Bee’s Knees Reviews just posted a great new review of my novel, The Wide Game.  Here’s a bit of what they had to say…

“Michael West is one of the best storytellers I have ever read. The Wide Game from start to finish had me on the edge of my seat. It never lagged, it was never slowed, it was just one twist and turn barreling to the end.  I absolutely loved The Wide Game. I loved the details when the story flashes back to the 80s. This book was not just written it was crafted. It was smart, witty, funny and scary. Perfection all rolled in to one horror novel.  I highly recommend this to everyone… a 5 out of 5 for me. Excellent!!!!!”

Read the full review here!

And pick up your very own copy of The Wide Game here!

Pick of the Literate just posted a new review of my first Harmony, Indiana novel, The Wide Game, giving it four stars…er, flaming skulls!

Here’s a bit of what they had to say…

“Once again the small town of Harmony, Indiana turns out to be less than harmonious.  More demented souls seem to reside in this small, corn fed town than any major metropolis.  What is up with all the corn fed fear?  Michael West surely has a strange turn of mind.  I’m guessing that he, like Stephen King, has the heart of a small boy and he too, keeps it in his top desk drawer.  After plowing through the mayhem you discover that you aren’t done yet.  Mr. West likes to flip things around just when you think you have everything figured out.   Robby Miller of the Spook House is here, younger and not yet jaded.   I have read and reviewed  Spook House , Poseidon’s Children and Cinema of Shadows all by Michael West.   He has carved a niche into the face of evil, leaving his readers looking over their shoulders and listening to the wind in the corn.  I’ve stated before I don’t read a lot of horror stories but I really the way Michael West renders them.”

Read the full review here!

And get your very own copy of The Wide Game here!

L. Andrew Cooper’s Horrific Scribblings has published what may be the most thorough, well-written review ever of my work.  While I would love to re-post the entire thing, here is an excerpt…

“The Wide Game is a tense, well-structured page-turner that draws on regional flavor–the fictional town of Harmony in an atmospherically real Indiana–that earns it a place in American horror alongside other regionalists like Stephen King and Bentley Little, not to mention Poe and Lovecraft…West is courteous enough to deliver twisted plotting with tickle-torturing efficacy, something too often lacking in today’s straightforward subgenre ruts, and his attention to detail is careful enough to merit serious rethinking and rereading in order to admire the narrative elaboration as a product of true craftsmanship rather than cheap trickery…The bottom line is that The Wide Game is a fun read even if you don’t care to think about issues of generational identity, history, memory, and the influence of art over the structure of thought. But if you care to think, the book has all that, too.”

Read the full review here!

And get your very own copy of The Wide Game here!

The Deal Sharing Aunt just posted a great new review for the re-issue of my first novel, The Wide Game.  Here’s a bit of what she had to say about it…

“I am a huge Stephen King fan. This story reminded me of him.  It is one of the best horror stories that I have read in a long time…and I can really see this becoming a movie. It was the perfect October read. I am giving this a 5/5.”

Read the full review here!

And get your very own copy of The Wide Game here!