THE FICTIONFOX

Genre: Horror novella Published: Honford Star, August 2026 My Rating: 4/5 stars “If my husband had looked human, whatever the circumstances, if he had looked even a little more human, you wouldn’t have killed him like that.” A Plagued Sea is a translated Lovecraftian horror novella, originally published last year in Korea. Often times, the words “Lovecraftian” and “cosmic” horror are used interchangeably, but in this case I specifically mean “inspired by Lovecraft’s mythology

Genre: Horror novella Published: Dead Ink Press, June 2026 My Rating: 4/5 stars Every now and then I like to take a chance on an indie-horror book on Netgalley, with a unique premise and little to no context otherwise. Sometimes, this flops phenomenally, and other times I discover a hidden horror-gem such as this one. Inhalation follows Milo, a man in the terminal stage of his battle with cancer, haunted by fragmented and distorted memories of his disturbed childhood. Seeking

Genre: Mystery/Horror Published: Grove Press, May 2026 (UK) / October 2026 (US) My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Oh yes, we are the lunatics, and yes we dwell in hell. The flames are hot but hey guess what? There’s torture here as well! Yet there’s a niggling conundrum, and that riddle go-eth thus: Are we dreaming this place, or is this place dreaming us?" I went back and forth on whether I could justify rounding up my rating to a full 5-stars.. On the one hand; objectively, this wasn

Genre: Horror, Supernatural Published: Shortwave Media, April 2025 My Rating: 5/5 stars Fans of Iain Reid’s We Spread will delight in...