“Well done and with a nice twist…” –Fantasy Book Critic

“…examines vampirism from an unusual and genuinely horrifying angle.” –SF Site Review

“A wonderful, creepy and suspenseful tale of a boardwalk portrait artist who struggles with a powerful dark hunger, and the man who, through loving her, must come to grips with his own inner demons.” –Rainbow Dragon Recommends

“…a title that rules. …psychic vampirism, creepy street performers, the horrors of small coastal towns. And Smith took the story somewhere that surprised me. The twist is sustained.” –Jay Lake, Tangent Online

“I was reminded of the tone of some of Harlan Ellison’s best work…where many of the protagonists seemed to be the unwitting victims of dark, irrational forces.” –The Fix

“Highlights among the stories include Douglas Smith’s delightfully creepy ‘By Her Hand, She Draws You Down,’ about a young woman who is driven by a mysterious hunger to sketch people and steal their life force as her horrified lover looks on.” –Booklist

“The best of the bunch…a haunting variant on the vampire legend with an understated and brutal ending.”– Publishers Weekly

This is a great book. Highly recommend it

“Cantrell knows suspense, and in Hannah Vogel she has created a compelling character. The first person narration draws you right into the action, and pairing that with graphic, visceral descriptions makes this book a hard one to put down…emphasizes the chilling dehumanization of the Third Reich.”