8/19/08 New reviews, a new horror ficiton list, and a little remodeling

In this update:
Bret Jordan reviews Simon Clark's Vampyrrhic and Vampyrrhic Rites in the adult Vampire section. Bret also reviews Whitney Lakin's Mutiny in Heaven in the adult Supernatural section. The Angry Princess reviews Charles Matthew Saur's Deus ex Machina Logos in the adult Supernatural section. Bob Freeman reviews Lydia Roberson's Fright House in the Anthologies and Collected Works section. The Horror Master reviews Scott Smith's The Ruins in the adult Killer Animal section.The Monster Librarian reviews A.M. Jenkins' Night Road in the young adult Vampire section.

We have added a Polar/Winter Horror Fiction List in our Horror Fiction Lists by Theme/Setting section which is found in our newly reformatted Book Ends section.

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8/1/08 New reviews, interviews, and more.

In this update we send off Werewolf Month with two additional adult werewolf reviews. Bob Freeman reviews Nic Brown's Blood Curse / Werewolf for Hire Book One and Michele Lee reviews Nancy Collins' Wild Blood. The Monster Librarian reviews Neal Shusterman's Red Rider’s Hood in the young adult Werewolf section.

For our non-werewolf reviews Bret Jordan reviews Adele Hartley's Read by Dawn 3 and
M.F. Korn's Aliens, Minibikes and Other Staples of Suburbia , and David Agranoff reviews Dark Distortions edited by Molly Fesse and C.D. Allen in the Adult Horror Anthologies section. The Monster Librarian reviews Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece in the young adult Vampire and Graphic Novel sections. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases page has been updated for August and September. Rio Youers, author of Everdead is interviewed by Bret Jordan in our Author Interviews section.
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3/17/08 A new look, new reviews, and more lists

MonsterLibrarian.com has a new look to make it easier to read and navigate the site. In addition to the changes to the site, we have new reviews with Bob Freeman reviewing Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths edited by Colleen Morris and Joel A. Sutherland in the adult horror Anthologies section. The Angry Princess reviews The Possessed by Ronald Dondeigo in the adult Supernatural section. We have revisited our review of Pod of Horror since its move to Horrorworld.org In the Scary Books for Kids section Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, ill. Christopher Myers.

We have put together lists of graphic novels focusing on Zombies and Vampires. We have updated Coming Horror Fiction Releases for April and May. Finally, we have gotten the updated link for Dark Scribe Magazine reviewing Alexandra Sokoloff's The Price which is part of the Spring into Terror horror review project If you have any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback on the new format for our site please let us know by sending an e-mail to MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com

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"Spring into Terror" horror review project!

We are excited to announce the Spring into Terror horror book review project. Spring into Terror is a collaborative effort presenting reviews of horror fiction that will be available for your reading pleasure this Spring. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Spring into Terror” will highlight participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. Collaborating review sites include: Horrorworld.org, Horror-Web.com, Hellnotes.com, DreadCentral.com, Fearzone.com, HorrorDrive-in.com, MonsterLibrarian.com, and Dark Scribe Magazine. Visit the Spring into Terror to see a list of the titles reviewed at participating sites.

MonsterLibrarian.com has reviews of The Unwanted by Diablo, Mark Michaels, Juan Romera, and Jason Arthur in our adult Graphic Novel section. Bob Freeman reviews Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations ed. by William Jones in the Cthulhu Mythos section and The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff in the adult Something Different section. Michele Lee reviews The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem in the Something Different section. All these reviews are part of the "Spring into Terror" project.

Michele Lee also reviews J.W. Coffy's A Wager of Blood in the adult Supernatural section. The Monster Librarian reviews Peadar O Guilin's The Inferior in the young adult Dark Fantasy section. Finally, for the kids there is a review of Damien Graves's The Midnight Library: The Cat Lady in the Scary Books for Kids section.
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12/16/07 reviews of tales of Vampires, Zombies, and Deep Ones.

In this update I take a look at James A. Moore's Deeper from Necessary Evil Press in the Cthulhu Mythos section. J.L. Bourne 's re-edited/re-packaged Day by Day Armageddon from Permuted Press is reviewed in the adult Zombie section. Scott T. Goudsward's Trailer Trash from Dark Hart Press is reviewed in the adult Vampire section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Paul Bibeau's Sundays with Vlad from Three Rivers Press, also in the adult Vampire section. Finally, Michele Lee reviews Horror Classics: Graphic Classics edited by Tom Pomplun from Eureka Productions in the young adult Graphic Novels section.
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11/16/07 New reviews of The Desert, Mister B Gone, and The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II

I am happy to report that we presented a session at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference titled Letting the Monsters Out to Play: Collection Development and Readers Advisory in Horror Fiction. If anyone was looking for the handouts from the conference they are available at the The ILF Presentation page. We had a great crowd and had lots of fun.

