WHAT FEARS BECOME

The third and (thus far) strongest anthology of stories, poetry and artwork culled from www.thehorrorzine.com

A WEB OF BLACK WIDOWS

This brisk 97-page collection, the seventh of PS Publishing’s “Showcase” series, contains six stories. All are extremely well written and imagined, and linked by a number of elements

THE WAVE

I have wo things to say about this slim novel: 1). It’s not very good, and 2). It’s one of the most chilling and unforgettable books I’ve read in some time

THE WASP FACTORY

This is, quite simply put, the finest horror novel of the 1980s, and one of the most accomplished first novels I’ve ever read

OUR LADY OF PAIN

This is said to be the darkest novel by England’s late John Blackburn, who during his lifetime wrote quite a few eccentric horror/mystery novels

THE OTHER SIDE

A stunning exercise in subconscious dementia that preceded Kafka and the surrealists by nearly two decades

THE OTHER END

If you ask me, this is just what we need right now: a sober, non-religious (though unabashedly left-leaning) account of an apocalypse, specifically conceived as an alternative to those fundamentalist “End Times” books by Tim LaHaye and others