J.W. Donley

Tag: horror

  • Joe Reviews: Wounds

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    Okay. So, you need to read this. Please, if you are into horror you owe it to yourself to experience these stories. These collection sums up what is possible in the modern horror and weird fiction genres. This really among the best fiction I’ve ever read. I’ve not come across horror short fiction this engrossing…

  • Joe Reviews: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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    Shirley Jackson is a legend. Just like every other teenager in high school English, and well before I ever had serious aspirations for writing, I’d read her short story, The Lottery. At the time I didn’t thing much of it. It was just another thing I had to read for class, and I made it…

  • Joe Reviews: Hellboy – An Assortment of Horrors

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    I want to start this review by saying that I love reading Hellboy. I’m not a huge fan of super hero comics, but Hellboy gets a pass. I’ve been reading Hellboy on and off for about a decade and I’ve read most of the other spin off series as well.But enough about the comics. Let’s…

  • May 2019 Patron Story Preview – Cats of the Pacific Northwest

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    Here is a little sample from the beginning of a story I call ‘The Cats of the Pacific Northwest’.

  • Joe Reviews: My Best Friend’s Exorcism

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    I recently finished his next novel, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and it was a pile of nostalgic fun. I never did get around to reading Grady Hendrix’s other book, Horrorstor, and now I regret that a lot. 80s nostalgia is the ‘in thing’ at the moment, especially in horror. It has been going for a…

  • April 2019 Patron Story Preview – Colossus Rising

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    It is almost time again for another short story to be set loose upon my amazing Patrons. For those of you who need a taste of next month’s bite of horror, here is a little sample of my April 2019 patron story, ‘Colossus Rising’. This story is for a speculative fiction anthology some friends and…

  • Joe Reviews: Cabal by Clive Barker

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    First let me state that I’ve seen both Lord of Illusions and Nightbreed. Both of these movies are based on different stories from this book. I wasn’t really into Nightbreed, but I loved Lord of Illusions. It had something no other horror flick I’d seen as a kid had, occult magic!That movie was based on…

  • March 2019 Patron Story Preview – Cutter’s Daughter

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    Here is a preview of next month’s patron story.. All $3+ patrons signed up by the end of February will get the full story on Friday March, 8th, and will get a brand new story every month after that (as long as they remain $3+ patrons).Also, the next 3 patrons who sign up for the…

  • {Book Review} Swift to Chase by Laird Barron

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    Before we get into this review I need to let you in on a little secret. Are you ready? Here it is. I may be a bit biased when it comes to works by Laird Barron. There is a bit of history behind this bias. I first came across Laird Barron about a decade ago.…

  • {Review} – The Fisherman by John Langan

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    Synopsis In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a…