By Bam Barrow

Bam Barrow’s follow up to Arcanum Fabulas has two of my favourite elements – a series of interconnected stories and a tightly integrated cosmic horror mythos that’s both familiar yet horribly original. I loved how various characters and places reappear both in the past and future, intertwined in strange and wondrous ways. There is a nice variety of story structures, with always tantalizing chapter introductions, and prose that brings to mind Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft, with shades of Ligotti in some and Laird Barron in others.

Not every story hits it out of the park, but overall it’s a solid work with stories like A Calamity at Croxton, The Eldritch Six, Outbreak at the Outpost, Black Maggots of the Urchin Church and Lady Void standing out for me.

Two Thumbs Up – Worth a Read

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Bam Barrow is an East Anglian based writer of occult fiction with an unquenchable thirst for the dark, mysterious and extremes of human behaviour. Co-editor for Black Shadow Lit, Bam is also known for his photography, filmmaking and as a musician. His band Raining Colour have released their first album Realms available to download from all major streaming outlets.

Publisher: Translucent Eye Press