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Review: Doodooality: Shots Fired from Uranus by Sumiko Saulson, Emily Loretta Flummox, Mysterious Backup

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 6, 2026February 1, 2026ReviewsDoodooality: Shots Fired from Uranus, Emily Loretta Flummox, Joshua Gage, Mysterious Backup, Reviews, Sumiko SaulsonLeave a comment

Doodooality: Shots Fired from Uranus by Sumiko Saulson, Emily Loretta Flummox, Mysterious Backup
Dooky Zines (October 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Sumiko Saulson, Emily Loretta Flummox, Mysterious Backup are members of the metal karaoke band, NypSlyp. When invited to submit to the sequel of Haipoo: 7 Poospectives in Pooetry, a collection of scatalogical verse, the group decided to create their own concept album of “haipoo, limershits, and other forms of poetry focusing on the fecalarity — the sentience of poop.” This chapbook is meant to mirror or mimick a punk rock or metal concept album, full of political import and social criticism, but quickly devolves into shock for shock’s sake.Continue Reading

Review: Mama Came Callin’ by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Camilla Sucre

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 4, 2026February 1, 2026Reviews, The Comic VaultCamilla Sucre, Columns, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Joshua Gage, Mama Came Callin', Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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Mama Came Callin’ by Ezra Claytan Daniels
William Morrow Paperbacks (February 2026)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Ezra Claytan Daniels is a mixed-race (black/white) multidisciplinary artist and creator of the award-winning graphic novels Upgrade Soul and BTTM FDRS (with illustrator Ben Passmore). Ezra’s work has been featured on the Criterion Channel, at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum. Ezra currently resides in Los Angeles, where he writes for film and television, including Doom Patrol, for HBO Max. His newest graphic novel is Mama Came Callin’.Continue Reading

Review: Dollface by Lindy Ryand

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 2, 2026January 14, 2026ReviewsDollface, Elizabeth Broadbent, Lindy Ryan, Minotaur Books, ReviewsLeave a comment

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Minotaur Books (February 24, 2026)
Reviewed by Elizabeth Broadbent

In a publishing landscape that loves to hand us blonde, virginal final girls, Lindy Ryan’s Dollface gives us something different: a forty-something mother.

That shouldn’t be rare. It is. Continue Reading

Review: The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 28, 2026January 24, 2026ReviewsAlex Woodroe, Elizabeth Broadbent, Flame Tree Press, Reviews, The Night ShipLeave a comment

cover of The Night Ship The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe
Flame Tree Press (January 2026)
Reviewed by Elizabeth Broadbent

For Americans, it’s difficult to conceptualize what living under a truly authoritarian government means: the snitching, the pressure to conform, the everyday minutiae of life controlled by the state. Alex Woodroe captures these quandaries in The Night Ship. While it’s a wild ride of a cosmic horror novel, the setting and characterization of life under Ceau?escu are the real stars in this one. Continue Reading

Review: The Demon of Beausoleil by Mari Costa

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 26, 2026January 10, 2026Reviews, The Comic VaultColumns, Joshua Gage, Mari Costa, Oni Press, Reviews, The Comic Vault, The Demon of BeausoleilLeave a comment

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The Demon of Beausoleil by Mari Costa
Oni Press (January 27, 2026)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Mariana Costa was born in Brazil (allegedly) fully formed from a hole in the ground. She is a deeply unserious creature who eats stories and then spits out new ones to repopulate the ecosystem. Whether these new stories are better or worse is for you to decide by eating them yourself. She is best known for Peritale, Paranorthern, Belle of the Ball, and Life of Melody. Her newest graphic novel is The Demon of Beausoleil, which an exciting queer romance set against a background of historical horror.Continue Reading

Review: White Noise Press — The Chapbooks edited by Keith Minnion

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 23, 2026January 18, 2026ReviewsAllison Littlewood, chapbooks, Dave Simms, Elizabeth Massie, Gary Braunbeck, James A. Moore, Kealan Patrick Burke, Mary SanGiovanni, Matt Warner, Reviews, White Noise PressLeave a comment

cover of White Noise Press - The Chapbooks White Noise Press — The Chapbooks edited by Keith Minnion
White Noise Press (November 2025)
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Many horror fans love chapbooks, but they’re tough to get a hold of. Most have limited runs, are costly, or are so beautifully done that readers are reticent to open and damage them (as with Minnion’s run of these 21 novellas).

