Barry Lee Dejasu

Barry Lee Dejasu is an author, freelance writer, and editor. His work is published in Shock Totem and the Four Horsemen anthology Distant Dying Ember.

He is a former editor with Shock Totem Publications and freelance journalist with the now defunct Modern Fix.

He currently writes for the movie website Cinema Knife Fight with a regular column titled “Scoring Horror.”

Barry lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and a pair of needy felines.

Book Reviews by Barry Lee Dejasu

Reviewed by: 

Wounds will no doubt be remembered as one of the most disquieting and memorable short story collections to come out this year.”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Languid, haunting, surreal, and utterly beautiful, this tale is in part a profound meditation on self-reflection and inner strength in the face, and in the painful grip, of abuse—and yet i

Reviewed by: 

“Heaven’s Crooked Finger is an outstanding work of literary suspense, a tale as devastatingly beautiful as it is powerfully intelligent.”

Reviewed by: 

“Horror fiction is alive and well, and Paperbacks from Hell is a grand, affectionate, and informative celebration of the genre.”

Author(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Lee Markham’s The Truants is a welcome and memorable addition to the vampire subgenre, full of original ideas and some nightmarishly vivid imagery.”

Reviewed by: 

Mapping the Interior is a darkly meditative tale of innocence, family, and ghosts that only Stephen Graham Jones could tell.

Reviewed by: 

Haruki Murakami is an author who has never been easy to categorize.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Although not quite a horror novel, nor even an outright ghost story in the classical sense, Moriah is nonetheless a story about people being haunted by ghosts.”

Reviewed by: 

Agents of Dreamland is an exquisitely haunting read, full of mesmerizing prose, unsettling images, and profoundly disturbing implications.”

Author(s):
Reviewed by: 

“The novel’s mercurial prose may take some readers out of the reading experience, but then, this style is a bit of an acquired taste.”

Editor(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

Black Feathers is a well-conceived and -executed anthology, and a showcase of some of the finest speculative and weird fiction of 2017.”

Editor(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

Nightmares is more than just a memorable and collective anthology; it is an excellent showcase of some of the finest names in contemporary horror and weird fiction, . .

Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

Certain Dark Things is arguably the vampire novel for the 21st century.”

Reviewed by: 

Editorial superstar Ellen Datlow possesses a monumental knack for putting out original, thoughtful, and high-quality anthologies.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Spanning a variety of styles and subjects, Bell’s tales are all told in a distinctly confident and haunting voice . . .”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Campbell has defined his style as a ‘comedy of paranoia,’ which is also a most fitting description of The Kind Folk.”

Reviewed by: 

From the 1960s through the early ‘90s, Italy was host to an artistic subgenre known as “sexy fumetti,” a wild blend of eroticism, horror, violence, and some extremely messed-up humor.

Reviewed by: 

“A mind-bending odyssey of parallel worlds and causality, Dark Matter will particularly appeal to fans of the TV series Fringe and H. G.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Coupled with its rich prose and vividly, painfully realized characters, this is very much a mystery novel, with a host of jarring twists and turns that would impress even the most jaded re

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

A profound tale of loss set against a disquieting backdrop of cosmic horror . . .”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“a true and powerful mystery novel, full of twists and horrors . . .”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

"one of the most original, clever, and terrifying books to be published in the 21st century."

Reviewed by: 

“diabolically gleeful (and wholly original) entry in something of a new wave of possession tales. . . . one of the most unique reads of 2016.”

Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

When Andrew Michael Hurley’s debut novel, The Loney, was first published in 2014 by the British publisher Tartarus Press (in a highly-limited 300-copy print run), it quickly turned heads a

Reviewed by: 

“will easily be remembered as one of the most unique and unforgettable werewolf tales ever written.”

Reviewed by: 

This is the latest entry in an ongoing anthology series of original stories inspired by the work and worlds of weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft. Renowned Lovecraft scholar and editor S. T.

Reviewed by: 

“It is with these origami-like turns of storytelling that the subtle beauty of the book really shines and makes it that much more brilliant.”