PaperCuts

Dr. Hastings has a plan to make himself very rich. He’s a professor at a small college in Texas and is the expert on the killer Mad Maron. In the nineteenth century Maron and his gang went on a killing spree after a bank robbery. The gang was caught, but the gold was never found. Hastings is depending on one student, Juan who has the power of making. At a young age Juan could make things by thinking about them, but Juan doesn’t know that Hastings knows his secret or his plans where Juan has a special role. The Doctor forces his students in his night class to hold a séance with Juan in attendance. In Gossamer Hall by Erin Samiloglu everything goes terribly wrong and soon Juan will raise the dead. The few students in the class will find themselves in a terrible game of cat and mouse with Maron and his gang in pursuit. Not only can the gang shoot their guns but somehow Maron knows the hidden secrets of the students and uses that knowledge to further terrify them before he kills. Trapped in a nether world where the dead rise again, can Juan stop what he has made or will everyone die a horrible death?

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

From the bloodied battlefields of the First World War emerges a plague that begins to destroy civilization. Once the towns and cities were full of life and color, but now they have become tainted and cursed. In one of these run-down towns is an inn where three men are waiting for Lord Baltimore. During the war, Baltimore barely survived his injuries and lost a leg, but he also began a transformation that would take him beyond the battlefields and into the heart of evil. Because Baltimore is not the same man he was, the three men don’t know what to expect when their old friend arrives. They begin to pass the time by telling stories of Baltimore and their own horrifying experiences. As the evening progresses it is clear that a darker, more sinister force is behind the plague and that Baltimore is the soldier that fights it. All the while Baltimore is drawing nearer the final battle in Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden.

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In the summer he was just a vine that was growing around a pole, but by Halloween the vine had a formed into the shape of a body with pumpkin head that became the October Boy. It was an old tradition in the small Midwestern town that the October Boy with a butcher knife in his vine hand goes into town and the teenage boys would wait for him. The teenager who kills the October Boy is giving the gift of escape from the town. It’s 1963 and Pete McCormick is just sixteen and his life isn’t going well. His mother has died, and his father has lost his job and is drinking his life away. To make matters worse there is the sadistic police officer Ricks who runs the town with his guns and fists. Pete dreams of leaving his dead end life, and he knows the only way to do that is to hunt down the October Boy and kill him. He is smart enough to win the contest, but many of the other boys in town have the same goal, and the October Boy isn’t giving up without a fight. In Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge, there is a horrible secret that Pete and the other boys don’t know and those in the town who do know the secret are too scared to tell.

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Susan walks the streets at night and doesn’t seem to mind who she takes home with her. The people of Bedford, Maine know that Susan is roaming through the town, but what is worse is when she gets into their dreams and haunts their sleep. Now that the paper mill has closed, Bedford is in a fast decline. Liz, Susan’s sister, must live with the prejudice of  Bedford’s residents that think her sister is crazy, a whore or even a witch. Liz has dreams of leaving Bedford, but something is waiting and a living nightmare is about to be released, trapping and destroying anyone in it’s path. The Keeper by Sarah Langan begins the story of a horrifying catastrophe that is continued in The Missing. The second book focuses on neighboring Corpus Christi, a town that has been marked with prosperity until very recently. Here the young jilted school teacher, Lois, takes her students on a field trip to Bedford and accidently leaves a student behind. The search begins for the student, but no one realizes that the curse of Bedford is about to find a way into their lives. Withered dreams and sordid lives mark the existence of those that live in the two communities, and soon all of them will be struggling to survive an apocalyptic vision fueled by hate and betrayal.

Posted on February 06, 2008 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In fifty minutes Flynn will be dead, and the incident that would lead to his death began with a phone call. Now driving through a snowstorm in his dead brother’s ‘66 Charger, Flynn has one last case to investigate before the end of the day. He notices that in this exclusive neighborhood the houses are too far apart for anyone to see anything and yet most phone tips come from neighbors. Flynn, who is one of the best case workers for Suffolk County Child Protective Services, is not afraid to use his fists, but this isn’t going to help him with this horrible discovery. His death is just the beginning with more murders to follow, and a terrible evil that infiltrates everything in his life. The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli is a surreal, atmospheric thriller where Flynn’s past and future are intertwined into a single nightmare. A sense of dread permeates the story with the overriding theme of death. Piccirilli is the author of numerous books and is a Bram Stoker Award Winner.