Keith Minnion, owner of White Noise Press and celebrated artist and author, has compiled all of the chapbooks into one massive collection.Continue Reading

Review: Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowland

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 21, 2026January 14, 2026ReviewsEminence Front, Rebecca Rowland, Reviews, W.D. GaglianiLeave a comment

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Clash Books (January 20, 2026)
Review by W.D. Gagliani

If you’ve ever been freaked out by blizzard conditions and outrageously large snowfall totals, this short novel is likely to bring its share of shivers to bear on your chionophobia.

Titled after a relentlessly driving Pete Townshend song from The Who’s It’s Hard album, Rebecca Rowland (Optic Nerve, The Horrors Hiding in Plain Sight, and numerous splatterpunk short stories) makes the most of this exercise in mostly “quiet horror” by casting a vaguely Lovecraftian shadow over its story, in which the cosmic dread is almost tangible.Continue Reading

Review: Plague House by Michael W. Conrad and Dave Chisholm

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 19, 2026January 10, 2026Reviews, The Comic VaultColumns, Dave Chisholm, Joshua Gage, Michael W. Conrad, Oni Press, Plague House, Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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Plague House by Michael W. Conrad and Dave Chisholm
Oni Press (January 20, 2026)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Michael W. Conrad is a writer currently living in Portland, Oregon. Michael has worked on a number of books at DC Comics, including Wonder Woman, Batgirls, Nightwing, and more. Elsewhere, Michael has written stories for iconic characters including Godzilla, Dracula, and Boris Karloff. Michael’s creator-owned work such as Tremor Dose, Double Walker, and Neptune have revealed a level of oddity that has captivated audiences looking for experiences unlike anything else on the shelves today.

Dave Chisholm is a graphic novelist and musician currently living in Rochester, New York, where he received his doctorate in jazz trumpet from the Eastman School of Music in 2013. His expertise in music, as well as his formal inventiveness within the comics medium, has resulted in a string of critically acclaimed music-centric comics and graphic novels, including Spectrum (Mad Cave Studios), Miles Davis & the Search for the Sound, Enter the Blue, Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker in California, and the groundbreaking graphic novel + original soundtrack Instrumental (Z2 Comics). Chisholm also has a passion for education and teaches comics and music at the Hochstein School and the Rochester Institute of Technology. In his free time, Dave enjoys spending time with his family and his cats. Their newest collaboration is Plague House.Continue Reading

Review: ITCH! by Gemma Amor

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 15, 2026January 14, 2026ReviewsElizabeth Broadbent, Gemma Amor, ITCH!, ReviewsLeave a comment

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Hodder & Stoughton (January 2026)
Reviewed by Elizabeth Broadbent

With a title like ITCH!, you know Gemma Amor’s bringing the bug horror. I was prepared to spend this read feeling like something was biting me — and I did. I wasn’t prepared for the real soul-crushing heart of this LGBTQIA2+ novel. ITCH! led me to expect bugs and body horror. I never expected to cry. Continue Reading

Review: When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee by Gus Moreno and Jakub Rebelka

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 12, 2026January 10, 2026Reviews, The Comic VaultBOOM! Studios, Columns, Gus Moreno, Jakup Rebelka, Joshua Gage, Reviews, The Comic Vault, When I Lay My Vengeance Upon TheeLeave a comment

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When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee by Gus Moreno and Jakub Rebelka
BOOM! Studios (January 2026)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Gus Moreno is the author of This Thing Between Us. His stories have appeared in Aurealis, PseudoPod, Bluestem Magazine, LitroNy, the Burnt Tongues anthology, and a bunch of other places that are totally not defunct. Some of his favorite books are American Psycho, Battle Royale, and Under the Skin. Some of his favorite writers are Margaret Atwood, Lucia Berlin, and Amy Hempel. He likes denim jackets, professional wrestling, neighborhood pizza, and anything by The xx. He lives in the suburbs with his wife and dogs, but never think that he’s not from Chicago. His newest graphic novel is When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee, illustrated by Jakub Rebelka.Continue Reading

Review: The Long Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 5, 2026December 29, 2025ReviewsHaley Newlin, Killer VHS Series, Laurel Hightower, Reviews, Shortwave Publishing, The Long Low WhistleLeave a comment

The Long Low Whistle (Killer VHS Series #7) by Laurel Hightower
Shortwave Publishing (November 2025)
Reviewed by Haley Newlin

