Reviews of American Vampire, The Changed, Monster Town, and Vampireology

In this update:

In the adult horror Graphic Novel section:
The Monster Librarian reviews American Vampire #1 by Scott Snyder and Stephen King with art by Rafael Albuquerque.

In the adult Urban Fantasy/Horror Themed Adventure section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Monster Town/The Butcher of Box Hill by Logan Savile.

In the adult Zombie section:
Michele Lee reviews The Changed by BJ Burrow.

In the young adult Vampire section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Vampireology by Nick Holt.

We are also hosting a Vampireology giveaway contest sponsored by Candlewick Press. To enter e-mail your name and mailing address to MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com with the subject of Vampireology Giveaway Contest.

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Spring into Terror is here!!!

Welcome to Spring into Terror 2010!

Spring into Terror is our annual spring collaborative horror book review project. This year we are partnering with HorrorWorld, Horror Fiction Review, and Dark Scribe Magazine in reviewing various horror titles for spring time reading.

I would like to thank Darlene Wanglund for this year's delightfully creepy bunny to bring us into a frightfully fun spring.

For our contribution to Spring into Terror we have:

In our Horror Anthologies and Collected Works sections:
David Agranoff reviews The Anthology of Dark Wisdom edited by William Jones and In Concert: The Collected Speculative Fiction of Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem.
Rhonda Wilson reviews When the Night Comes Down edited by Bill Breedlove and In the Closet, Under the Bed by Lee Thomas.
Kelly Fann reviews Hopeful Monsters by Jenny Ashford.

In our adult Supernatural horror section:
Erik Smith reviews The Butcher Bride by Vince Churchill.
David Agranoff reviews The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton.
Kelly Fann reviews The Last Church by Lee Pletzers.
Rhonda Wilson reviews Symptoms of a Broken Heart by Cory Cramer

In our adult Zombie section:
Erik Smith reviews Xombies: Apocalypticon by Walter Greatshell and Night Of The Living Dead novelization by Christopher Andrews.
Colleen Wanglund reviews Revolution of the Dead by Anthony Giangregorio.

In our adult Werewolf section:
Kelly Fann reviews Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook.

In our adult Vampire section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Predatoress by Emma Gabor.

In our adult Apocalyptic/Post Apocalyptic Horror section:
Kelly Fann reviews Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill.

In our adult Killer Animal section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Dweller by Jeff Strand.

In our adult Urban Fantasy section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Shift by Rachel Vincent.

In our adult Graphic Novel section:
Bob Freeman reviews Hellblazer: Pandemonium by Jamie Delano, ill. by Jock.

In our young adult Urban Fantasy section:
Bret Jordan reviews Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide by William Hussey.

In our Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Ink Drinker by Eric Sanvoisen, ill by Martin Matje, trans. by Georges Moroz.

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Michele Lee reviews Maria V. Snyder's Inside Out

Michele Lee reviews the latest young adult offering by Maria V. Snyder Inside Out.

Michele also gets a chance to interview Maria V. Snyder to learn more about the author and the book.

You can check out the book trailer and learn more about Inside Out over at the books official site.

March 17th reviews of books with zombies, terrors from the sea, and other horrors.

In this update we have:

In the adult Killer Animal section:
Erik Smith reviews Dead Bait by David Dunwooody et al.

In the adult Apocalyptic/Post Apocalyptic horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews A Catch in Time by Dalia Roddy.
Jim Cobb reviews Empty World by John Christopher

In the adult Horror Anthology section:
Erik Smith reviews The Bitter End: Tales of Nautical Terror by edited by Jessie Marie Roberts.

In the adult Vampire section:
Bret Jordan reviews Lord of the Lash and Our Lady of the Boogaloo by Weston Ochse.

In the adult Zombie section:
The Monster Librarian reviews The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology edited by James Lowder.
Colleen Wanglund reviews Dead America by Luke Keioskie.
Michele Lee reviews Z.E.O. A Zombie's Guide to Getting A(Head) in Business by Scott Kenemore.
Erik Smith reviews Snow by Ronald Malfi.