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Out right now is the latest of 3 movies very loosely based on the book I am Legend by Richard Matheson. This current big-screen version also named for the book headlines Will Smith. Other movie adaptations are the "Omega Man" starring Charleton Heston, and "The Last Man on Earth" starring Vincent Price.

The original story was written in the 1950’s and is about Neville, a regular guy who we join 5 months after everyone has been infected with a disease that causes vampire-like symptoms, everyone except for Neville that is.  He has been living the past five months utterly alone.  Every day he shores up his defenses and survival equipment then goes out on the hunt.  He is determined to kill the never-ending tide of vampires.  He hopes there are others out there like himself, uninfected and immune, but he is unable to go searching beyond a day’s journey, because after dark it isn’t safe.  Every night he is taunted by their cries for his blood, especially his former neighbor Ben who relentlessly screams for him to come out by name. 

This is story of how the last human being on earth becomes the monster, killing members of the new mainstream society in their sleep. To this society Neville is the legend and just as frightening as Dracula ever was.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Shari at 08:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

It was the year of the black harvest when the Reaper began his murderous rampage, and sixteen were dead before he was killed. It might have been over if the Reaper had been human, but now thirty years later the evil has returned to the small town of Pine Deep. The nightmares have begun, and there are new murders that mark the beginning of this threat, but many people in the town are unaware of what is happening. The danger is growing as the Reaper, with both old and new allies, creates havoc, but not everyone is oblivious. When he was a boy Malcolm Crow had survived his encounter with the Reaper, and he has never forgotten the face of the monster that attacked. There is a battle brewing, but will anyone survive long enough to fight it? The first book of this horrifying series written by Jonathan Maberry is Ghost Road Blues, and this novel won the Bram Stoker Award for Best New First Novel. The next book is Dead Man’s Song, and the nightmare continues with Bad Moon Rising which is due to be released in 2008.  

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Young Sarah loves her doll, Mr. Hands. He’s carved from wood and has short legs with long arms and large hands. Sarah thinks the doll will bring her good luck, but that doesn’t stop a murderer from killing her. Racked with grief, Sarah’s mother Lucy has begun to drink, and anger and sadness consume her as the years go by. Then Lucy makes a discovery about another Mr. Hands, but this is not a doll. This Mr. Hands has a mission and he shows no mercy. In Mr. Hands by Gary A. Braunbeck, Lucy can control Mr. Hands and finally turn the tables on the human monsters and wreak horrifying deaths on the guilty, but then even the best intentions can go wrong. Besides this story, at the end of the book is Kiss of the Mudman, the International Horror Guild Award winning novella. Braunbeck is also a Bram Stoker Award Winner.

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Commanded, demanded, threatened, and even begged, the reader is told to “burn this book”, but then it’s only for your own good. After all, it is a demon’s memoir and he is trapped in its words. If a demon’s chilling thoughts and memories corrupt and seduce you, you have only yourself to blame. Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker is the confessions of Jakabok Botch who was born in Hell but soon found himself in the World Above. His treacherous journey leaves a trail of bodies and pain. Then in the battle between good and evil, he discovers the great secret. Barker has written over twenty books and this is the latest novel by this well known author.

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink

The black suit with big silver buttons was supposed to be haunted. It would fit perfectly with Jude’s collection of the macabre which included a cookbook for cannibals, a used hangman’s noose, and a human skull that had been trepanned. For Jude, a fifty-four year old death-metal rock star, it was an easy decision to buy a ghost. The suit arrived in a black heart-shaped box and soon things begin to happen. This is not an ordinary ghost: he seems to have another purpose as he dangles a shiny sharp razor on the end of a chain and stares malevolently at Jude. In Joe Hill’s Heart-shaped Box, Jude is haunted not just by a ghost, but also by his own calloused past. He is living on a farm with only his goth girlfriend and two dogs and now Jude has the additional terror that he has brought home. This is a thrilling and frightening story that is hard to put down and full of surprises. This is Hill’s first novel, and it is a horrifying debut.

