The Horror Fiction Review is going on summer hiatus, but I will still be carrying on and posting my reviews here in the meantime ... and here's a roundup of the past couple months:

Black Creek by Gregory Lamberson
We Are Wormwood by Autumn Christian
The Blurring the Line anthology
Wasteland Gods by Jonathan Woodrow
Header 3 by Ryan Harding and Edward Lee
Things Slip Through by Kevin Lucia
Dreams of Ivory and Gold by Kirk Dougal
Towers by Karl Fischer
Bone Meal Broth by Adam Cesare
Computerface by Kevin Strange
Governor of the Homeless by G. Arthur Brown
The Sanguinarian Id by L.M. Labat
Ritualistic Human Sacrifice by C.V. Hunt
Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason
Not Safe For Kids by Kevin Shamel

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Coming up: DOA I and II, Into the Mist, When We Were 8, Long December, Stale Reality, Eldren, Berserkoids, Vortex, Lost Signals, Hannahwhere, I Am Providence, Sirens, Revived, Every Kingdom Divided, A Brutal Chill, Sword Chronicles I and II, Eternal Frankenstein, Exercise Bike.

Title: Alien Smut Peddlers from the Future
Author: Kent Hill
Publisher: StrangeHouse Books
Website: www.strangehousebooks.com

Some titles, you see ‘em and you just know you can’t resist. This is one. I mean, c’mon. I have a similar weakness when it’s SyFy movies, but there’s a couple important differences here, the biggest being that the writing didn’t make me want to claw my brain out through my ears.

All the crass tacky trashiness here (say that five times fast) is on purpose. All the funny is because it’s meant to be funny. The plot, believe it or not, hangs together with its own plausible consistency. And this is a book about … well, look at that title again.

It’s also a Western, which makes it not just from the future but from the past, a porn-purveyor’s spaceship crashing just outside a townful of gamblers, gunslingers, outlaws and whores. Combining a newfangled technology of picture-projection, Blob (the crashlanded alien) is soon doing a booming business filming the randy antics of gold-greedy volunteers.

There’s a catch, of course. Most of those volunteers never get a chance to spend their lust-gotten gold, and some of the survivors are unhappy about it. Soon, a couple of bounty hunters are on Blob’s trail, while Blob himself has hired a gunman with his own particular tastes, and there’s bound to be a showdown.

This is not the kinda disappointing Daniel Craig movie with the cowboys and the aliens. This is outlandish, outrageous, filthy, hilarious, gross, and fun.


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I haven't been slacking on the reviews, but I'm behind in posting them here ... this latest batch (bringing my total for the year so far to 33) includes:

Monsters Don't Cry by Shane McKenzie
Tribes of Decay by Michael W. Garza
None So Deaf by Pete Mesling
Undead Fleshcrave by Jim Goforth
Texas Chainsaw Mantis by Kevin Strange
Rock 'n' Roll Headcase by Lee Widener
The Tomorrow's Cthulhu anthology
Exponential by Adam Cesare
The House That Death Built by Michaelbrent Collings
The Complex by Brian Keene
Mister White by John C. Foster
Sacrificing Virgins by John Everson
The Specimen by Pete Kahle
Wind Chill by Patrick Rutigliano
Every Time We Meet At The Dairy Queen Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes by Carlton Mellick III
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough

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And check out the current issue of The Horror Fiction Review! This week with my reviews of Black Creek, We Are Wormwood, and Blurring the Line.

Coming up: Not Safe For Kids, Header 3, Things Slip Through, Dreams of Ivory and Gold, Bone Meal Broth, Towers, Computerface, Wasteland Gods, Ritualistic Human Sacrifice, Alien Smut Peddlers From The Future, and more!

To submit a book for review, contact me at christinemariemorgan@gmail.com ... mobi and pdf copies welcome!

The fine folks over at New Kink Books have exemplary taste in smut ... not only did they just publish my naughty novella Mythic Lust: The Minotaur, but here's my review of another recent release!

Title: Live Action Hentai
Author: Kerry Lipp
Publisher: New Kink Books
Website: www.newkinkbooks.com

When “Live-Action Hentai” is the tamer title chosen for marketing purposes, you know you’re in for a doozy of a read.

Porn star Elsa, after the dismaying flop of what should have been (given her name!) a surefire parody, needs to find something new to advance her career. Luckily, or not, her producer has just the opportunity lined up. All she’ll need to do is put on her little schoolgirl outfit, go for a boat ride, and …

Yes, there’s tentacles. All the tentacles. Lots and lots of slimy, slippery, clammy, gooey tentacles. And, as the saying says, you know where this is going. Where they are going. Everywhere, that’s where they’re going. But, Elsa figures, what the heck, why not? It’s only a giant squid. What could go wrong? Needless to say, she’s about to find out!

