In Joel Hopkinson’s The Devil of Dark Dreams, book one of The Otherworld Portals series, Afghan-Australian widower Yasir Nassim owns the Dead Palomino, a Brisbane steakhouse built around his love of country music. When employee Albert arrives bruised and exhausted, he claims a creature sits...

It is 1891. Richard Carnby, Terrence Alexander “Axel” Hastings, Percival Wallace, Dr. Stanthorpe Whitehall, Emma Westover, and Jane Halifax each receive a letter offering membership in a clandestine organization. To accept, they must appear at a specific address. As they heed the invitation, they meet...

Dona Masi’s The Taking follows Vera Diparma, a girl in rural New England whose childhood is marked by lights in the sky and missing hours she cannot explain. Her father, John, raised her in an old house near Pangea after her mother, Suzy, disappeared under...

Wave is a supernatural mystery by T.A. Styles. It follows a mother as she discovers her son has a strange and dangerous gift. Sadie Williams is surprised to see her son wave for the first time at only nine months old. However, some shocking things...

“Timothy knew the shades of his own nightmares. Nothing could save that woman. The smoke always got what it wanted.” Nightmares, evil, and a sense of inescapable dread define Coyotes' Cross: The Erebus Trilogy, Book One, a novel by Anton Brinza. Set in the small...

Danny Teakwell tries to live a peaceful life in Hollywood, Florida. He is the guardian of bright twelve-year-old Jessica Jewell as the legal process of her adoption continues. Danny runs a surf shop called Nine Lives and is still dealing with old wounds after the...

Fated by Adeline Bryant is not your typical werewolf romance story. Fated follows a group of young werewolves who are each about to step into their respective roles of power and face the harsh reality that comes along with it. As I read the story,...

“After all, I won’t say I’m completely innocent, but I’m not exactly… not guilty.” It's difficult to separate the guilty from the innocent in Blood Echoes, the latest novel from prolific author Aaron Ryan. It is also challenging to understand where the source of true...

The Long Stall: Out of Phase, an intriguing science fiction story by Matt Rook, is a slow-burning narrative that offers a more mysterious take on a disturbance that is not from this world. Lucas’s family owned the Laguna Lodge near a lake, which had a...

Artemis Taylor’s Strange Inheritance at River’s Edge opens with a break-in at the River’s Edge Magic Emporium. The building is so unsettling that locals cross to the other side of the street rather than pass too close to it. The shop has stayed closed for...