BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS

The vision on display in this graphic novel is a dark and unsettling one marked by blood, slime and decay

ON THE VERGE

A macabre anthology from France’s Maurice Sandoz that pivots on madness

MAGIC MIRROR

A worthy, if frustratingly little known, addition to the underground comics scene

THE THIRD STORY

An ambitious horror novel by a prominent Canadian author that suffers, in a not-uncommon issue, from seriously trashy packaging

THE BAT WOMAN

“Prepare for Shlock and Awe”…?  That first adjective is accurate, but the second not at all.

SHELTER

A paperback original that can be viewed as the trashy down-market inverse of ON THE BEACH

MAD SHADOWS

A much-lauded novel that offers a potent reminder that a great deal of renowned Canadian fiction tends toward the macabre