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Book Review: Dracula’s Child by J.S. Barnes
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Book Review: Dracula’s Child by J.S. Barnes

Dracula is an absolute classic, a staple of the horror genre, a key Gothic text. Even if you haven’t read the novel, you know the story, you know the characters, you’ve seen it played out so many times and read stories based off it, seen the effects Dracula has had on vampires in the 20th Century. So what more, you might ask, could be added to Dracula and the vampire mythos? How could a sequel be written to one of the foundational horror texts?

Well, if you are asking that, and if you are dubious of another tale revolving around Mina, Jonathan, Van Helsing and the rest of their small group, I promise –

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Book Review: Blood Lake Monster by Renee Miller
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Book Review: Blood Lake Monster by Renee Miller

This is write-up number ten for a book in Unnerving’s Rewind or Die series, and my excitement to pick one of these little ditties up has not diminished in the slightest. Kudos to Eddie Generous for, among other things, rounding up such a vast array of tropes in the process of introducing horror readers to so many new and wonderful authors. I realize now that Renee Miller has multiple books out, but this is the first I’ve had the pleasure of picking up. Blood Lake Monster follows up the aquatic horror in The Kelping, by Jan Stinchcomb, with a dose of swampy, land-locked lake creature.

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Book Review: Under Her Black Wings, Anthology by Kandisha Press
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Book Review: Under Her Black Wings, Anthology by Kandisha Press

A funny idea comes to mind when thinking of female monsters. Well actually, the idea is more about the reverse of that. I kind of chuckle at the idea of how a male monster has to be justified with a glamour, mind control, magical powers of persuasion. That's how they get their female prey back to their lair. But women monsters? Nah, they don't need any of that because us men will walk right into their traps smiling the whole way, until it's too late.

I don't really think I can say it better than Christy Aldridge does on page 135…

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Book Review: The Raven by Jonathan Janz
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Book Review: The Raven by Jonathan Janz

Despite owning a legitimate stack of Jonathan Janz novels, I had yet to read him prior to The Raven (with the exception of an old short story he did early on in his career). This one was receiving a lot of early buzz, which led me to requesting an ARC for review before they were even ready. As the months passed, more excitement built around the novel, and now I know why - Janz has created a wonderfully diverse (yet familiar) world of monsters here. Its post-apocalyptic setting not only screams dark fantasy, it provides a vivid backdrop that (surprisingly) brought to mind The Lord of the Rings. 

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