In the adult Supernatural horror section:
David Agranoff reviews The Girl in the Woods by David Jack Bell.
Michele Lee reviews Donny's Day by Brandon Bertson
Colleen Wanglund reviews On the Third Day by David Naill Wilson.

In the adult Human Horror and Psychological Terror section:
KDP reviews Friday Night in the Beast House by Richard Laymon.

In the young adult Killer Animals, Kaiju, and Creatures of Legend section:
Colleen Wanglund and Jim Cobb both review Raiju: A Kaiju Hunter Novel by K.H. Koehler.

Finally, in the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Ghosts of Fox River Valley by Donna Latham.

A reminder we still have our Hex Hall t-shirt contest going on now in our young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section.

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3/8/10 Reviews of Hex Hall and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, an interview with Rachel Hawkins, and a new contest.

A short update this time.
In our young adult Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy section:
Michele Lee reviews Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall and also gets an opportunity to interview her. We are hosting a Hex Hall t-shirt giveaway contest so head on over to the review to the Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Section to enter.

In the adult zombie section:
Michele Lee reviews Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith.

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March 2nd: New reviews, new author interviews, and more

In this update we have:

In the adult Zombie section:
The Monster Librarian reviewing Pallid Light: The Walking Dead by William Jones
Colleen Wanglund reviews Resurrection by Tim Curran
Michele Lee reviews U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills edited by Cole Louison
In honor of the upcoming release of the movie Alice in Wonderland, Rhonda Wilson reviews Alice in Zombieland by Lewis Carroll and Nicholas Cook!

In the adult Supernatural horror section:
In a take two review both Jennifer Lawrence and Colin Leslie review Brian Keene's latest Darkness on the Edge of Town
Erik Smith reviews Skin Medicine by Tim Curran
Rhonda Wilson reviews The Gray Zone by John R Little

In the adult Vampire section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Blood Bar by Norm Applegate

In the adult Human horror section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Scissors by Ray Garton and also interviews Ray Garton as well.

In the adult horror Non-Fiction section:
Michele Lee reviews Writers Workshop of Horror edited by Michael Knost

In the adult Apocalyptic horror section:
David Agranoff reviews The Day Before by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow

In the adult horror Anthologies section:
David Agranoff reviews The Bleeding Edge edited by William F. Nolan and Jason V. Brock and Coach's Midnight Diner Volume 1 Jesus vs. Cthulu Edition and Volume 2: Back from the Dead

In the adult horror Graphic Novels section:
David Agranoff reviews Dark Entries by Ian Rankin

In the young adult Vampires section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Blood Ninja by Nick Lake
We are still running our Blood Ninja giveaway contest.
Michele Lee interviews P.C. Cast co-author of the House of Night series

In the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
Jennifer Lawerence reviews The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
We are still running our The Iron King giveaway contest.

In the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

We have started a new feature this month, book recommendations based upon horror movies that have just come out. It is a new effort to help librarians to take advantage of current horror movies to promote their horror books.

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Happy Valentines Day! Love is Undead: Paranormal Romance Book Reviews!

We have a special update for upcoming Valentines Day.

In our Love is Undead page , that we created for Valentines Day, we have:

Rhonda Wilson interviewing author Michelle Rowen author of the Immortality Bites series.

Rhonda also reviews the following paranormal romance titles:

Tall, Dark & Fangsome by Michelle Rowen
My Zombie Valentine by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach
Loving the Undead: An Anthology of Romance... Sort Of Edited by Katherine Sanger
Demonfire by Kate Douglas
Wolf Tales 9 by Kate Douglas
How to Catch and Keep a Vampire by Diana Laurence
Sucker for Love by Kimberly Raye


One non paranormal romance item with this update, the good folks at Simon & Schuster are sponsoring a contest for a copy of their latest book Blood Ninja, the debut book of author Nick Lake combining vampires, ninja, and destiny in feudal Japan. For a chance to win a copy head on over to the Contest page.
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Review of A Dark Matter and Interview with Peter Straub

A brief update:
In the adult Supernatural section:
Jennifer Lawrence reviews A Dark Matter and interviews the author Peter Straub.

