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Brian Evenson \ Coffee House Press \ horror literature \ Reiko Murakami \ short stories
Good Night, Sleep Tight (Childhood Night Terrors Short Horror Stories)
It’s rare for an anthology to leave me thinking about the stories days after completion. However, I’ve found myself thinking about quite a few of the stories from Brian Evenson’s Good Night, Sleep Tight. It’s become almost a nightly routine that, as I’m tucked in and ready to fall asleep, I’m reminded of “The […]
Cassandra Khaw \ dark fable \ dark fantasy \ horror \ literature \ mermaid
The Salt Grows Heavy (Dark Fantasy Mermaid Shit)
Killer, bathyal mermaids, and an androgynous, reanimated corpse acting as a plague doctor certainly makes an interesting story. In Cassandra Khaw’s novella The Salt Grows Heavy, a familiar fairytale is revisited with a gory and introspective twist. What do you do with aquatic beauty with sharp teeth, bewitching eyes, and iridescent hair? You remove her tongue […]
Betty Rocksteady \ Brendan Vidito \ Eric Raglin \ gore \ horror \ horrorpunk \ Ira Rat \ Katy Michelle Quinn \ Madeleine Swann \ Sam Richard \ splatterpunk
Fucked Up Stories to Read in the Daytime (Stories to Definitely Damage the Youth)
After a reading hiatus brought on by stressful circumstances, I craved something short and engaging. A compilation of short stories that grips you, leave you wanting more, and which lingers in your mind; the perfect remedy for a reading slump. Often in short story collections a few tales truly stand out, carrying the book […]
extreme horror \ extreme horror films \ Filthy Loot \ horror films \ Ira Rat \ Jon Steffens \ nonfiction
A Beginner’s Guide to Extreme Horror (Gross Introduction for Horror Scrubs)
I think this is a first in my Deaf Sparrow history. This is not a grisly tale for gruesome kids, there’s no plot or any characters to love or hate. Jon Steffens and Ira Rat have written the ultimate A-Z guide of extreme horror movies, with their own 1-5 rating sick-o-meter, each bite-sized review has […]
cosmic horror \ found footage \ found footage horror \ horror literature \ Mike Duke
The Black Book (Cosmic Found Footage Horror)
After being let down by another book, I looked at my reading list and nothing really called to me. In the end I just picked this at random and honestly I’m so very glad I did. The Black Book is written in a “found footage” style, where the unfolding pieces of evidence, interviews, and […]
Broken River Books \ cyberpunk \ dark fantasy \ gutterpunk \ Kelby Losack \ post-apocalyptic
Mercy (Post-Apocalyptic Western Gutter Cyberpunk)
I had heard of hoodrat Kelby Losack somewhere before, can’t remember where, but happened upon this gem of novelette while taking a trip to a weird fiction con in 2024. Actually bought my copy from Baltimore’s resident spook master David Simmons (look him up), but I sat on it for awhile until I decided […]
drag \ drag queen \ horror \ horror literature \ Jeremy Lopez \ Neon Clown Art \ neonclownart \ Phrique \ Phrique Show \ slasher \ slasher fiction
Gig of the Damned (Drag Queen Slasher Fiction)
Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed a book (literally)! This was a joy to bring me back to my good old hobby. Phrique took that slasher style read, where one crazy ass kills a whole bunch of people in a row, and added the most wonderful and fresh take on it. The […]
Goosebumps \ horror fiction \ Michael Bukowski \ Sam Richard \ splatterpunk \ Weirdpunk Books
Sabbath of the Fox-Devils (Goosebumps Went Splatterpunk)
I had the pleasure of meeting Sam Richard, and others, at VoidCon 2024 in WV, and was particularly drawn to Sabbath of the Fox-Devils, as well as other titles by Weirdpunk Books, which he’s a part of. Don’t judge a book by its cover? Lol fuck that, you can totally judge something by its […]
body horror \ Charlene Elsby \ emotional horror \ House of Vlad \ psychological horror \ psychological terror
Red Flags: Stories and Other Disturbances (Emotional Body Horror)
I met Dr. Elsby while at an underground lit con this September, and decided to delve into her most recent collection. I always feel bad being at such things, initially. You know, when people wonder why you don’t buy their shit, but to be totally honest I usually don’t unless I like the cover. […]
Nightshifters (Workplace Violence Occult Horror)
Nightshifters is a tale about night shift workers; Pete works for a massive company named Supalux, which produces lights, commercial, street lighting, shop signs, you name it, and they put it up in lights. It’s not his favorite thing in the world, but it pays the bills. When he’s asked to run the night shift, […]
