Category Archives: Dark Fantasy

Rob’s Critical Review: “The Conjuring Glass, Book One of The Phoenix Girls,” by Brian Knight

Posted on April 18, 2013 by admin

When thirteen-year-old orphan Penny Sinclair moves to the small town of Dogwood to live with her godmother, she expects her life to become very dull. She doesn’t expect to find a strange talking fox roaming the countryside near her new … Continue reading →

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Rob’s Critical Review: “Frankenstein: Return From the Wasteland,” by Billie Sue Mosiman

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Let me preface this review with a short caveat: In terms of enjoyment, Mosiman’s story scores an easy four- to five-stars. So why then did I give this novelette only three. The answer? Because of the way I’m defining the … Continue reading →

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Rob’s Critical Review: “Home,” by Carson Buckingham

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

With “Home,” Buckingham’s put out a work of dark fantasy of the kind to make Caitlín R. Kiernan smile, and yet the work’s not derivative or copy-cattish, not of Kiernan’s work, or that of anyone else.  Instead, the tale is … Continue reading →

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Rob’s Critical Review: “Oh My Days,” by David Mathew (Triskaideka Books, May 2011)

Posted on March 2, 2012 by admin

Who the hell is David Mathew? One talented and brave writer out of the UK, that’s who. An accomplished name in the short story field that I’m hoping to see make a big splash in the States with his breakout … Continue reading →

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Rob’s Critical Review: “Here Be Monsters–An Anthology of Monster Tales,” by M.T. Murphy, Sara Reinke, Samantha Anderson, India Drummond, S.M. Reine, Jeremy C. Shipp, and Anabel Portillo

Posted on March 1, 2012 by admin

For a work offered for free, a reader has very little to complain about … but there is some. The Simon Cowell response: The editing could’ve and should have been better. Numerous flaws throughout the book–though not in every story–from … Continue reading →

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