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Algernon Blackwood created subtle terrors that eroded sanity and turned what was unreal into reality. Often there were two worlds that existed side by side with one being the conscious world and the other a nightmare threatening all who venture into it. Nature and its powers also played a large role within his work. He was born in 1869 and most of his work was published in the early 20^th century. H.P. Lovecraft was a great admirer of his stories, and Blackwood’s influence on horror and fantasy can still be felt. Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories is a collection of nine of his short stories. Included is “The Willows” perhaps his most well known story. In it two friends are taking a canoe trip down the Danube, stopping at a small island within the river surrounded by willows only to discover that something is very wrong. In “Ancient Sorceries” a man is warned before he hastily gets off a crowded train only to find himself in a very odd French village. Egypt is the location for “Sand” where a traveler finds the desert is waiting for him. All of the stories are overshadowed by a sense of dread and build in detail to a true terror of the unknown.

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This week how about some Halloween movie fun? Grab some popcorn and your remote and take a look at some of these classic scary favorites.

For the younger crowd you can’t beat the “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” starring Don Knotts.  On a dare, Luther spends the night in a local house where a woman was murdered and witnesses spectacular evidence of the supernatural.  When he writes up his story for the newspaper the whole town gets involved.  If you never have, give “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” a try it is great ridiculous fun.

Another family pleaser is “Hocus Pocus” starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy to name only a few of this great cast.  Max has recently moved to Salem from Los Angeles and on Halloween night while trying to impress a girl he lights the black flame candle and reawakens the Sanderson Sisters, three witches who terrorized the town hundreds of years ago.  Now he has to send them back before they steal the souls of all the children in Salem and live forever.

Moving on to the older crowd we have “Frighteners” starring Michael J. Fox.  Ever since he witnessed his wife’s death Frank has been able to see and speak to the dead.  The trouble is usually how to get them to shut up.  Recently something else is stalking the living; something only Frank can see. The deaths are mounting up and all fingers are pointing at him.

For Adults, what can I say?  “Shaun of the Dead” was an immediate comic classic horror and gore fest starring Simon Pegg. It is a Brit zombie fun fest that pits the work-a-day loser Shaun against the hordes of the undead.  Can he save his friends and win back the woman he loves? Can he do it at the pub? 

Other funny horror favorites include:

Fright Night

Return of the Living Dead

The Evil Dead trilogy

So how about it, as they say in Scream what’s your favorite scary movie? Hit your comment button and share!

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Shari at 08:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Small towns have their own kind of terror. Is it the isolation or the control a few can have over the entire community? Thomas Tessier has a novel and a novella in one book called Wicked Things, and in both stories small towns are a place of evil and power gone very wrong. The novel, also called Wicked Things, centers on the town of Winship which has had sixteen accidental deaths. The insurance companies are suspicious so Jack Carlson is sent to investigate. There he finds a picture perfect small town, but first impressions can be deceiving and the rot beneath the surface begins to show. There have been disappearances and then there is the south end of town where pleasures are pursued. Jack has no idea who he can trust and it may not be anyone. In the novella, Scramburg, U.S.A., Howie is troubled teenager which is especially upsetting for his parents. The captain of police tries to take care of things by beating him and sending Howie on his way. Afterwards, Howie steals back into town to unleash his revenge. Both stories build into twisting nightmares that hint at something hidden beneath the towns’ facades.

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

You can feel it but not see it. It moves so quickly that even when you turn around it’s still behind you, and it will find you no matter where you hide. It is the Wendigo and it desires human flesh. Lily Blake’s children have been kidnapped. Time passes and the leads dry up until she meets George Iron Walker. He offers her a glimmer of hope, but in her desperation she does not understand what she has agreed to and set into motion. Walker sends the Wendigo to hunt for her children but it has no mercy for those in its way and leaves behind bodies that are brutally torn apart. Unfortunately, Lily finds that she can not pay his price for his help and now the Wendigo is after her. Edgewise by Graham Masterton is a tense novel about a mother who stops at nothing to find her children and then must fight for her own life. Masterton is a best selling author with over one hundred novels to his credit.

