“Engaging, thought-provoking and challenging in equal measures, Every Moon Atrocious may have left me confused and uncertain of what had occurred when I finished reading it, but I would argue that is where its genius actually lies”
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#DemainDecember: Beasties & Other Stories (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 5) – Martin Richmond – Mini-Review
“Martin Richmond has highlighted his obvious skill as a horror writer, demonstrating his ability to write in a variety of styles and subgenres, and crafting stories that all featuring cunning twists and stings in their tails”
#DemainDecember: Monster Beach (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 4) – Ritchie Valentine Smith – Mini-Review
“Monster Beach is an enjoyable slice of surreal, weird fantasy with an underlying and integral element of horror…”
#DemainDecember: The Stranger & The Ribbon (Short! Sharp! Shocks! Book 2) -Tim Dry – Mini-Review
“Honestly, I still don’t quite know what I read when I finished The Stranger and the Ribbon, but I know that it was incredibly weird, deeply unsettling at times, and occasionally gory with a very dark sense of humour – and most importantly, I want more of it, as soon as possible…”
#DemainDecember: House of Wrax – Dane Raven – Review
“The House of Wrax really is a fantastic novella that I had a blast reading – I’m tempted to label it as something akin to ‘Mad Max meets Game of Thrones’, but that seems to do Dane a dis-service. Her novella dips into a number of different genres and subgenres and pulls together a number of seemingly disparate concepts, tropes and characterisations – 1980’s Nuclear Armageddon films, feudal dynasties, eugenics, racism, sexism and classism – to create something fresh and vibrant”
#DemainDecember: Maggie of My Heart – Alyson Faye – Review
“Maggie of my Heart is a brilliant piece of crime thriller writing, and has stayed with me for weeks after finishing it. …”
#DemainDecember: Patient K (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 1) – Barbie Wilde – Mini-Review
“Ultimately, Patient K is an intense, driven and repeatedly shocking piece of short Horror fiction that is incredibly well-written and one of the best titles in the Short Sharp Shocks! series that I’ve read to date…”
#DemainDecember: Dirty Paws (Short Sharp Shocks! Book 0) – Dean M. Drinkel – Mini-Review
“Dirty Paws is an engaging and often uncomfortable read that serves as an excellent introduction both to Drinkel as author (and editor) and the concept of the Short Sharp Shocks! imprint…”
Warhammer Horror: The Way Out (Audiobook) – Rachel Harrison & Perdition’s Flame (Audiobook) – Alec Worley – Reviews
“Both The Way Out and Perdition’s Flame are high-quality audio dramas, featuring the same excellent production values and voice cast that all of the latest Black Library audio products feature…”
Warhammer Horror: Invocations (Anthology) – Review
“Invocations is an absolutely first-rate anthology from Black Library, and one of the stand-out titles in an imprint that is already producing some high-quality titles…”
Terror Mannequin – Douglas Hackle – Review
“Terror Mannequin is weird, bizarre, humorous and very often horrifying, and despite the plot going to some incredibly strange and uncomfortable places I enjoyed it immensely”
Slashvivor! – Stephen Kozeniewski & Stevie Kopas – Review
“Fast-paced, gory and action-packed, yet also laced with biting satire and an obvious love of B-Movies, 1980s action flicks and cheesy horror movies, Slashvivor! is an incredibly enjoyable title…”
Gabriel’s Trumpet – Jon Black – Review
“…It features rich, smooth, Jazz-like language that engages and captivates, appealing protagonists and antagonists, and a central mystery that is deeply and often gleefully ambiguous about its central tenets; and not to forget the racially and class-charged atmosphere of America on the cusp of the Great Depression, intertwining supernatural chills with the far more horrifying and very human atrocities and discrimination taking place in the USA at the time. All of this – and far, far more – make Gabriel’s Trumpet a triumph for both Jon Black and 18thWall Productions…”
Dead Sky – Weston Ochse – Review
“… those experiences are the heart of Dead Sky and what makes it such a remarkable and unforgettable novel – one which has built upon its predecessor in every possible way, and therefore done what I thought impossible: surpassed it as the pinnacle of Military Horror. Dead Sky to me is not just a good novel, or a great novel – it is vital reading for anyone who wishes to read or write in the Military Horror genre, or indeed the Horror genre as a whole…”
Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation – Mike Thorn – Review
“Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation is another excellent, high-quality addition to Demain Publishing’s Short Sharp Shocks! imprint, and also a further demonstration that Mr Thorn is a skilled and deeply imaginative Horror writer able to range across sub-genres at will”
