“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”
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#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…”
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…”
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.”
The Darkest Battlefield – Paul Edwards et al – Review
“The four stories found within its pages are superbly written and tightly plotted, and filled with psychological, supernatural and often all-too human examples of the horrors to be found in the context of that world-altering conflict…”
Dulce Et Decorum Est – Dan Howarth – Mini-Review
“Dulce et Decorum Est is a fantastic piece of Horror fiction from author Dan Howarth, and yet another triumph for Demain Publishing.”
The Devil’s Portion – Benedict J Jones – Mini-Review
“…a tense, atmospheric and well-written slice of horror based in a severely under-used setting and period….”
Asylum of Shadows – Stephanie Ellis – Mini-Review
“Asylum of Shadows is truly a beautiful piece of horror fiction…”
Shattered – Anthony Watson – Mini-Review
“It’s a masterful tale well told and I look forward to seeing more from Mr Watson, and from Demain Publishing as well”
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