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Grandfather killed his best friend and then himself. That was thirty years ago and now Scott has received a letter from his dead grandfather, and his world is about to turn into a nightmare. Others know about the letter and one of them is the ghost of the man his grandfather murdered. The ghost wants one thing, the Chord of Souls, and Scott must decipher the letter and find it before it’s too late since the ghost has taken Scott’s wife. Then there is Nina, with scars across her throat, Scott doesn’t know if he can trust her, but he has no choice. The Chord of Souls holds the key to immortality and other “stuff”, but for Scott he has only one wish-to get his wife back. The Everlasting by Tim Lebbon is a gruesome quest where Scott must outrun and outsmart those who would use and murder him.

Posted on October 03, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Successful horror writer Martin Burgess has been fascinated by an article he read many years ago about vampires, and he has hired Karen Moffett and Gavin Keoph to investigate. Without realizing it, Burgess has opened up a very dangerous can of worms. Davey Owen, who has been hiding from the vampires after battling them many years before, could be exposed by the investigation. Now everyone could be a target, and it may be too late to back out. Night Life by Ray Garton continues the story from his earlier novel Live Girls. There’s a rising body count, vampires fond of torture, and graphic descriptions that leave little to the imagination. This horror novel is not for the faint of heart.

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Human babies are not the bundles of joy entering the world, but horrible spider like creatures that are using humans as their hosts and food. For Matt, whose wife is pregnant, this should be an exciting time, but something is clearly wrong during her pregnancy. Suddenly, it seems as if the end of the world has begun and Matt is running for his life. He soon finds a few other survivors who are struggling to find food and avoid the alien life form. There are mostly men since women were used as hosts, but the few females that remain must live in fear that at any time they might notice that they have something alien growing. These spider-like creatures are hungry and have a few more surprises for the remaining humans. Breeding Ground by Sarah Pinborough is an edge-of-your-seat horror novel that is just scary fun.

Posted on August 08, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Big cats are rumored to be roaming the countryside with only paw prints and missing livestock as evidence of their existence. Years after her husband is murdered, Cath has moved to the country with her young daughter. Down the road lives Drew who is looking for proof of the big cats, but he has his own secret misgivings about the creatures. However, the real danger is not from animals. Kapler Dietersen is rich, powerful and threatening, and he draws the evils of the outside world to this mostly peaceful community. Everything comes to boil when a great storm comes in from the sea and death is waiting for Drew and Cath. Ferocity by Stephen Laws is a thrilling novel that is a great summer read.

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

There is a wood where no one will hunt because something walks there that should not be there. In the short story Count Magnus, Mr. Wraxall soon discovers this wood and the terror of being pursued by the dead. The last person Mr. Karswell became angry with died a mysterious death, in Casting the Runes Edward Dunning must find the answer before he shares the same fate. Both these stories are by M.R. James who was born in 1862, and is considered one of classic authors of the English Ghost Story. Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories is a collection of his work where these short stories appear plus many others. The plots often center on the pursuit of knowledge that leads to the release of something evil or revenge for an evil deed. These stories are not graphic but rely on the unknown and our own imaginations to frighten. Though reflecting the times, these are still creepy and frightening stories.

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The club Penumbra has something more addictive than drugs, more arousing than sex and the price to pay is human life. Aaron thinks he’s past his prime and would like a little more adventure in his life. Things change when he discovers his neighbor Carolyn has a double life, and that she belongs to a secret club.  His first impression is the club is for fulfilling fantasies but what he discovers threatens his life and his family. Darkness Wakes by Tim Waggoner is a graphic, horrifying novel that is truly disturbing.

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Cemeteries are great places to hide especially for something that’s very hungry. Twelve year old Timmy and his friends are unaware of the evil lurking in the cemetery and have built a secret hideout underground. Though two teenagers have disappeared in the cemetery, no one knows the truth, and now the boys must fight for their lives. Ghoul by Brian Keene is a frightening ride back in the summer of 1984. The boys must face the ghoul but also the complexities of life from the joys and trials of being twelve. This is an engrossing story about a nightmarish summer and the loss of innocence.

