The Snake
by John Godey
Berkeley (1978)
IRONICALLY, THE
LEAST DANGEROUS CREATURE YOU’LL
FIND IN CENTRAL PARK.
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The Snake
by John Godey
Berkeley (1978)
IRONICALLY, THE
LEAST DANGEROUS CREATURE YOU’LL
FIND IN CENTRAL PARK.
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Heat
by Arthur Herzog
Signet (1978)
THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE!
Hammers On Bone
by Cassandra Khaw
Tor (2016)
A TOUGH CASE FOR A
LOVECRAFTIAN PRIVATE EYE;
NOT YOUR GRANDPA’S NOIR.
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
HarperCollins (2015)
BIG SISTER IS SICK.
IS SHE POSSESSED OR IS IT
SOMETHING FAR, FAR WORSE?
The Grip of It
by Jac Jemc
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (2017)
FAIR WARNING: THIS IS
NOT YOUR TYPICAL HAUNTED
HOUSE NOVEL. GOOD LUCK!
The Dawning
by Hugh B. Cave
Leisure Books (2000)
POLLUTION AND CRIME
DRIVE THEM DEEP INTO THE WILD:
NATURE GETS REVENGE
A Murder of Crows: Seventeen Tales of Monsters and the Macabre
by DeAnna Knippling
Wonderland Press (2014)
WISDOM OF THE CROWS
PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS
COMFORT THIS LOST CHILD.
Sylvan Dread by Richard Gavin
Three Hands Press (2016)
FAUNS OF THE FOREST,
ENVELOPING GREENERY;
THE “GHOST IN THE VINES”
Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Lazy Fascist Press (2015)
MIND-ALTERING DRUGS,
BANKING CONSPIRACIES AND
BRAIN-EATING MADMEN
Clash Media published my book review of M.R. Tapia’s new horror novella, The Die-Fi Experiment.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Die-Fi Experiment by M.R. Tapia
– by Josh Schlossberg, Clash Media
I had trouble sleeping the night I read M.R. Tapia’s new novella, The Die-Fi Experiment.
Sure, it might’ve been the fact that I left the heat on too high. Or the woman on my mind. But I blame at least half of my sweaty tosses and turns squarely on Tapia’s locomotive-paced storytelling, the disturbing images he conjures, and the maelstrom of emotions he drags a reader through.
Let’s be clear from the get go: The Die-Fi Experiment is not for the faint of heart. Nor, just to be on the safe side, anyone with any kind of heart condition whatsoever. While the sometimes graphic depictions of physical violence aren’t gratuitous—they serve almost exclusively to hasten the plot—they are, let’s just say…intense.
The premise of The Die-Fi Experiment is that a newlywed couple honeymooning in Japan are kidnapped and forced to compete in a gory game show in front of a live audience and the eyes of thousands of social media junkies. Think American Gladiators meets Saw meets You’ve Got Mail.