“Poverty was one thing; a catastrophe was another,” and there is plenty of both in the novel Below by Alaric Cabiling. Young 12-year-old Luzvimindo Arnaiz (Min) scavenges through the polluted wastelands of Tondo, Manila, trying to earn some extra cash for his poverty-stricken family. He...

Phillip Johnson's Late October is a brief but atmospheric dive into the eerie world of Halloween. It is told through the eyes of Ainsley, a boy who finds solace in the holiday's make-believe horrors as he escapes his quirky and strange parents. Ainsley is a...

Marlena Frank takes readers back to 1893 and into a sensational and dangerous world in the Old West in her supernatural novel The Man Who Dealt in Death. There are paranormal creatures and beings labeled unexplainable mingled into the everyday lives of cowboys and gunslingers....

The Eternal Keeper: The Story of How I Fell in Love with a Shapeshifter is penned by author R.J.F. in the paranormal romance and horror genres. It is more suitable for mature readers as it contains sex scenes, gore, and violence. In this emotionally charged...

Good things come in small packages, and great stories do not have to be long-winded. Tales Of The Macabre: Volume I by Newton Webb is a collection of short stories that takes readers on a journey through centuries and exotic locales, from the sewers of...

Louise Furley's Halo Valley: The Legend of the Stolen Children is a twisty, suspenseful mystery set in Ireland. Two villages, Cleasai on the seashores and Halo Valley inland, are separated by the coastal Maru Mountains. According to the Maru Mountains almanac, a catastrophic winter storm...

The Street Between the Pines by J.J. Alo revolves around the overworked Curtis Reynolds, who is called back home due to a hurricane approaching his Connecticut riverfront house. Reynolds has a lot on his plate between a home life that is deteriorating and the possibility...

Rock and Roll Nightmares: Farewell Tour by Staci Layne Wilson is a dark comedy/horror novella that centers around Riff Savage, a once-celebrated musician and actor grappling with his lost glory. Riff tries to escape the chaotic entertainment world and write his autobiography in seclusion. However,...

Sarah McKnight’s Carousel is a riveting YA horror story that centers around Laura Fitzpatrick, an 18-year-old introvert, and her crush, Maddie, who navigate the terrifying events that unfold after a fateful Halloween night. The novel opens with Laura, dressed as her favorite killer, at a...

A horrible virus turns people into violent zombie-like creatures, causing necrosis in a matter of hours or days. Amy brings her boyfriend, Rusty, and her nine-year-old daughter, Lila, to her childhood home, hoping her elderly mother is not infected. But she realizes that she made...