Undivine Interventions: Reviews of Horror Novels, Past and Present.

I've been reading in slow motion lately. I admit it. Other aspects of my life have forced reading and thus, reviewing as regularly as I would like, to the back burner. I'm hardly complaining, as most of these things are really cool, namely being in a hardcore punk band once again at age 32...haha... seriously though, on top of all of my other hobbies and obligations, I have taken on fronting a heavy band called Anxious Wave and it's a total blast. If that kind of thing interests you, check us out on Facebook or Bandcamp . Anyway. A book. A review. Soulstorm. Focus... Soulstorm is the 32 year old, Tor published debut of fairly prolific author, Chet Williamson, who is probably best know for the book that follows this, Ash Wednesday. I see many of his books in used shops pretty regularly, and if Soulstorm is any indication, are worth a look. On the surface, it's a standard story of a small group of people locked in a house with a haunted history in hopes of a large m...

Let's begin this review by saying this: if you're a horror fan and you haven't read Patrick Lacey yet, you're missing out. You're missing out in the sorest way I can possibly imagine. His books are literary love letters to the genre I love, particularly the films of Craven, Henenlotter, and well... basically pick your favorite 80s horror film director as Lacey's probably winking at him. There's this comfort food-like quality to his writing, that is familiar and warm, with some occasionally dark matter to keep it riveting... It keeps me coming back time and time again. It's like renting an old VHS tape, in a big lurid box, but dashed with a modernized, knowing flair that makes it an undeniable Patrick Lacey book. Noone quite touches the old school horror fan in me like the guy. What else can I say? Read the guy immediately. This here, Bone Saw, is his latest book, out now by Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, a publisher I hadn't read anything ...