All Hail the House Gods by Andrew J. Stone Review by Shane Douglas Keene In this edition of “What the Hell Did I Just Read” I take on the sophomore work of a young artist who I firmly believe is a major up and comer in the field of subversive bizarro literature. It was not... Continue Reading →
The Women We Should Be Writing By Renee Miller Until I focused on writing speculative fiction, I never thought about my gender. Never identified myself as a “female” writer. I didn’t consider myself a “minority” or as “marginalized.” I was just a writer, same as everyone else. Now these labels creep into everything I do... Continue Reading →
Until recently--literally just a few days ago--I’d not read the work of Alan Baxter. I’ve had his novel Hidden City waiting in my review queue for quite some time but haven’t gotten to it yet. But when his newest novella Manifest Recall I was deeply intrigued by the synopsis because it sang strongly to the... Continue Reading →
Though we focus on all different varieties of dark genre fiction on Ink Heist, it's no stretch of the imagination to say that our first literary love is horror, and we'll be talking a lot about it here in the months and years to come. We and all of our contributors embrace and read in... Continue Reading →
Anyone who follows my reviews knows I'm a huge Hunter Shea fan. While he covers a lot of topics in the horror genre, he may be best known for his "creature feature" style novels. When it comes to crafting action-packed creature novels, Shea is one of the best in the business and his love of... Continue Reading →
To say that I’m excited to hear another Alan Baxter release, this time a full-length novel, is coming from Grey Matter Press would be an understatement at best. I just finished his new novella Manifest Recall and am preparing my review of that for HorrorTalk, but allow me to let slip the fact that I... Continue Reading →
When it comes to horror fiction, I love it all. Stories that deal with the supernatural, cosmic horror, monsters, and everything in between. The thrill I get reading these stories is why I love the genre so much and one of the reasons I got into reviewing in the first place. I wanted to do... Continue Reading →
My Monster: Written and Directed by: Izzy Lee Starring: Brea Grant, Steve Johansen, and Adam Egypt Mortimer Length: 8 mins I think it was just last year I had my first experience with writer/director Izzy Lee’s bizarrely wonderful writing and filmmaking style. Over on Shudder there’s a little eleven minute long film called Innsmouth that... Continue Reading →
Taking Death Away from the Undead: The Metamorphosis of the Vampire from Folklore to Now If as Dale Townshend argues in his essay “Gothic and the Ghost of Hamlet” that the gothic ghost is a physical representation of mourning and the Elizabethan period’s inability to deal with a lost mourning period, then what does it... Continue Reading →
