Book News and Reviews

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 [...]

Before I start my little blurb about Howard Phillips Lovecraft I wanted to apologize for being absent and not completing out my week of author reviews last week.  I had an issue with my shoulder and couldn’t type for a couple days, then was super backlogged.  So, sorry. So now, to H.P. Lovecraft.  I know [...]

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 so far and [...]

Edgar Allan Poe, the classic horror short story author. I admit that I’ve been waiting to get to him, saving the best (in my opinion) to – almost – last. Poe knew how to craft a story that dealt in horror, in psychological thrillers and he even did some sci fi/fantasy works. My favorite examples [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Author: Charlaine Harris Book: Dead Until Dark Genre: Horror/Murder Mystery/Romance Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Dead Until Dark is a cute and funny vampire romance/mystery.  I think it’s a little silly to call any vampire book “horror”, but from what I can tell, that’s how the bookstores classify it, so I put the mad combination up [...]

Author: Kathy Reichs Book: Devil Bones Genre: Murder Mystery/Thriller Julia Rating: 10 Comments: I screwed up on this one… it’s not horror at all! However, I recommend it if you like the TV series Bones, because it’s a Temperance Brennan novel (she’s the main character of the TV show). Temperance is a forensic anthropologist that [...]

Author: Scott Sigler  Book: Infected: A Novel Genre: Horror/Sci Fi/Thriller Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Scott Sigler is one of those “new” authors who has actually been kicking around on independent channels for years. His newest book (the first he’s released with a major publisher) is Infected.  This is the story of a terrible infection contracted [...]

So, starting the first of October, I will be reviewing at least three horror books weekly. I may do more then that. The books will include: Week 1 – New Books: October 1st – 11th – Infected: A Novel by Scott Sigler – Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs – Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris [...]