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2/1/10 Winter Chills book review project 2010!

"Winter Chills" is a collaborative effort to give readers of horror fiction a virtual guide to horror titles for your winter reading.

For librarians, “Winter Chills” is an opportunity to get reviews and information you need to recommend appropriate titles for readers and make informed decisions about collection development. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Winter Chills” highlights participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. This year participating sites include Hellnotes, Horrorworld, and Horror Fiction Review. Come visit our Winter Chill's home page!

As part of Winter Chills we are reviewing:

In the adult Zombie section:
Erik Smith reviews Dead Tide by Stephen A North
Rhonda Wilson reviews Zombie Bastard by Jerrod Balzer.

Michele Lee interviews zombie author Eric S Brown.

In the adult Killer Animals section:
Jim Cobb reviews Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams

In the adult Human Horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews The One-Percenters by John Podgursky

In the adult Supernatural and Occult horror section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Gord Rollo's Strange Magic,
Michele Lee reviews The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall,
Erik Smith reviews Stronger than Death by Steven L. Shrewsbury.

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Blind Panic by Graham Masterson.

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews Thomas Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco

In the adult Graphic Novel section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Blackest Night by Geoff Johns

In the adult Bizarro section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Gina Ranalli's Swarm of Flying Eyeballs, Rotten Little Animals by Kevin Shamel, and Piecemeal June by Jordan Krall.

In the young adult Vampires section:
Stacey L. Wilson reviews The Vampire Kitty-Car Chronicles by Ray Rhamey

In the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Michele Lee reviews Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

We are also hosting a giveaway contest for HarlequinTeen's latest release The Iron King in our Contest page

In the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Fear this Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things that Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirgla

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Our first update of the new year with new reviews and an interview

For our first update of 2010 we have:

For adult Horror Anthologies and Collected Works section:
Erik Smith reviews The Death Panel: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness edited by Cheryl Mullenax, David Agranoff reviews Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars by Cody Goodfellow, and The Monster Librarian reviews Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror edited by Cheryl Mullenax.

For the adult Zombies section:
KDP reviews Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection by Don Roff.

For the adult Killer Animal section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Fragment: A Novel by Warren Fahy.

For the adult Supernatural Horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews The Revelation by Bentley Little, Bob Freeman reviews Little Graveyard on the Prairie by Steven E Wedel, KDP reviews Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett, and Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Drowned Sorrows by Vanessa Morgan.

For the adult Horror Non-Fiction section:
Bob Freeman reviews Shadows Over Florida by Scott Goudsward and David Goudsward

For the adult Werewolf section:
Michele Lee does a take two review of Lorne Dixon's Snarl

For the adult Graphic Novel section:
Bob Freeman reviews The Saga of the Swamp Thing #2 by Alan Moore and North 40 issues 4-6 by Aaron Williams. The Monster Librarian reviews The Chill by Jason Starr.

For the young adult Vampire section:
Michele Lee reviews Marked, Chosen, Betrayed, and Untamed of the House of Night Series by P.C. and Kristen Cast.

For the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section:
Kakari does a take two review of Rachel Vincent's My Soul to Take.

Finally, for our Scary Books for Kids section:
KDP reviews Silver Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham.

Michele Lee interviews David Dunwoody author of zombie novel Empire.

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Happy Holidays from MonsterLibrarian.com

From all of us at MonsterLibrarian.com we wish you a very happy holidays. We have a special Holiday Horrors! page with holiday related horror reads.

Rhonda Wilson reviews Santa Steps Out and Santa Conquers the Homophobes by Robert Deveraux as well as gets a chance to interview the author.

Rhonda also reviews Sausagey Santa by Carlton Mellick III and for teens she reviews R. L. Stine's Silent Night.

