THE RIOT ACT

Quite simply one of the toughest, meanest and least forgiving short story collections you’ll ever read

RED STAINS

If nothing else, this gross-out anthology definitely lives up to its billing. It contains (as the back cover proclaims) “Tales of the Darkest Biological Extremes and the Psycho-Sexual Imagination”

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

UNPLEASANT TALES

Having read Brendan Connell’s recent collection METROPHILIAS, I figured I had a good idea of what to expect from Mr. Connell. Turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong

MORBID CURIOSITY CURES THE BLUES

I’m not familiar with the zine MORBID CURIOSITY, consisting of confessions by real people, but after reading this varied, unpredictable, mind-expanding assortment of 41 articles culled from the mag, I fully understand its allure