From the first time I heard Kerry Lipp read (KillerCon or WHC, I forget which), I knew he was a talent to watch. He’s proven it time and again, bringing a mix of quirky creativity and crazy exuberance to his stories. Not *all* of which involves penises. I think. Maybe.

Anyway, this slim but ‘action’-packed volume – with bonus tale: “A Hot, Wet End To A Long Dry Spell” – is oodles of squelchy, messy-in-a-good-way, nasty, hilarious fun.

**

Another roundup of some of my recent contributions to The Horror Fiction Review:

All Souls Day by Martin Berman-Gorvine
Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson
The Ghost in the Cogs anthology
Reincarnage by Ryan Harding and Jason Taverner
Danger Slater's I Will Rot Without You
Paper Tigers by Damien Angelica Walters
Dallas Mullican's A Coin for Charon

And BONUS BARBEE ... Thunderpussy!

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Coming up soon, reviews of: Monsters Don't Cry, Tribes of Decay, None So Deaf, Undead Fleshcrave, Texas Chainsaw Mantis, Tomorrow's Cthulhu, Exponential, and more!

Sometimes I catch up on books that came out a while ago but I've only just gotten my little mitts on ... so here's a bonus twofer! The Greatest Fucking Moment in Sports, and The Traveling Dildo Salesman, by the one and only Kevin L. Donihe!

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One of my goals for 2016 is to beat last year's tally of 79 books reviewed ... off to a decent start with:

Amazing Punk Stories
Cut Corners I and II (the HFR only ran the II part, since they'd already covered Vol. I)
The Midnight Creature Feature Picture Show

plus, backlist bonus, two from 2011:
A Town Called Suckhole by David W. Barbee
I Knocked Up Satan's Daughter by Carlton Mellick III


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Coming soon, reviews of: All Souls Day, Reincarnage, Ghost in the Cogs, Skullcrack City, I Will Rot Without You, Paper Tigers, None So Deaf, Monsters Don't Cry, Coin For Charon, Undead Fleshcrave, and more!

Adding them up, I see I've reviewed a whopping 79 books this year! Here's the last batch for 2015; stay tuned for more in 2016!

This roundup includes:
Sick Pack and Cattle Cult! Kill! Kill! by M.P. Johnson
The anthology 18 Wheels of Horror
The Colony: Reckoning by Michaelbrent Collings
The Fresh Meat anthology
Slush by Glenn Rolfe
Bryan Smith's Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies
As She Stabbed Me Gently In The Face and Clownfellas by Carlton Mellick III
The Lovecraft Unbound anthology
Bride of Dr Faust by K.H. Koehler
The Fat Zombie anthology
Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters
Mark Orr's Smarter Than The Average Werewolf

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Coming in 2016: Amazing Punk Stories, Cut Corners Vols. I and II, The Midnight Creature Feature Picture Show, All Soul's Day, Reincarnage, Ghost in the Cogs, I Will Rot Without You, Monsters Don't Cry, and more!

Send inquiries, or review copies (.mobi and .pdf preferred!) to christinemariemorgan@gmail.com ... and have a Happy New Year!

In this Roundup, reviews of:

Skinzz by Wrath James White
The Deep by Michaelbrent Collings
The Gate at Lake Drive by Shaun Meeks
Cthulhu Attacks! by Sean Hoade
Blood and Rain by Glenn Rolfe
Wicked Tales, The Journal of the New England Horror Writers, Vol. 3
The Hungry Darkness by Gabino Iglesias
I Like Turtles by G. Arthur Brown
Andersonville by Ed Erdelac
Reborn by Bryan Smith
A God of Hungry Walls by Garrett Cook
SNAFU: Recon from Cohesion Press
Night's Neon Fangs by David W. Barbee
Frankenstorm by Ray Garton
Answers of Silence by Geoff Cooper
Mercy House by Adam Cesare
The Immortal Body by William Holloway
A Picnic at the Mountains of Madness by Neil Baker

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Coming soon, reviews of: Sick Pack, 18 Wheels of Horror, The Colony: Reckoning, Fresh Meat, Slush, Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies, Cattle Cult! Kill! Kill!, Clown Fellas, Lovecraft Unbound, Smarter Than The Average Werewolf, Bride of Dr. Faust, Fat Zombie, and more!

Some of my latest reads:

End Times at Ridgemont High by Ian Welke
Wet and Screaming by Shane McKenzie
Carrier by Timothy Johnson
Love in the Time of Dinosaurs by Kirsten Allene
Desper Hollow by Elizabeth Massie
Riding the Centipede by John Claude Smith
Jurassic Dead by Rick Chesler and David Sakmyster
Cracked Sky by Ben Eads

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Coming up: Skinzz, The Deep, The Gate at Lake Drive, The Hungry Darkness, Blood and Rain, Wicked Tales, The Fall of Man: Saboteur Chronicles, Cthulhu Attacks!, I Like Turtles.

Review copies and inquiries: christinemariemorgan (at) gmail (dot) com