Michele Lee reviews a zombie take on Christmas carols in Michael P. Spradlin's It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies!

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Mid December update new reviews for adults, teens, and children

In this update we have:

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:
Erik Smith reviews Harlan County Horrors edited by Mari Adkins

In the adult Werewolves section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Lorne Dixon's Snarl

In the adult Human Horror section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Bryan Smith's Depraved and gets a chance to interview Bryan Smith about his latest projects.

In the adult Supernatural horror section:
Both Erik Smith and Rhonda Wilson review Wrath James White's The Resurrectionist. In addition Erik Smith interviews Wrath James White about the book.

We are launching our new Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy page for teens with Rhonda Wilson reviewing Rachel Vincent's My Soul to Take and My Soul to Lose. We are also having a My Soul to Take t-shirt contest . In addition, Rhonda gets a chance to interview Rachel Vincent about her new series.

In our Scary Books for Kids section:
KDP reviews John Connolly's The Gates.

We would also like to congratulate Michele Lee who has taken on our position of Zombie Review Editor. With the explosion of zombie titles that have recently come out for both adult and young adults, we felt it was it time for someone to wrangle up these undead titles. For any zombie title review requests or inquiries she can be reached at zombiemichele at gmail dot com.

Happy Holidays from the Monster Librarian staff!!!
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12/6/2009 New reviews of horror fiction for adults and teens.

We hope that all our visitors are having a happy holidays. In this update we have:

In the Vampire section for adults:
David Agranoff reviews Once a Samurai...by D.C. Rhind.

In the Cthulhu Mythos section for adults:
David Agranoff reviews Queen of K'n-Yan by Asamatsu Ken

In the Horror Anthologies section for adults:
Erik Smith reviews Smells like Fish by Trever Palmer

In the Human Horror section for adults:
Rhonda Wilson reviews The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton

In the Supernatural Horror section for adults
Colleen Wanglund reviews Found You by Mary SanGiovanni

In the Graphic Novels section for adults:
The Monster Librarian reviews Victorian Undead by Ian Edginton

In the Supernatural Horror section for young adults
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

In the Dark Fantasy section for young adults:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby
Bret Jordan reviews The Shadowmask by R.A. and Geno Salvatore

We have updated the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page for December.

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New reviews of books with zombies, werewolves, and vampires

In this update we have:

In the adult zombie section:
Kelly Fann reviews Edward M. Erdelac's Dubaku
Erik Smirh reviews Hungry for Your Love: An Anthology of Zombie Romance edited by Lori Perkins.
The Monster Librarian reviews The World is Dead edited by Kim Paffenroth and The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks

In the adult Werewolf section:
Kelly Fann reviews C. Fern Cook's Wild Evolution.

In our Apocalyptic Horror section
Erik Smith reviews William Ollies' The Damned

In our young adult Vampires section in preparation for the latest Twilight movie New Moon Rhonda Wilson reviews Stephenie Meyers's New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.
Bret Jordan reviews Hybrid by Angie L Reed

In the young adult fantasy section:
Michele Lee reviews The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe.

Finally, in the Monstrous Media section Kirsten Kowalewski reviews the creepy musical CD for kids The Chills produced by Ira Marlowe.

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Final Halloween update more reviews and more author interviews

In this our final Halloween update we have:

Rhonda Wilson reviewing Wolf's Trap and Wolf's Gambit by W.D. Gagliani for our adult werewolf section. Rhonda also had a chance to interview W.D. Gagliani.

Bret Jordan reviews R.I.P by Terry Lamsley for the adult supernatural section.

In our adult horror anthologies and collected works section, Rhonda Wilson reviews Dark Jesters edited by Nick Cato and L.L. Soares and Magick & Misery by Lincoln Crisler. Erik Smith reviews Creeping Shadows by Alan Draven, Brandon Ford, and Jessica Lynne Gardner.