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

It isn’t bad luck that has plagued Chase, but something else much worse. Crow Tillman entered Chase’s life twelve years ago when her mother first brought her new boyfriend, Crow, home. A marriage quickly followed and Chase and her brother knew that their new step dad was not a nice man. After one night of horrible violence Crow is dead, but that is only the beginning for Chase. He pursues her from the grave destroying anyone she becomes close to and ten years later she’s in college and utterly alone. Adam Cameron who works on campus is drawn to Chase and into her nightmare. They are determined to destroy Crow, but they have to enter his world for any hope of being free of him. John Farris’s You Don’t Scare Me is a suspenseful novel with the constant threat of Crow’s evil blanketing the story. John Farris has written numerous books including the Fury and Phantom Nights. He is the winner of the prestigious Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award.

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Harrowing: A Ghost Story

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Lissa at 09:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

 Originally published under the name Phillip Emmons, Bentley Little’s Death Instinct has been re-released. In this novel the house across the street was vacant after a murder suicide but someone has moved in, and now the brutal killings have begun.  Death’s Dominion by Simon Clark takes the story of Frankenstein to a whole new level. The living have started killing the peaceful risen dead but one of the monsters has begun to fight back. The world of dreams has become a battle ground for the waking world in Graham Masterton’s Night Wars. Five night warriors must battle evil by entering the dreams of others but even in dreams they can be killed. In Guy N. Smith’s Blackout, a family alone on a hunting trip discovers that something is not right after a storm comes through. Suddenly their car is rusted and tires rotted, wolves have surrounded them and strange dangerous visitors have arrived.

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

As Dekalb’s boat entered New York City’s harbor surrounding the Statue of Liberty, it looked like simple tourists were visiting the site, but up close these tourists were looking for someone to eat. It’s not just here but most of the world has lost the living to the dead and these zombies are hungry. Dekalb, a former weapons inspector, is risking his life by going to New York because he must find drugs needed by a warlord in Somalia. With him are a small group of young women with guns and the ability to kill. Gary a doctor in New York has been experimenting to try and find a way to live even when you’re dead. Monster Island: A Zombie Novel  by David Wellington is a gruesome vision of a world lost to the zombie. There is something creepy about flesh eating zombies but this book takes the idea further and expands the danger and menace. This is the first volume in a trilogy, and the next book is Monster Nation: A Zombie Novel.

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A brutal memory flashes before Hallie’s eyes except this is not her memory. On the one year anniversary of her twin’s sister death, Hallie experiences her sister’s last few moments alive. Coping with her sister’s death has been difficult and then she’s had problems at work. She’s a television reporter who prefers the fun over the serious story, but her new boss doesn’t appreciate the fluff. These old problems pale next to her new resolve: find the killer. It’s not so simple when odd occurrences begin to happen, and she finds there are blank spots in her memory. Unfortunately as she gets closer to the murderer, Hallie gets closer to her own death. Kindred Spirit by John Passarella is a suspenseful, supernatural story of twins that don’t want to let go and the frightening reality that binds them. Passarella is a Bram Stoker Award Winner and is also the author of Wither and Wither’s Legacy.

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It’s an old college hall on a stormy, lonely night and Robin is not going home. Five students including her are staying over theThanksgiving holiday, and each has their own story of troubles that keep them on the isolated campus. When one of them discovers an Ouija board, Robin joins Lisa in asking questions while the other three try to ignore them, but soon everyone is drawn into the deadly game. In The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff, the spirit might just be a shared psychological experience, a prank, or it could be real. Mistrust and jealousy only complicate matters as Robin tries to discover the truth before it’s too late. Then again it may already be too late.

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Christina at 08:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It’s not very often that a collection of short stories is a page turner, but this is no ordinary book. A royal prince is brutally murdered in a Lovecraftian England where the ancient ones roam the earth, and Sherlock Holmes must find the murderer in Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald”, the 2004 Hugo Award winner for best short story. A very large man finds that the reality he knows may all be a sham in “Goliath”, a short story written for the website of the film The Matrix. The novella, “The Monarch of the Glen”, continues the story of Shadow from Gaiman’s novel American Gods. In the wilds of Scotland, Shadow finds himself among the monsters, and some are even human. Besides these writings in Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders, by Neil Gaiman, there are also the Locus award winners for best short story in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 as well as poetry and other works. Neil Gaiman, who has also written Neverwhere, American Gods, Anansi Boys and the graphic novel series The Sandman, is a best-selling author with a wide audience. There are introductions to all the writings by Gaiman that add to the enjoyment of the stories. Often surprising and always entertaining, his writings draw on a wonderful imagination that makes this collection a must-read.

