The Reformatory: Tananarive Due – a book review
When twelve-year-old Robbie tries to protect his sister, Gloria, from the lecherous attention of a landowner’s son, he is arrested and...
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- 7 days ago
- 2 min
Return to Innsmouth: Henry Hinder - book review
Return to Innsmouth advertises itself as a Lovecraft comedy, and that’s a fairly accurate description. For those of us used to a more...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 20
- 2 min
Depart, Depart: Sim Kern – a book review
Kern’s 76-page novelette is a gritty and often tragic piece of speculative fiction. The main character, Noah, is a Jewish transman forced...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 19
- 2 min
Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia – a book review
Silver Nitrate is one of my top reads of 2023. Unlike Mexican Gothic which felt predictable and contained too little characterization...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 16
- 2 min
Live Wire: Kyle Toucher – a book review
This novel could never be described as a slow burn. The combination of dark magic, technology and a ferocious storm is a very clever way...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 13
- 1 min
House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill – a book review
The main character, Catherine, has had a hard time of it. A traumatised outcast whose only friend was kidnapped as a child while...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 12
- 1 min
A Very Zombie Christmas - New Release: Astrid Addams - Chainsaw Santa
2023 is the year of Zombie Santa Claus: Chainsaw Edition and he’s so much more than just your average chainsaw wielding psycho with a...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 10
- 2 min
London After Midnight - Press Release
NEW LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT BOOK ANNOUNCED Now, beginning November 30, 2023, LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT will be available as both a softcover...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 8
- 2 min
The False Sister: Briar Ripley Page - a book review
Brilliant, intelligent and heart-wrenching. This story delivers a punch in the gut to anyone who didn’t manage to live up to their...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 6
- 1 min
The Soul Stealer: Graham Masterton – a book review
It may be because I was so impressed with the last book I read, but this one lacked lustre in comparison. I’ve enjoyed Masterton’s...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 5
- 1 min
The Mill – A Corporate Nightmare – a review
The Mill is a made for TV film about a middle-manager, Joe, waking up in a concrete and dirt triangle, expected to push a stone wheel...
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 2
- 2 min
The Sun is a Circle Meant for Serving: P.W. Feutz - a book review
I am amazed by how much Feutz managed to pack into a 91-page novella while still achieving the right balance between showing and telling....
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carmillavoiez
- Nov 1
- 2 min
The Changeling - Horror TV review
When I embarked upon The Changeling (AppleTV+), I believed that one of my favourite novels, Victor LaValle’s The Changeling, would be...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 31
- 2 min
The Fisherman: John Langan – a book review
I’ve read a multitude of reviews that have raved about this book, calling it a masterpiece of horror. So, I knew I would buy a copy...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 27
- 1 min
A Light Most Hateful, Hailey Piper – a book review
A Light Most Hateful manages to be simultaneously hard-hitting and uplifting. With a cast of LGBTQ+ characters, well the L and Q at...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 19
- 2 min
The Fall of the House of Usher, episodes 6 to 8
You can find my thoughts on episodes 1 – 5 here. Contains small spoilers. I will say it again, The Fall of the House of Usher is a...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 19
- 2 min
Book Review: Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House
The story is divided into five main parts, each reflecting one of the stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 17
- 2 min
The Fall of the House of Usher, episodes 1-5, review
As with his TV adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan uses the source material as a springboard to tell his own story in...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 16
- 1 min
Book Review: Dead Water, C.A. Fletcher
Dead Water balances the strengths and weaknesses of its main characters to great effect, isolating them on a cursed island to battle...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 15
- 4 min
October Frights: Our Fearful Roots
Mary relocates her family to her aunt’s old house in Alabama, a place she fled from sixteen years earlier. When her family experiences...
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