In our Chick Lit with Fangs section Rhonda Wilson reviews Undead and Unwelcome and Fish out of Water by MaryJanice Davidson and interviews the author!

For fans of Bizarro fiction, Rhonda reviews Cannibals of Candyland by Carlton Mellick III.

A reminder that our good friends over at Spook House Dave! are having a Halloween Special which I am told is humbly considered to be the best online Halloween special for kids and cool parents to come along since somebody uploaded "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" to the Internets.

I would also like to remind everyone to check out our partner sites who are part of Halloween Horrors! book review project. Go to the Monster Librarian's Halloween Page to check it out.

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Our Halloween update: New reviews, author interviews, and a contest

Happy Halloween everyone!

Just a reminder that our Halloween Horrors! book review project is still going on with some of the best horror review sites on the web collaborating to bring you reviews of horror books for this Halloween. Visit our Halloween page to learn more.

In this update:

For adults:
For those librarians who might be looking for a zombie book to take advantage of the popularity of the movie Zombieland that is in theaters now, The Monster Librarian reviews Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead edited by John Skipp and Season of Rot by Eric S. Brown.

KDP reviews Brian Keene's Urban Gothic.

For young adults/teens:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Mari Mancusi's young adult vampire titles, Boys that Bite, Stake That!, and Girls that Growl. Rhonda also interviews Mari here.

Also for those that enjoy young adult vampire titles Kirsten Kowalewski interviews Kimberly Pauley author of Sucks to be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire(maybe) and we are running a giveaway contest for her book. Also The Monster Librarian reviews the latest in Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series The Van Alen Legacy.

For kids:

KDP reviews David Siden's Bang goes a Troll. Also in case you missed in Where the Wild Things Are is coming out as a live action movie and Kirsten Kowalewski takes a look at the book by Maurice Sendak.

In case you have missed it, the folks over at Spook House Dave! show are running a 31 days of Halloween with a new show each day this month. Stop on over and take a look!

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Halloween page launch, reviews, and interviews!

We have launched our Halloween Page tonight with items for both children and adults

We have launch our "Share a Scare" reading initiative with a promotional video thanks to the wonderful folks at the Spook House Dave! show. We have included in our Halloween page some suggestions on how you can share a scare with a friend or family member.



We have updated our Halloween book list for children.

We have started a new feature where we will suggest titles of horror books that go along with well known horror movies.

In addition, we here at MonsterLibrarian.com are pleased to announce the third annual “Halloween Horrors!” horror book review event.

“Halloween Horrors!” is an excellent way for librarians to get acquainted with horror genre titles both mainstream and small press. The event provides a tool to help librarians with reader’s advisory and collection development as well as become familiar with online review resources for what can be a challenging genre.

Each participating review site will have a project page dedicated to reviews of horror genre books that links to the other participating sites’ review pages.

Participating sites in this year’s project include MonsterLibrarian.com, Horrorworld, Hellnotes, Fearzone, Horror Fiction Review, Dark Scribe Magazine, Dread Central, and The Black Glove.

Head on over to our Halloween page to get started.

For our part of the Halloween Horrors! project we offer the following reviews.

In the adult Human Horror/Slasher section
Rhonda Wilson and Erik Smith both review The 13th by John Everson
Erik Smith reviews Hacks by Brian Knight
Rhonda Wilson adds her take on Personal Demons by Gregory Lamberson

In the adult Zombie section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Don of the Dead by Nick Cato

In the adult Horror Adventure/Urban Fantasy section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Charlaine Harris' Dead and Gone
David Agranoff reviews John Shirley's Bleak History

In the adult Horror Graphic Novel section
The Monster Librarian reviews High Moon by David Gallaher and Trick'r Treat by Marc Andreyko.
Bob Freeman reviews North 40 by Aaron Williams

In the adult Horror Anthologies section
The Monster Librarian reviews Hellbound Hearts edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan
Rhonda Wilson takes a second look at Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill

In the young adult Supernatural section
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.

