Reviews

by Catalina Bonati 3.75/5 stars ★★★⯪☆ Refugium by Eric Nicholas (2025) is a novel set in the Pleistocene, where several different types of pre-humans co-habitate as they take refuge from the Toba super-eruption aftermath in Sumatra. Set in an unspecified area of lower Asia, an Homo Erectus named Last is the lowest-ranking person in the tribe  who must make do with scraps but who is sustained by the love of his little brother. The Erectus tribe is beset by a tribe of Homo Deni

by Catalina Bonati 3.75/5 stars ★★★⯪☆ Jonathan Butcher’s The Cold Visitor (published October 4, 2025) is a haunted house and cosmic horror novel that centers on the marriage of Sally and Herbert, who have reached their twilight years and now live in the retirement village of Heaven’s Sent. Sally comes from an accursed family who every half a century must complete a gruesome ritual in order to keep a demonic cosmic monster at bay, and the time has now come for the ritual to be

by Catalina Bonati 3.25/ 5 stars ★★★☆☆   Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden (to be published October 28 2025) is a short novel of...

by Catalina Bonati 3.25/5 stars ★★★☆☆ Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowland (to be published January 20, 2026) is a psychological horror...

by Catalina Bonati 3/5 stars The Midnight Muse  by Jo Kaplan (to be published March 10 2026) is a mushroom horror and body horror novel...

by Catalina Bonati 2.25/5 stars The Glowing Hours  by Leila Siddiqui (to be published in 2026) is a paranormal historical story that...