2015 was a good year for subtle and atmospheric weird fiction. Find out which stories stood out here.
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2015 was a good year for subtle and atmospheric weird fiction. Find out which stories stood out here.
Find every book review published on Dead End Follies in 2016 here and try to guess which ones will make my Year End's Lists. Official announcements will be made on December 15 and December 20.
The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett is the real deal. Now, click on my review to know why it's one of the most refreshing and original things I've read all year.
Scorch Atlas probably is the most read/talked about book by Blake Butler. Here are my thoughts on it and how it compares to his already impressive legacy.
Michael Allen Rose's Boiled Americans is unconventional and challenging. Not your Sunday afternoon reading, but it will appeal to the most adventurous readers out there.
Seb Doubinsky's novella Omega Gray couldn't be any more different than his previous work White City, yet it's smart and colourful allegory of the power of ideology.
Mark Rapacz' novel Foreigners is unique and disorienting to say the least. I wouldn't qualify my own feelings towards it too precisely, but it's worth experiencing for yourselves.
The most original and underrated new voice in weird fiction T.E Grau has a new book out. They Don't Come Home Anymore is his most accessible project to date, but it is ambitious and genre bending nonetheless. A fantastic read.
The third installment in the Ash McKenna series South Village is a nice return to form. The novels are a bit of an acquired taste, but if you've enjoyed New Yorked, this is definitely for you.
Robert Dean's debut novel The Red Seven showcases his terrific talent. I wasn't sold on what the book was actually trying to say, but the author will be a force to be reckoned with for many years in contemporary genre literature.
In his triumphant return to Dead End Follies, Gabino Iglesias takes a look at Marietta Miles' Route 12 and quite likes it. An All Due Respect Books publication.
Andrew Nette is re-emerging after a four years silence with a new novel titled Gunshine State. While it didn't wow me like Ghost Money did in 2012, I can tell you one thing: the Australian author still got it.
Quarry in the Black was my first experience with Max Allan Collins' writing and force is to admit, it was quite successful. Expect more from him on the site.
Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties-Inspired Neon Noir is uneven like most short story anthologies are but it features rock solid contributions from Eryk Pruitt, Sam Wiebe, Kat Richardson, Will Viharo and editor Michael Pool.
My review of S.W Lauden's new Greg Salem novel: Grizzly Season. Maybe not the breath of fresh air Bad Citizen Corporation was, but a strong addition to a building series nonetheless.
Josh Malerman's novella A House at the Bottom of a Lake is thinking man's horror. Let it crawl under your skin.
T.E.D Klein's novel The Ceremonies sure is a cult classic. How does it hold up today? Read my review to find out.
In case you didn't know it already, Laird Barron's always been this awesome. The Imago Sequence is just as solid as anything he's written.
Livia Llewellyn's short story collection Furnace will challenge what you know and what you think you know about cosmic horror.
Brian Evenson's Last Days is everything is promises to be. A powerful and entertaining detective novel about the process of worship. It already has a proud place in my book collection.
