Clockwork Wonderland contains stories from authors that see Wonderland as a place of horror where anything can happen, and time runs amok. In this book you’ll find tales of murderous clockworks, insane creations, serial killers, zombies, and a bloodthirsty jabberclocky. Prepare to see Wonderland as a place where all your worst nightmares come true. You may never look at classic children’s literature the same way again. Edited by Emerian Rich Cover by Carmen Masloski With Foreword by David Watson Hatter’s Warning by Emerian Rich Starting off with a poem from the Mad Hatter who warns us, our ti ..read more

HorrorAddicts.net Press Presents: Dark Divinations edited by Naching T. Kassa Available now on Kindle! It’s the height of Queen Victoria’s rule. Fog swirls in the gas-lit streets, while in the parlor, hands are linked. Pale and expectant faces gaze upon a woman, her eyes closed and shoulders slumped. The medium speaks, her tone hollow and inhuman. The séance has begun. Can the reading of tea leaves influence the future? Can dreams keep a soldier from death in the Crimea? Can a pocket watch foretell a deadly family curse? From entrail reading and fortune-telling machines to prophetic spiders ..read more

Bigfoot Ridge by New Jersey author C.E. Osborn is driven by the dogged determination of cryptid researcher Autumn Hunter, who marches headlong into a risky investigation at Olympic National Park in Washington. Autumn’s resolve is challenged by her family who wonders how much longer she plans to continue cryptid hunting. Autumn replies, “Until I either find scientific proof of Bigfoot that can’t be disproven or otherwise explained, or until I just get too old to go out into the forest anymore.” You go, girl! Autumn will not be discouraged (but what can you expect from a woman who names her cat ..read more

I’m excited to introduce a new quarterly feature called The HorrorAddicts.net Dark Romance Top 12. It’s a chart that highlights a dozen of the most popular dark romance books released during each of the four quarters of the year. This debut chart covers releases from January 1 to March 31. The goal here is simply to spotlight authors and their more recent releases, hopefully offering a few fresh options for your reading pleasure. 1. The Wallflower by J.L. Beck Book 1 in the Oakmont Elite series is about a jock who can have anyone he wants except a shy girl named Maybel whose disgust for him f ..read more

  Tales of Evil Reviewed by Emerian Rich Although the main theme is evil, I found there was also a secondary theme of serial killer or stalker involved. Not being a huge fan of that trope, I won’t go into those, but if you are a fan of such stories, there are enough in here to justify the price. My favorites in this anthology were—and this won’t come as a shock to those of you who know my tastes—the ones that interested me from word one, had a lot of great description, and really made me feel like I was inside the tale, not just an observer. My favorite story of the whole bunch was Aliso ..read more

2020 was the Year of the Splatter Western with Death’s Head Press leading the way and releasing eight titles. Half of those titles received Splatterpunk Awards nominations, and one earned the win for Best Novel. Since 2020, Death’s Head has continued to release books blending extreme horror with a nineteenth-century American West setting, injecting the subgenre with new life. April’s theme at HorrorAddicts.net is Ghost Towns and Wild West Horror, so I decided to compile a list of the Top 12 Splatter Westerns from Death’s Head, chiefly based on ratings, reviews, and recognit ..read more

“The terror was in the legends.”  From that opening line – “The terror was in the legends,” Bog Beast by Massachusetts author Brian Gatto displays a nostalgic respect and knowledge of cryptids that saturates the 161-page book. Plus it’s just plain fun. Released in February by Raven Tale Publishing, the novella features at least one legendary beast and a father-son relationship complicated by past tragedy. Much of the fun from reading Bog Beast is discovering if the creature is a vengeful grizzly bear, a Nandi bear, a Bigfoot, or a legendary Arkansas aquatic reptile known as the Arking. O ..read more

Hello Addicts, One of my favorite dystopian story types is zombie apocalypse. Seeing how fragile our society is when faced with rabid creatures trying to kill you while wearing the face of someone you love. You know they can’t control themselves, that they aren’t the person you remember, and your brain finds it difficult to process their change. Not all zombie apocalypse stories show a definitive reason the plague started, but ‘The Collapse’ by Alice B. Sullivan does so in a believable fashion. The story opens with a scientist smuggling some of his work home to do testing he’s not permitted t ..read more

Hello Addicts, I am writing this review on Valentine’s Day, which seems fitting given the story. ‘Vicarious’, by Chloe Spencer, is a tale of abuse and love, but with some very horrific experiences in between. This book comes with a content warning regarding discussions of child sexual abuse, homophobia and homophobic slurs, fatphobia, violence against animals, attempted sexual assault, discussions of domestic violence and stalking, and violence against children. If any of these bother you, this story may not be for you. Gertie was the happiest woman in the world. She had a lovely daughter and ..read more

Song to the Siren by Barb Lien-Cooper & Park Cooper Trigger warnings: animal harm, cutting, suicide, grief, mental institute, alcohol and drug abuse Sam Mac is an acclaimed photographer who grew up with the members of the infamous band, Big Carnival. With one member being her brother and the other the only man she ever loved, an interview with her is a dream come true. Indie documentarians Brandon and Ryan hit the jackpot when Sam Mac invites them to stay in her home and record what really happened to the band–especially the circumstances surrounding the lead singer Reed Sinclair’s d ..read more