In the young adult Werewolf section
Kakari reviews Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

In our Scary Books for Kids section Kirsten Kowalewski reviews
A Practical Guide to Vampires by Treval Vorgard
Dhegdeer: A Scary Somali Folktale retold by Marian A. Hassan
Halloween Night by Marjorie Dennis Murray
Halloween Day by Anne Rockwell
Sarah’s Little Ghosts by Thierry Robberecht

Finally, Rhonda Wilson interviews both Don of the Dead author Nick Cato and Personal Demons author Gregory Lamberson.

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Reviews of some horror titles for teens, a scary book for kids, Shatnerquake, and a couple of Gene O'Neil's latest .

In this update we have reviews of two books from author Gene O'Neil, David Agranoff reviews Taste of Tenderloin and Michele Lee reviews Shadow of the Dark Angel.

In our Bizarro section David Agranoff reviews Shatnerquake by Jeff Burk.

For our teens section, Stacey Wilson reviews Amanda Marrone's Devoured and Thomas Fahy's Sleepless . In addition, KDP reviews Amanda Ashby's Zombie Queen of Newbury High.

For our Scary Books for Kids area Michele Lee reviews BBH McChiller's Monster Moon: Curse at Zala Manor .

We also have an interview with Monstrumologist author Rick Yancey.

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9/2/09 Reviewing zombie titles, a slasher story, and a tale of the supernatural.

In this update we give you a double dose of zombie mayhem with Bob Freeman reviewing Derek Gunn's The Estuary and the Monster Librarian reviews Anthony Giangregorio's Road Kill.

Bob Freeman also reviews Gregory Lamberson's Personal Demons, KDP reviews Bare Bones #11 edited by Kevin L. Donihe. Bret Jordan reviews Simon Clark's This Ghosting Tide.

For our children's section KDP reviews RD Henham's Green Dragon Codex.

We are still running our two contests. The first is for a copy of the latest y/a vampire title Night Runner by Max Turner and the other is for a copy of Rick Yancey's Gothic horror Monstrumologist at our Contest page.

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8/17/09 Reviews of books with teen vampires, zombies, and cannibals.

In this update:

Bret Jordan reviews our own Michele Lee's zombie book Rot.

The Monster Librarian reviews Max Turner's teen vampire book Night Runner and teen gothic horror title The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey.

Michele Lee reviews young adult vampire title Hannah's Story: Vampire Love Never Dies by Giulietta Maria Spudich.

Rhonda Wilson reviews Shaun Jeffery's The Kult, Michael Louis Calvillo's As Fate Would Have It, and David Doub's Dusk.

David Agranoff reviews Brian Evenson's Last Days.

Finally, we would like to welcome our newest reviewer Kelly Fann reviewing Bradd Quinn's Under.

We are holding giveaway contests for both Night Runner and The Monstrumologist over at our Contests page.

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7/15/09 Interview with Guy N. Smith, reviews of horror fiction for adults and teens.

In this update:

We have an interview with Guy N. Smith.

For young adults we have Kirsten Kowalewski reviewing Richard Lewis 's Monster’s Proof and Stacey L. Wilson reviews Katie Alender's Bad Girls Don’t Die.

For adult readers Michele Lee reviews Paul Kane's Red as part of Werewolf month, Bret Jordan reviews Alexander Zelenyi's Experiments at 3 Billion A.M., and David Agranoff reviews Midnight Walk edited by Lisa Morton.

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Hazy Days of Horror and Werewolf Month

MonsterLibrarian.com is excited to announce that we have two different reading projects launching in July.

For those looking for something scary to read this summer, five sites dedicated to horror fiction reviews are collaborating on a special summer reading project titled Hazy Days of Horror. The participating sites include Hellnotes, Dark Scribe Magazine, Horror Fiction Review, Horrorworld, and MonsterLibrarian.com. By visiting any one of the participating sites’ Hazy Days of Horror page you will find not only that site’s reviews but a link to the other sites’ review pages, creating a virtual guide to reading horror this summer. This project is intended to both help librarians with their horror reader’s advisory and collection development this summer but also to help readers find another good book to read. Go to our Hazy Days of Horror page. Participating sites will be launching their pages and posting their reviews in the first week of July.

