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Jason Dark: Ghost Hunter by Guido Henkel

Michele Lee — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:58:01 +0000

“Your encounter with the extraordinary awaits,” claims the tagline of the new Jason Dark: Ghost Hunter series by Guido Henkel. A sort of supernatural Sherlock Holmes, this serial series follows the adventures of Jason Dark, a Victorian London bachelor and Geisterjäger, who is the latest in a long line of ghost hunters.

The series has a feeling very similar to the Gabriel Knight series of video games from 1993, which is not surprising as Henkel is also a video game writer. Each serial is sixty-one pages, fast-paced and action-oriented, much like TV show episodes… Full review at Dark Scribe Magazine

Slaughter by Marcus F. Griffin

Michele Lee — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:54:51 +0000

If E.B. White and Roald Dahl wrote an adult novel together, it might end up looking something like Slaughter by Marcus F. Griffin.

It’s 1941 and the rural farms of Indiana and Kentucky are abuzz with the story of Slaughter, the colt favored to win the Kentucky Derby — perhaps even the Triple Crown. But to down-on-his-luck farmer Harold, Slaughter’s race is more. To begin with, it’ll decide whether he keeps his farm or loses it to the bank. There’s a lot more going on at the farm than Slaughter’s race though. Two entwined tales of personal spirals into madness are linked into one novel about how the past – and lives around us we often don’t even see – haunt us…Read the full review at Dark Scribe Magazine.

Phoenix and the Darkness of Wolves by Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Michele Lee — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:50:27 +0000

Damnation Books has been putting out a number of good, solid reads thus far in its brief history. But none so far have been of the same caliber in the dark fantasy genre as Phoenix and the Darkness of Wolves by Shane Jiraiya Cummings.

In this post-apocalyptic fantasy tale, Damon – once a magician in the truest sense – hunts the charred scar that used to be Australia alone, trying to catch a literal phoenix and outrace the trapped, damned souls of his family that have been turned into shadowy wolves. Damon’s own role in the event that ended the world comes to light for readers during the story, making him something between hero and anti-hero…Read the full review at Dark Scribe Magazine.

Strange Magic by Gord Rollo

Michele Lee — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:45:15 +0000

Gord Rollo’s Strange Magic is a dark, twisted and only slightly supernatural tale of serial killers, magicians and revenge. Wilson Kemp is hiding a secret that starts with the fact that his name is an alias and deepens to the dark reason why he had to change his name in the first place. But all Kemp’s secrets are about to come to light (again) as a mysterious Stranger arrives in town, determined to enact vengeance on the slobbering drunk Kemp has become. Kemp knows who the Stranger is — his old show partner, who has been dead for over 20 years….Full review over at Dark Scribe Magazine.

Black Jack Derringer #1: Ace of Spades by Karen Koehler

Michele Lee — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:55 +0000

Black Jack Derringer: The Ace of Spades is like one of those little four-piece Whitman’s Samplers. You end up with a good idea of what the story’s going to be, but it’s over and gone just when you’re really ready for more.

Wild Alice West is not a woman for breeding or homemaking or any of the other things the Wild West-flavored land called the Skillet considers women good for. She’s a bounty hunter, plagued by a bit of bad luck, a mouth that constantly gets her in trouble, a society that can’t respect her and the fastest shot she’s ever met. (She’s humble too….)

Full Review at DarkScribeMagazine.com