"Tim Foley writes tales that stay in the mind, each one hitting home in its own different way. Sometimes the shocks are evident, sometimes they linger until the reason for that feeling of disquiet that was teased hits the reader hard in the backbrain."
- Fantasy Book Nerd blog, June 5, 2025
"[T]his one will be great for readers who enjoy suspenseful, creepy, uncomfortable horror. . . . came away after each tale with an eerie, freaked out feeling. . . . readers who enjoy getting quietly unsettled would really enjoy this."
- Kayleigh, Happy Goat Horror Blog, May 3, 2025
"Fans of old-school pulp fiction will enjoy this book, as will ghost story aficionados. More importantly, anyone who appreciates well-crafted short fiction will find plenty to savor and admire. Foley’s world is a realm of abandoned buildings, shabby apartments, ageing hotels, second-hand cars. Above all, it's a world of failed or failing relationships, uneasy solitudes, lost hopes, and faded dreams. The supernatural shades into the psychological in a familiar but still compelling fashion. . . . There is a sincerity and humanity behind the weirdness that makes these stories doubly entertaining."
- David Longhorn, Editor of Supernatural Tales, Supernatural Tales Blog, May 1, 2025.
"Tales Nocturnal is a great pleasure for the lover of dark fiction. The earliest story in the collection dates from 2000, so presumably we have much more to look forward to. Personally, I hope Tim Foley gets another collection like this to us soon."
- Paul StJohn Mackintosh, author of The Echo of the Sea, ParSec Magazine, August, 2025
"Nocturnal Tales was a chilling delight. Tim Foley masterfully blends the uncanny with the everyday, creating stories that quietly creep under your skin. Each tale delivers a gentle jolt of dread—never overdone, always unsettling—and the supernatural elements feel fresh and eerily believable."
- Stories on Stage Davis, September 2025
"Tales Nocturnal is a new collection of seventeen stories by Tim Foley. It is published by the Drugstore Indian Press imprint from PS Publishing, in a 100 copy signed and numbered hardcover, and in a regular trade paperback edition. The cover art by Danielle Serra is nicely atmospheric. . . . Many of Foley's characters are introspective, and the tales follow their obsessions, often over what they think they are seeing or experiencing. . . . "Emir" is one of the best tales in the book, bringing in old occult books and their deleterious effects without resorting to silly Lovecraftian yogsothothry. . . . [A]n interesting and promising collection."
- Douglas Anderson, Wormwoodiana Blog, July 21, 2025
"A very impressive collection I highly recommend for the cold twilight spring evenings!"
- Runalong the Shelves Blog (May 2025)