Happy Friday the 13th.  I have some horrifying great news: Brett Talley’s new book The Void is available as of today.  I’m in the middle of reading it between submissions, and I’m very much enjoying it, as will any Lovecraft fan, in my opinion.

I’ll write a review when I’m finished reading it, but in the meantime, here are links to two other reviews.  From Starburst Magazine:

The Void takes place in the year 2169. Mankind has mastered interstellar travel and through the use of warp drives can cross light years in a matter of hours. There is only one problem. During the warp transition, the human passengers need to be put into stasis to prevent them going insane, but while they are in stasis the dreams come. Dark, terrible dreams that not everyone awakes from unscathed, if they wake at all.

As a jaded old horror reader, it’s been quite some time since I read something that actually made me feel nervous and uncomfortable in the way that this book did. The prose is fluid, the descriptions vivid without being overdone and the characters are all three dimensional and believable. The real star of the show, however, is the pervading sense of menace that oozes from every page.

The Void is one of the best horror novels that I’ve read this year, hands down…

From HorrorNews.net:

A firm grasp of fear and all the exquisite ramifications it holds unto the horror audience is dually noted time and again. Irrational fear is as real to everyone as the air we breathe Talley recognizes the power of the subconscious and how it surfaces in our own collective thoughts. Dream like symbols representing guilt, sorrow, envy, pride and wraith and so on plague those aboard The Chronos. It’s a testament to just how powerful the subconscious transcends onto our conscious decisions, actions and reactions.

One cannot deny pondering their own personal nightmares and confront their own personal demons as do the characters in The Void.

For these reasons Talley has composed an immensely effective novel. It’s rare we stumble onto a new author so consistent in their capability to allure us into their next anticipated journey.

Talley proves That Which Should Not Be his debut effort was no fluke. He’s here to stay deeply embedded in our darkest dementia.

Buy The Void here.  You’ll have a great book to read, and you’ll be supporting our friend Brett J. Talley.  The Void is available in hardback, paperback, and for Kindle.