Reviews we have as part of this project:
Moonbane by Al Sarrantonio

Necropolis by John Urbancik

The Unseen by Alexandra Sokoloff

Restore from Backup by J.F. Gonzalez and Mike Oliveri

Cthulhu Unbound, Volume One edited by Thomas Brannan and John Sunseri

Black Jack Derringer: Book One: Ace of Spades by Karen Koehler

In addition to Hazy Days of Summer, MonsterLibrarian.com is proud to announce that July is Werewolf Month! This is our second annual appreciation for all things lycanthropic and whether it is horror, urban fantasy, or paranormal romance, we will be bringing you a list of new werewolf titles coming out, reviews, and this year we will be featuring the werewolf artwork of Jerrod Brown. Come visit our Werewolf page to see more.

We have reviews of:
Moonbane by Al Sarrantonio

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn


Symptoms of a Broken Heart by Cory Cramer

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6/15/09 Interview with Wrath James White and more horror fiction reviews

In this update we have:

Rhonda Wilson interviewing Wrath James White and doing a second look review of his novel Succulent Prey. Rhonda also reviews Bryan Smith's Soultaker and John Grover's Feminine Wiles.

K.D. Payne reviews Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, Edward Lee's The Golem, Jack Ketchum's Cover, and Jeff Strand's Pressure.

Finally, Michele Lee reviews Tales from the Crypt #4 Crypt-Keeping it Real by Stefan Petrucha, Alex Simmons, Scott Lobdel, Joe R. Lansdale, John R. Lansdale, Aries Kaplan, Jim Salicrup.

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6/1/09 interviews with John Everson, RA Salvatore and Geno Salvatore, and reviews of horror for all ages

We have some great interviews and reviews this update:

Bret Jordan conducts an interview with RA and Geno Salvatore.

Rhonda Wilson interviews John Everson and reviews his recent release Sacrifice and the prequel Covenant. Rhonda also reviews Michelle Rowen's Stakes & Stilettos.

David Agranoff reviews David Morrell's The Shimmer.

The Monster Librarian reviews Monstrous edited by Ryan C. Thomas.

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews a new young adult vampire title, Vamped by Lucienne Diver.

Courtney Lerner reviews Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.

Michele Lee reviews Tales from the Crypt #3: Zombilicious by Mort Todd, et al

and finally, K.D. Payne reviews The Brass Dragon Code by R.D. Henham.

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5/20/09 Interview with Jeff Strand and reviews for all ages

In this update we have:


Rhonda Wilson interviews author Jeff Strand and reviews his latest release Benjamin's Parasite. Rhonda also reviews The Hunger of Empty Vessels .

We would like to welcome Stacey L. Wilson who reviews Melissa Strangway's 56 Water Street and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book in the Scary Books for Kids section. She also reviews young adult vampire title Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn.

Bret Jordan reviews Anthony Giangregorio's The Rage Plague.

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson, ill by Buket Erdogan in the Scary Books for Kids section.

David Agranoff reviews Clive Barker's The Adventures of Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Cricus.

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5/5/09 Interviews with TimWaggoner and David Moody plus new reviews!

In this update

Rhonda Wilson interviews Tim Waggoner and reviews his upcoming release Nekropolis.

Bret Jordan interviews David Moody and reviews Kealan Patrick Burke's You in? and Weston Ochse's Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way.

Michele Lee reviews Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's A Dangerous Climate

K.D. Payne reviews R. Thomas Riley's The Monster Within Idea.

Kestrell Rath reviews Carrie Ryan's The Forest of Hands and Teeth in the young adult zombie section.

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Spring into Terror Update!

For those young adult vampire fans we have a review of Evernight by Claudia Gray

Remember that as part of Spring into Terror we are hosting an art contest.

