“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…”
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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”
Crown of Thorns – Trevor Kennedy – Review
“Well-written, atmospheric and original in both tone and content – there should be more Horror titles set during The Troubles – Crown of Thorns is a tense and often unsettling short story that has a huge amount of potential that’s only been partially realised. If allowed to be further developed, and the supernatural elements of the plot more widely integrated, I firmly believe that Crown of Thorns could be a classic of the genre…”
Farmington Correctional – Sean M. Thompson – Review
“Farmington Correctional is an intense and multi-layered piece of Horror fiction that is most rewarding after multiple readings, and is a must-read for any fan of Weird Horror – or someone wishing for an insight into the brutality of the prison industry.”
A Quiet Apocalypse – Dave Jeffery – Review
“Yet despite its generally grim tone and often challenging content, I cannot think of another piece of post-apocalyptic fiction that I have enjoyed so much, and which has so fundamentally affected me as a reader. Ultimately, A Quiet Apocalypse reminds me of genre classics like The Children of Men and The Road, and I firmly believe that it deserves to be ranked alongside them.”
Practitioners – Matt Hayward & Patrick Lacey – Review
“…a hugely impressive and deeply unsettling tale of psychological and body horror that evokes the creepiest and most chilling aspects of the old 1980’s slasher movies, like Nightmare on Elm Street”
The Hematophages- Stephen Kozeniewski- Review
“The Hematophages is – in a single word – iconic. Masterfully written and skilfully encompassing multiple subgenres – psychological horror, body horror, even elements of splatterpunk – it takes everything we fear about the effects of space travel and then blends it together with some genuinely repulsive and entirely memorable monsters…”
Freaky Tales From The Force – Season One – Jonathan Raab (ed.) – Review
“Freaky Tales from the Force – Season One is many things, all of them good. The stories it contain are all weird, surreal, action-packed, horrifying and often deeply insightful; above all it is a hugely enjoyable ride into the complex and rich universe that Jonathan Raab has created for Sherriff Kotto and his domain of Cattaraugus County.”
Green River Blend – Armand Rosamilia – Review
“Like the titular coffee brew itself, Green River Blend is the perfect concoction of supernatural, psychological and body horror, one that draws the reader in and refuses to let them go until they are addicted and don’t want to go anywhere”
Skinwrapper – Stephen Kozenewski – Review
“I have absolutely no hesitation in calling Skinwrapper not only a fantastic horror novella in general, but also the gold standard for the Space Horror subgenre itself…”
Dawn of the Living Impaired (And Other Messed-Up Zombie Stories) – Christine Morgan – Review
“Dawn of the Living Impaired is a first-rate collection that, in my opinion, cements Christine Morgan’s place as one of the best horror writers in the genre in the 21st Century.”
Sockhops and Seances – Curated by Nicole Petit – Review
“…editor Nicole Petit has collected together a deftly-curated set of stories that intelligently and skillfully evoke the potent mix of racism, nationalism and cultural, social and political change that scythed through the United States (and other nations) in the 1950s, leading to some fantastic tales that cross multiple genres – from outright Horror to Fantasy and many others…”
Prehistoric: A Dinosaur Anthology Vol. 1 – SJ Larsson (ed.) – Review
“That results in a well-balanced and thoroughly enjoyable anthology that delivers equal parts bullet-riddled creature features and tense, atmospheric thrillers. Well worth the price of purchase, Severed Press have outdone themselves with Prehistoric, and I can only hope that it does well enough that the publisher moves forward with other anthologies.”
