Mark West writes heartfelt, traditional horror, taking the best of what developed in the eighties (and ignoring the bad old stuff that was spat out in a publishing glut where anything with a skull on the cover could end up in bookstores) and giving it a fresh new presentation. Conjure is a straightforward little novella, the power of which comes not from a twisting plot (it's clear where the story's going about a third of the way through), but from heartfelt characters, who are honestly portraye More...

I always enjoy Mark West's main characters. They are working class people with struggles just like ours. We can relate to these characters, and while they have their faults, they are also good people that we come to care about very quickly.

I don't read the horror genre as a rule, as I don't like graphic violence, but Mark West does it so well! The book, about a young couple going on a holiday only to find that scary things await them in the form of a dead woman's malevolent spirit More...

Great story - review to come soon at Xomba Horror.