THE FICTIONFOX

Genre: Horror Anthology, Short-stories Published: Titan Books, October 2026 Review: 1/5 stars Anthologies are always iffy to rate, as it comes with the territory that you will inevitably like some stories more than others. To me, an anthology is good if it’s well curated, consistent in its theme and preferably inspires me to pick up at least one new author’s work because of their story. Unearthed is unfortunately the first anthology ever that I rate 1-star. This collection

Genre: Poetry Published: Tin House, February 2026 My Rating: 4/5 stars “Beloved, if I titled this poem My Mothers America, would it contain her mother? And how long before you know the urgency of this sentence is lost” Maybe the Body is a debut poetry collection by Filipino-American author Asa Drake, that centers themes of belonging, nature-vs-nurture and body, alongside undertones of political dissonance and predator-prey-dynamics in our everyday lives. I was positively sur

Genre: Cozy Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Doubleday, September 2024, originally published March 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars “The...

Genre: Horror Short Story (28 pages) Published: Amazon Originals for Kindle, November 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars “People die. I don’t...

Genre: Horror Short Stories, Anthology Published: The Borough Press, October 2025 Overall rating: 3/5 stars Although (horror) anthologies...

Genre: Poetry Published: Central Avenue Poetry, September 2024 My Rating: 4/5 stars <i>” it's strange all the things you forget about...

“A teenager longs for perfect skin. A scientist tends to fragile alien flora. A young man takes the night into his own hands. Each of...

Genre: Horror, Short-stories Published: Tin House Publishing & Dreamscape Audio, August 2024 My Rating: 2/5 stars Drawn in by the...

Genre: Horror Short-stories/Novella's Published: Titan Books, April 2024 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars "The worst thing a person can do after...

Genre: Magical Realism, Short Stories Published: Oneworld Publications, May 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars “Then she takes her husband’s hand,...

Genre: Horror, Romance, Novella Published: Titan Books, November 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars I haven’t been thís annoyed by a protagonist,...

Poetry 1. Ariel – Sylvia Plath The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy',...

Genre: Poetry Published: Bloodaxe Books, September 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars, potential new all-time favourite <I>"The hospital is not a...

Genre: Short stories, Literary horror Published: Atlantic Grove Press, October 24t 2023 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars With a seasoned name like...

Genre: Novel in Verse Published: Feiwel Friends, January 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars "My point is that a leaf knows it’s important at all...

Genre: modern poetry Published: Atmostphere Press, February 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars “I am haunted, by the ghost of the future I wanted”...

Genre: Horror, Novella Published: Fireside Horror, August 2020 My rating: 4/5 stars "The first time Chris buried a part of herself by her...

Genre: Poetry Published: Ecco Press, November 2022 My rating: 3.5/5 stars "By the time the apocalypse began, the world had already...

Genre: magical realism, literary fiction Published: Picador Press, September 2019, (first published December 2015 in the original...

Genre: Short Story Collection, Literary Horror Published: One World Publications (US) & Riverhead Books (UK), October 2022, originally...