Book News and Reviews

Author: Neil Gaiman
Book: The Graveyard Book
Genre: Supernatural/Horror/YA
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: Neil Gaiman’s newest book - The Graveyard Book - is considered to be for children, but I beg to differ.  The main character - who’s name is Nobody - grows up during the duration of the book, but I think that’s the only thing that makes […]

Hey it’s Halloween!  Yay!  If I had thought about it, I would have made the “Happy Halloween” post the 100th and final one for Horror Month. But, I didn’t and now we’re on post 102. Oh well.
So far, we’ve been through some great books, some awesome and groundbreaking authors. I wanted to take a breather […]

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Book: Strange Candy
Genre: Horror/Fantasy/Sci Fi
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: I really bit off more than I could chew here.  When choosing books, I thought, “Hey, it’s a book of short stories - let’s shake things up”.  I had never read Laurell Hamilton before and I didn’t know what a fantastic writer she was. 
Strange Candyreally […]

 Author: Stephen King
Book: Duma Key
Genre: Horror
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: As you can tell, I am a Stephen King fan.  I believe that Duma Key is the most recent King novel and I loved it.  It was a slow starter, but I think it was worth it.  There is tons of foreshadowing in this one, it was incredibly […]

Author: Robin Cook
Book: Acceptable Risk
Genre: Medical Thriller/Horror
Julia Rating: 8
Comments: Acceptable Risk is my first Robin Cook novel. He writes medical thrillers about truely terrifying medical situations, which could actually happen.  That is what Acceptable Risk is about.  A medical doctor (Edward) decides to create a new mind-altering drug from a mold found in the basement […]

Author: Dean Koontz
Book: The Darkest Evening of the Year
Genre: Horror/Suspense/Thriller
Julia Rating: 9
Comments: I have to make an admission to start out with. I’ve never read Dean Koontz before horror month, so if I am missing some kind of a theme (aside from an affinity for golden retrievers) that is obvious to his long-time readers, please […]

If you guys haven’t checked out Pseudopod yet, I highly recommend it. They are a podcast magazine of horror stories and, in my opinion, are simply fantastic. The stories they publish are creepy as hell and so much fun to listen to. So, if you have enjoyed my horror book review month […]

Bram Stoker - the classic Gothic/horror novelist who invented the modern and pre-modern vampire. Count Dracula is one of those characters, along with the charismatic Abraham Van Helsing.  Bram Stoker was an entrepreneur in the area of Gothic fiction, I mean, who doesn’t know who Dracula is? 
Most people think that Mr. Stoker is the first Gothic novelist, […]

HG Wellsis known as one of the fathers of Science Fiction and in my opinion, some of his stories qualify as Sci Fi/Horror stories.
War of the Worlds is undoubtedly a Science Fiction novel, but it’s also arguably a horror novel.  There are horrible monsters (if aliens), lots of blood, disaster, death and violence.  It’s just that the […]

Is Ray Bradbury truly a “horror” author?  I think he’s one of those authors you cannot pin down to any particular genre, except to say that what he writes is classic “genre”  fiction (meaning anywhere from Sci Fi/Fantasy to Supernatural to Horror). Bradbury’s works from Fahrenheit 451 to the classic short story compilation The Illustrated Man all the way […]