Leah Looks At: “The Dollhouse” by Edward Lee GENRE: Comedy, Horror, Adult Themes. AUTHOR: Edward Lee PUBLISHER: Madness Heart Press RELEASE DATE: 5/11/24 Cover art: Rooster Republic Second edition, originally released in 2017 The self-awareness with which this story...
GENRE: Satire, Dark Comedy, Horror Fiction, Thriller AUTHOR: Joshua Chaplinsky COVER DESIGN: Matthew Revert PUBLISHER: Clash Books RELEASE DATE: 8/6/24 Chaplinsky brings us a medley of letters written to a prisoner. These range from family members to loners in desire...
GENRE: BizarroAUTHOR: John BaltisbergerPUBLISHER: Planet Bizarro PressRELEASE DATE: August 14, 2023You can find more of John here:Madness Heart Press *now open for submissions*COVER ARTIST: WHYPERWhat a trip. I normally don’t dive feet first into the realm of poetry....
Leah Looks At: Bladejob by Lucas MangumGENRE: HorrorPUBLISHER: Madness Heart PressRELEASE DATE: 7/14/23AUTHOR: Lucas MangumTwitter InstagramCover art by Jim AgpalzaA retired professional wrestler is released from federal prison into a more comfortable cage and finds...
Everyone Dies Famous in a Small TownGENRE: HorrorRELEASE DATE: 5/21/23AUTHOR: Wrath James WhiteFind him onTwitterGoodreadsInstagramCover art by Luke SpoonerDISCLAIMER: NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH BONNIE-SUE HITCHCOCK, WHO SHARES A TITLE.THIS BOOK IS NOT SET IN ALASKA....
Leah Looks At Ibiranu, The Fleshcrafter: Children of the Gods (SplatterPulp book 2 of 2)GENRE: SplatterPulpAUTHOR: John BaltisbergerThis book can be purchased HERERELEASE DATE: 1/14/23More about John Baltisberger can be found HERECover art is by Simone Trammetta, more...
Michael Allen Rose has teamed up with famed Bizarro artist Jim Agpalza.Both have conspired with Madness Heart Press to deliver us all a missive, a warning, with a dash of hope.RELEASE DATE: 12/31/22 @ 11:55pm In this thoroughly crafted primer, Michael Allen Rose...
Looming Low: Vol. IIEdited by: Justin Steele and Max CowanPublisher: Dim Shores Publication Year: October, 2022ISBN: 9798985828214 Format: Hardcover and First Paperback editions limited to 150 hand-numbered copies. At the time of this post, I have seen that number now...
GENRE: Horror/SpookemsAUTHOR/PUBLISHER: Max Booth III, Ghoulish Books, Perpetual Motion Machine PublishingRELEASE DATE: April 12, 2022Perpetual Motion Machine was gracious enough to send me a review copy of Max Booth III’s most recent offering, MAGGOTS SCREAMING!Upon...
FOLLOW HIM HellBound Books Publishing, LLC Houston, TX October 4, 2019 Craig Stewart’s FOLLOW HIM feeds our basic desires to watch terrible people do even worse things to one another. Does that make me basic? I get it, lonely reader. I'm so sorry you had that nasty...
Leah Looks At: "Bad People" by Craig Wallwork In this thriller, Craig Wallwork drags the reader through an emotional gamut. (Hint: the reader = This reader) What I first imagined would be a thick patina of overused and weary tropes soon evolved into something that I...
Elaine Atlatl Press Available HERE February 28, 2020 This narrative of a seemingly somnolent northern Minnesota town opens on a stroke of extreme violence, one whose reverb echoes throughout the entirety of this work. Record store owner Chris penetrates a reservoir of...
True Crime available 1/15/20 from Grindhouse Press Preorder from Amazon HERE Samantha Kolesnik’s debut novel sears an indelible brand. I flipped through it in one sitting, and while those edges still smolder, I already anticipate her next offering. In this tale, a...
Congratulations for clicking on the link that brought you here, you’re almost there. In transit. You guessed it. Scum of the Earth is a book, and it’s one that’s been penned by Cody Goodfellow! I would tell you to read it, but…you’re gonna have to put on these...
The Worst is Yet to Come Author: S.P. Miskowski Publication Date: February 22, 2019 Price - Paperback: $15.95 plus $3.00 shipping, handling and sales tax. Total Price $18.95 Electronic: $4.95 Print Length: 208 pages Publisher: Trepidatio Publishing, an imprint of...
In proper Goodfellow style, a mirage of cynical anecdotes in their many stages of incubation coalesce. With a memorable opening setting, a man is shown the error of his self-centered ways when he refuses to pick up after his dog, who has dropped a gigantic deuce. ...
Leah Looks at Algernon Blackwood's The Willows Graphic Novel Written by Nathan Carson Artwork by Sam Ford I am humbled to have received a review copy of this stunning adaptation of the classic Algernon Blackwood novella, "The Willows" from its author, Nathan Carson....
When I received an advance reading copy of “Tales From a Talking Board,” my dark little heart leapt for joy. I knew that upon turning this finely styled vessel over in my hands, that there were many portents held within. This anthology contains a mélange of...
I have a confession to make.......I've never played Munchkin before. Dun-Dun-Duuun! I'm not sure if this means I need to turn in my Nerd card or not but when I was approached by BenBella Books to review, The Munchkin Book, I figured what the hell. The Munchkin Book...
It was an age of exploration; the Spanish were discovering new lands filled with old empires, the Ottoman Empire was declining just as Russia was expanding, the Holy Roman Empire was entangling itself in nearly every facet of politics, the elves formed their own city...
So it has happened. Another year has come and gone, and yet, I still breathe. I do get a little bored with this whole breathing bit, there's got to be something else to occupy all of this... time. So here, I took a reading by Julia Morgan and made it into a radio-play...