In this update Bob Freeman reviews Byron Morrigan's military horror story The Desert and the Monster Librarian reviews Karen Koehler's The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II both in the Horror Adventure section. Bret Jordan reviews Clive Barker's Mister B Gone in the adult Supernatural section. .

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9/19/07 New reviews of a zombie book, a new Cthulhu title, and y/a vampire titles

In this update, Bret Jordan reviews Gregory Solis's zombie tale Rise and Walk in the adult Zombie section. Bob Freeman reviews Fireworks by James A. Moore in the adult Human Horror section. David Agranoff reviews Chemical Gardens by Gina Ranalli in the new adult Bizarro fiction section. The Monster Librarian reviews High Seas Cthulhu edited by William Jones in the adult Cthulhu Mythos section. A review was sent in for The Grandmaster by Peter A Balaskas from Stella in the Human Horror section. Havoc reviews by Rags and Old Iron by Lorelie Shannon in the Human Horror section. Havoc also reviews two young adult vampire books Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases page has been updated for September and October. Remember to check out our Contests page for the latest contests.
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New reviews for zombie fiction, horror anthologies, and one for a Cthulhu collection

Bret Jordan reviews David Moody's Autumn: Purification in the adult Zombie section. David Agranoff reviews Tattered Souls edited by Frank J. Hutton and The Monster Librarian reviews A Dark and Deadly Valley edited by Mike Heffernan in the adult Horror Anthologies section. We would like to welcome a new reviewer to MonsterLibrarian.com Bob Freeman, who reviews Horrors Beyond (Tales of Terrifying Realities) edited by William Jones in the adult Cthulhu Mythos section. There is another specialty horror fiction list now posted the Western Horror Fiction List lists horror titles set in the Old West. To go with the list David Agranoff reviews Richard Matheson's horror western novel, Shadow on the Sun in the adult Something Different Section. There are new links added to the Links page including a new section for young adult fiction links starting with the great YA book site YA Fresh. Finally, this month Monster Librarian's Spotlight shines on Permuted Press, publisher of zombie and apocalyptic titles.
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7/4/07 Reviews of books with zombies, vampires, and Godzilla for kids

Bret Jordan reviews David Moody's Autumn and I review Eric S. Brown's zombie tale The Queen in the adult zombie section. There is also a review for James A. Moore's Harvest Moon in the adult supernatural section. For vampire lovers Bret Jordan reviews Blood Coven by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes in the adult vampire section. Bret also reviews Christopher Fulbright 's Sometimes Women Are So Cold and Echoes of Terror with stories selected by Katherine Smith, Garrett Peck, and Giovanna Lagana in the something difference section for adults. There are reviews for Who’s Afraid of Godzilla? by Di Kaiju and Godzilla on Monster Island by Jacqueline Dwyer. Finally, the site has a new feature called Monster Librarian's Spotlight, to showcase a publisher, author, or topic that we think you should know about. The current spotlight is on the small press chapbook publisher White Noise Press.
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5/24/07 New horror fiction reviews for adults and young adults

Bret Jordan reviews Mark Leslie's One Hand Screaming in the something different section for adults. He also reviews the J. Robert King's Ravenloft werewolf book Heart of Midnight. In the adult supernatural section there is a review of Jason Brannon's Winds of Change. For those who like young adult vampire books there is a review of Julie Kenner's The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even . There are new links for small press publishers a horror movie review site that have been added to the Links page. Finally, the Monstrous Music page has been renamed Monstrous Media with the addition of a link to a fun little zombie related library promotion video.
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5/10/07 New reviews for adults and young adults and links

Kate-Lynn Williams reviews Cate Tiernan's Book of Shadows and Coven the first two books in the Sweeps series in the young adult supernatural section. Patricia reviews Zoe Stead's The Amulet of Vichalace in the adult vampire section. For those who enjoy killer animal books there is a review of Brian Keene and J.F. Gonzalez's Clickers 2: The Next Wave. There is also a review of the chapbook Screams from a Dying World by David Arganoff in the adult something different section. There was an addition to the list of World War I and II horror related books and link to book reviews have been added. New links to small presses have been added to the Links page. There have been new sightings of MonsterLibrarian.com on the web which has been added to the Monstrous Sightings page. MonsterLibrarian.com even appeared in American Libraries Direct, a newsletter for librarians. A reminder that there are five days left in our Vampire Dawn contest found on the Contests page. For those you visit MySpace there is a MonsterLibrarian Myspace Page stop by for a visit.

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