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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The Accursed by Paul Boorstin (1977): Coils of the Serpent Unwind

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Snake-handling, a bizarre cult behavior formed from several lines in the Bible, is ripe for horrific exploitation. While I was working in a ...
Friday, May 17, 2024

The Night Creature by Brian N. Ball (1974): She Rides

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All over the social media of bibliophiles you can see people who insist that they must finish any book they've started reading. Sometime...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Wet Work by Philip Nutman (1993): Too Tough to Die

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In 1993, in my early 20s, I was working in a giant chain bookstore known as BookStar in Cary, NC. It was basically a Barnes and Noble (who e...
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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Latest Titles in Valancourt Books' Paperbacks from Hell Line: Two by Jere Cunningham

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Around Spring 2024, Grady Hendrix, Valancourt Books, and I will be unleashing two devilishly good horror titles in our series of Paperbacks ...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Fine Frights: Stories That Scared Me, ed. by Ramsey Campbell (1988): A Feast of Fiends

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Despite it coming out at the height of the Eighties horror boom and published by genre giant Tor Books, I have no recollection at all of Fin...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Bats Out of Hell by Guy N. Smith (1978): Wings of Pain Reach Out for You

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Can you believe it's been over a decade since I read a Guy N. Smith novel ?! Despite his having written a near countless number of book...
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Monday, November 27, 2023

The Revenant by Hugh Zachary (1988): The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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Well, this was an unexpected treat. Long on my to-read list after the author's 1974 eco-horror Gwen, in Green become a personal favorit...
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

The Pyx by John Buell (1959): She's Like Heroin to Me

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With the finely-detailed image of a nude willowy blonde, tresses flowing, nipples bared, stomach taut, slim legs, and arched feet in full Pl...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Latest Titles in Valancourt Books' Paperbacks from Hell Series: Two by Thomas Tessier

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Valancourt Books has announced the 2023 release of two more titles in their long-running series of paperback horror featured in my and Grad...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Hide and Seek by Jack Ketchum (1984): Linger on Your Pale Blue Eyes

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A brief, stark coming-of-age tale of terror, Hide and Seek was the second novel from the late Jack Ketchum —famous pseudonym of author Dalla...
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