The seventh installment in Shortwave Publishing’s Killer VHS Series is gory, claustrophobic, and probably the most terrifying book you’ll read all year. Laurel Hightower’s The Long Low Whistle swells with an aching grief that throbs through the pages from start to finish and will thrill fans of cryptid and survival horror. Not only would this be a great introduction for readers new to Hightower’s work but it will make fans of the Bram Stoker-nominated author absolutely giddy because, like most of Hightower’s books, The Long Low Whistle is packed with creative, but brutal body horror you won’t be able to shake for days. Continue Reading

Review: Children of the Night (When Monsters Wake Book 1) by Victoria Setian and Savanna Ganucheau

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 31, 2025November 30, 2025Reviews, The Comic VaultChildren of the Night, Columns, Joshua Gage, Reviews, Savanna Ganucheau, The Comic Vault, Victoria SetianLeave a comment

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Children of the Night (When Monsters Wake Book 1) by Victoria Setian
Abrams Fanfare (January 2026)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Victoria Setian started her career in Gotham City, specifically the third floor of DC Comics in the heart of New York City. Her writing chops eventually landed her a role on the DC interactive team, and since then she’s continued her crossover work with credits including the Batman: Arkham series, Mortal Kombat X, and Just Cause 4. She’s a game developer conference speaker and NYU Game Center Incubator advisor, and she helped pilot the Girl Scouts Game Design patch with Women in Games International. When she’s not tinkering on her next project, she’s hanging with her family or practicing Armenian folk dance.

Savanna Ganucheau is a comic artist from New Orleans. She coauthored her first graphic novel, Bloom, with Kevin Panetta in 2019. Bloom received a distinction from the Junior Library Guild, a GLAAD Award nomination, and Amazon’s pick for Best Graphic Novel of 2019. In 2021, she adapted the novel Turtle in Paradise into the graphic novel format. Ganucheau has been creating comics since she was in third grade, and self-published her work in local comic book shops throughout high school. Her newest YA graphic novel is Children of the Night (When Monsters Wake Book 1).Continue Reading

Review: A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 29, 2025December 14, 2025ReviewsA Veritable Household Pet, Haley Newlin, Reviews, Viggy Parr HamptonLeave a comment

A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton
Horror Humor Hunger Press (January 2026)
Reviewed by Haley Newlin

Viggy Parr Hampton is a force to be reckoned with in her medical-body horror novel, A Veritable Household Pet. It’s a blistering indictment of patriarchal power and a tragic story of the nightmare that is the theft of autonomy and identity, a quiet and constant terror women know all too well.Continue Reading

Review: The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 23, 2025December 18, 2025ReviewsHaley Newlin, Reviews, The Haunting of Room 904. Erika T. WurthLeave a comment

cover of The Haunting of Room 904 The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth
Flatiron Books (March 2025)
Reviewed by Haley Newlin

What is it that horror readers love about a haunted hotel?

Is it the haunted house feel but with more witnesses? The hauntings that vary from floor to floor as though specters and entities take the elevator themselves? The idea of a place that has seen such tragedy, death after death, that it shines like a ghoulish beacon for spirits and curses? It’s really all the above. The isolation, the secrets and hidden history, the absorption and spiritual/paranormal preservation of human suffering have popularized stories like Stephen King’s The Shining, Psycho by Robert Bloch, and The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. Continue Reading

Review: Doctor Zomba’s Ghostly Tales by David Lucarelli

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 22, 2025December 14, 2025Reviews, The Comic VaultColumns, David Lucarelli, Doctor Zomba's Ghostly Tales, Joshua Gage, Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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Abacab Studios (November 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

David Lucarelli is a writer, musician, sound engineer and dad. He is the creator of Tinseltown The Children’s Vampire Hunting Brigade graphic novels. He is the writer/producer of Doctor Zomba’s Ghost Show of Terror, the award winning campy horror comedy revival of a 1950’s style spook show, and the writer/director of Crude, the award winning completely unauthorized play about a band that rose up from the streets of Hollywood to become a cultural phenomenon. He has had stories published by Omnium Gatherum and DNA Publications. The Winter Horror Days anthology which he also edited debuted as the number one horror anthology on Amazon. He was featured in the Monsters and Other Scary Sht, and Cthulhu is Hard to Spell: The Terrible Twos anthologies. His newest comic endeavor is Doctor Zomba’s Ghostly Tales, which is a modern horror anthology comic in the style of E.C. Comics.Continue Reading

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