The reviews are starting to appear at the various Spring into Terror participating sites.
So far we have:


Horrorworld reviewing The Nobody by Tom Piccirilli

Hellnotes reviewing The Society of S by Susan Hubbard


Dark Scribe Magazine's Spring into Terror page
Dark Scribe Magazine reviewing Bone Soup by T.W. Wright, Last Days by Brian Evenson, Gunpowder by Joe Hill , Jake's Wake by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow

MonsterLibrarian.com reviewing The Price by Alexandra Sokoloff (review by Kirsten Kowalewski), The Black Act by Louise Bohmer(review by Rhonda Wilson), Garbage Man by Joseph D’Lacey (review by Bret Jordan), and The Severed Nose by Jeff Strand (review by Rhonda Wilson)

The Horror Fiction Review's Spring into Terror Page
The Horror Fiction Review reviewing Red by Paul Kane, The Monster Within Idea by R. Thomas Riley , As Fate Would Have It by Michael Louis Calvillo

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Spring into Terror, 2009

This week we start the launch of Spring into Terror. Spring into Terror is a collaborative horror fiction review project where your favorite horror review sites link up to create a guide to reading horror this spring.

You can visit the Spring into Terror page here.

For the launch of Spring into Terror we have author interviews with both Fran Friel and Louise Bohmer.

We have updated our Coming Horror Fiction Release page for the spring.

We will be posting reviews and updating the links to our fellow Spring into Terror participants' sites through out the week

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3/16/09 Reviews of books with monsters for adults, teens, and kids!

In this update:

Jennifer Lawrence reviews After Twilight: Walking with the Dead by Travis Adkins in the adult Zombie section.

K.D. Payne reviews The Pines by Robert Dunbar in the adult Supernatural section.

Rhonda Wilson reviews Bestial by Ray Garton in the adult Werewolves section.

Bret Jordan reviews Bitternest by Alan Draven in the adult Vampires section

The Monster Librarian reviews Generation Dead: Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters in the young adult Zombies section.

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews a trio of monster books in the Scary Stories for Kids section:
I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll, ill by Howard McWilliam
Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund, ill. Robert Neubecker
Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart J. Murphy, ill. by Scott Nash

We are gearing up for our 2nd annual Spring into Terror review project with an art contest.

Spring into Terror Art Contest

MonsterLibrarian.com and a number of other horror fiction review sites are conducting our second annual Spring into Terror horror fiction review project. As part of Spring into Terror we are holding an art contest to celebrate reading horror this spring.
Theme: Reading horror (books or graphic novels)

Deadline for submissions: 4/15/09

Prize: A Spring into Terror grab bag of horror and thriller books including at least one limited edition title.

The criteria for entries are:
File format: JPG
File Size: 2 Megs or Less
Medium: Digital, painting, or illustration
Dimensions: Any, but the larger the picture the larger the file
Send submissions to: monsterlibrarian@monsterlibrarian.com

By submitting art work as part of the contest you are giving MonsterLibrarian.com permission to use the submitted work

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3/5/09 New reviews of horror and interview with Gord Rollo

In this update we have a treat. Two of our reviewers, K.D. Payne and Rhonda Wilson, review Gord Rollo's Crimson in the adult Supernatural horror section and K.D. Payne also interviews Gord Rollo in our author interview section.

Michele Lee reviews Unspeakable Horror edited by by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder in the adult Horror Anthologies and Collected Works .

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Drood by Dan Simmons in the adult Supernatural horror section.

K.D. Payne reviews Eden by Tony Monchinski in the adult Zombie section.

K.D. Payne reviews The Midnight Eye Files: The Sirens by William Meikle in the adult Horror Themed Adventure section.

Bret Jordan reviews Mother Puncher by Gina Ranalli in the adult Bizarro section.

Finally, Bret Jordan reviews Nightmares & Fairy Tales: Dancing with the Ghosts of Whales by Serena Valentino and Camilla A’Errico in the young adult Graphic Novel Section.

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