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GNoH Review: Stories of the Eye (2022)

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Edited by Sam Richard and Joe Koch

Available from Weirdpunk Books

Between the desire to create and the thing created, the model is a key, a stepping stone, a participant othered through the process of creation. These thirteen visions of modern horror dissect the relationship between artist and model, exposing the spaces the eye is tricked into missing where we witness the beautiful and monstrous intricacies of making and being made.

Featuring stories by Andrew Wilmot, M. Lopes da Silva, Gwendolyn Kiste, Hailey Piper, Roland Blackburn, Ira Rat, Donyae Coles, Matt Neil Hill, Brendan Vidito, LC von Hessen, Gary J. Shipley, and editors Joe Koch and Sam Richard. (AMAZON)

An excellent collection of disparate voices screaming out through the agony and the ecstasy of creation. While a couple of stories left me with notes that simply read “I don’t get it” that is the beauty of a collection that explores the nature of art, and everyone will have a different interpretation and a different favourite.

Read the full review at Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE

GNoh Review: Grief Rituals (2022)

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Written by: Sam RIchard

From Wonderland Award-Winning author Sam Richard comes twelve more uncomfortable tales of sorrow, ruination, and transformation.

A young widow joins a spousal loss support group with bizarre methods of healing. An aging punk is stalked by something ancient and familiar in the labyrinthian halls of an art complex. A couple renting out a small movie theatre are interrupted by a corrosive force of nature. Through these stories of weird horror and visceral sorrow, Richard shows us ways grief can be transcendent-but only if we know which rituals to practice.

Available at Amazon

Something for everyone, but it will be triggering for some, especially those with recent, or deep relationships with grief. So, proceed with caution but, dare I say it, as upsetting as some of these tales can be, there is opportunity for catharsis and peace within them as well.

Read the full review at Ginger Nuts HERE