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Pavanaz wants to become the new champion of the Big Game and win a million creds, but he’s stuck on rainy planet trying to raise the money just to travel to earth for the chance. In the short story “Gaddy’s Gloves”, he will stop at nothing to get there and win. After all, he is the best or is he?  In “Snarker’s Son”, a lost boy leads a policeman into a parallel universe where the lights go out at 10:30 and everyone is supposed to be off the streets. On the planet Ophiuchus members of the crew Starspike Explorer discover a tree fern that sings and wails when hurt but that doesn’t stop the experiments and two shuttle pilots disappear when investigating an alien craft. In Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space by Brian Lumley, these three stories appear plus many others published between 1970 and 2004. Each story has a brief introduction by Lumley that add insight to the reading. Some are pure fun while others are thought provoking and disturbing; these are stories that are enjoyable and hard to forget.

Posted on March 06, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

            A young widower Travis Cornell goes hiking trying to recapture some of the joy of his youth.  Saddened and lonely he is befriended by a golden retriever who warns him away from a dangerous creature in the woods and saves his life.  They go home and Travis discovers more than a beautiful, friendly, uncannily smart dog under all of the grime.  ‘Einstein’ as Travis names him, is an escapee from a genetics lab.  He has been engineered to have human intelligence and is on the run from the lab, the NSA, and another escapee, one who was created to be the perfect killing machine and whose only goal is to destroy Einstein and anyone or anything in its path.

            One of Koontz’s earlier books it is still my favorite.  Watchers moves quickly while introducing the reader to a very endearing cast of characters. 

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Shari at 08:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

There are no bodies or blood. The ramblings of a “crazy” man and graffiti are the only warnings that something brutal and grotesque has begun. By the River Thames in a park, Kigoma sits in his boat on top of a telegraph pole yelling warnings to save the world. He has seen the monsters that await both the living and the dead. The graffiti about the vampire sharkz is all over London on trains and buildings, and Ben Ashton, a reporter, is sent on assignment to investigate the mysterious messages. Everything changes when Ben’s secret love disappears and her fiancé is found injured and in a daze. With time running out Ben must find out what is happening and accept the inconceivable truth. In London Under Midnight by Simon Clark the vampire story is given a new twist. Clark is the author of numerous other horror novels including Blood Crazy and Darkness Demands.

Posted on February 06, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Natural Selection by Dave Freedman

Natural Selection is a first book by new author Dave Freedman.  Be thinking a fledgling Michael Crichton.  It has a great combination of science and thrills making it highly readable in spite of any first book flaws. 

Posted on February 01, 2007 by Shari at 01:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Droughts, searing heat, and dust storms have made Kansans suffer. It’s 1933 and a terrible storm is approaching. Instead of bringing needed relief, evil arrives from over the rainbow. The lion, tin man, and scarecrow are all there but they have changed, and the flying monkeys do more than just carry you away. Welcome to the vision of Kansas being devoured by Oz in Bloodstained Oz, a new novella by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore. This gruesome story has many unfortunate characters like Gayle, a young farm girl, Hank, an inmate in Guilford Prison and Elisa, a new mother just passing through. This quick read packs a full punch of gore and mayhem. Christopher Golden is the author of many works including Wildwood Road and Straight on ‘til Morning. James Moore is also a well known author and some of his works are Under the Overtree and Blood Red.

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Christina at 08:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Eric Brewster and his family are going to spend the summer at Pinecrest even though his mother has some reservations. For Eric and his friends this summer means boating and getting to know the local girls, but they also make a discovery: the house his family is renting is full of secrets and soon voices are calling for the boys. Eric’s nightmares begin and so do the killings. Somehow it all links to the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Darby, the original owner of the house. John Saul’s