low Lives (Black Library Novella Series 2: Book 9) – Denny Flowers – Review
“Low Lives is a fun, entertaining and fast-paced tale that is deftly intertwined with some brilliant characterisation and a more in-depth plot than is perhaps the standard for the Necromunda setting…”
Warhammer Horror: The Colonel’s Monograph (Black Library Novella Series 2: Book 10) – Graham McNeill – Review
“…It’s an incredibly haunting gothic horror story that’s perfectly paced and littered with unforgettable characters, accompanied by some absolutely amazing atmosphere, all of which is enhanced through the deft use of the inherent horror to be found when writing in the Warhammer 40,000 universe…”
Severed (Black Library Novella Series 2: Book 4) – Nate Crowley – Review
“Severed is an absolute triumph, and I can only hope that we see more of its type in the future – both in general, and also very specifically from Mr Crowley….”
Isha’s Lament (Black Library Novella Series 2: Book 3) – Thomas Parrott – Review
“Isha’s Lament is an assured, confident and action-packed debut title by Parrott, and demonstrates that he has rapidly and deftly mastered the ability to write stories in the Warhammer 40,000 universe…Mr Parrott is now well on my radar as an author, and while I look forward to seeing what he can produce outside of the Warhammer settings, I suspect in regards to Black Library fiction he will soon be mentioned in the same breath as authors like Wraight, Reynolds and Annandale – those who really get the setting and how to write high-quality and memorable tales within it.”
#DemainDecember: The One That Knows No Fear (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 45) – Steve Stred – Mini-Review
“I’ll readily admit that I really, really enjoyed The One That Shows No Fear, taken in by the deft blend of human and supernatural horrors orchestrated by Stred to develop the overarching narrative…”
#DemainDecember: Last Meal in Osaka & Other Stories (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 44) -Gary Buller – Mini-Review
“I thoroughly enjoyed Last Meal in Osaka and Other Stories and found it to be a short collection of varied, imaginative and coldly horrifying stories that deftly demonstrated Gary Buller’s skill as a writer of horror fiction…”
The Ghoul Archipelago (Audiobook) – Stephen Kozeniewski – Review
“The Ghoul Archipelago is a complex, multi-layered and inspired horror novel, one that is nothing less than a deconstruction and critique of the zombie/post-apocalyptic genre as a whole”
#DemainDecember: Heart of Stone (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 42) – M. Brandon Robbins – Mini-Review
“Heart of Stone is a powerful piece of short horror fiction, raising some thought-provoking questions…”
Dream Woods – Patrick Lacey – Review
“Dream Woods is a fantastic horror novel with some surprising depths, incredibly dark moments of psychological and cosmic horror, and incisive thoughts on the role of the theme park as a concept…”
#DemainDecember: The Straitjacket in the Woods (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 41) – Kitty R. Kane – Mini-Review
The Straitjacket in the Woods Kitty R. Kane Demain Publishing As part of #DemainDecember on this blog, I’m reviewing as … More
Warhammer Horror: Maledictions: A Collection of Horror Stories (Anthology) – Review
“Maledictions is an excellent anthology, well-edited, and it contains a number of high-quality stories that clearly demonstrate why the Warhammer Horror imprint is such a great idea by Games Workshop and Black Library…”
Warhammer Horror: Dark Harvest – Josh Reynolds – Review
“…Dark Harvest is the perfect example of what the Warhammer Horror imprint seems to be striving for – talented authors allowed to utilise the Warhammer settings to their full, horrifying potential without being tied to the requirement to advance a specific meta-narrative or highlight a new model or setting…”
#DemainDecember: The Coffin Walk (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 40) – Richard Farren Barber – Mini-Review
“…it has a sense of following in the same vein as legendary authors like M.R. James…”
#DemainDecember: A Monster Met (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 7) – Liz Tuckwell – Mini-Review
“I found A Monster Met to be a well-written, smoothly-paced and hugely enjoyable short slice of horror fiction…”
