Are You In The House Alone? by Richard Peck Puffin, 2000 ISBN: 0141306939 Available: New and Used Editor’s note: Are You In The House Alone? was first published in 1977. I first read it in 1985, and our review of it is one of the earliest we published. While it is dated, given current events, it […]
Category: horror
Book Review: October by Michael Rowe
October 25, 2018October by Michael Rowe ChiZine, 2017 ASIN: B076ZMWGPN Available: Kindle edition, audiobook, MP3 CD Michael Rowe is one of those writers who can swing from the eloquent prose of a Peter Straub to the brutality of a Richard Laymon. His novels Enter, Night, and Wild Fell were excellent examples of pushing the envelope while holding onto what makes the […]
Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre (Dream Weaver #1) edited by Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson Crystal Lake Publishing. 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1640074682 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition With a few exceptions, books on writing usually bring on the snoozes, but Where Nightmares Come From is constructed in a manner that sidesteps the […]
Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Harvey Kurtzman, completed by Josh O’Neill and Shannon Wheeler, illustrated by Gideon Kendal comiXology Originals, 2017 ASIN: B01LZAATMD Available: Kindle, comiXology Marley’s Ghost is the posthumous completion of Harvey Kurtzman’s (1924-1993) adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol. Kurztman’s concept for this book […]
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 2: Strange Places stories by Mike Mignola; “Into the Silent Sea” story by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni; “The Right Hand of Doom”, “Box Full of Evil”, “Conqueror Worm”; “The Third Wish”, and “The Island” art by Mike Mignola; “Being Human” art by Richard Corben Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-50670-688-7 Available: Paperback, Kindle […]
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1-50670-666-5 Available: Kindle edition, paperback Hellboy’s complete story is presented in chronological order in Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction. This is a massive tome, at over 300 pages, written and drawn by Mignola. We read from Hellboy’s summoning during his […]
Epic ReWatch: Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1 E1 & 2
August 16, 2018Michele was part of the original 1997 intended audience and feverishly awaited new episodes weekly. Brosia is a teen now, watching for the first time 21 years after Buffy changed our pop culture. Michele feels old. Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest Michele Says: First, a little background. Buffy premiered […]
Book Review: The Sorrow King by Anderson Prunty
July 31, 2018Grindhouse Press, April 2011 Available: Pre-order ISBN-13: 978-0-9826281-6-4 Teen suicides have paralyzed the town of Gethsemane, Ohio. Steven Wrigley’s nightmares spill over into his journal, record the names of the dead, and reveal clues to a bloodthirsty stalker. Unable to sleep peacefully, he walks the quiet streets till dawn, alone, until he meets Elise. Elise […]
Mr. Higgins Comes Home by Mike Mignola, art by Warwick Johnson-Caldwell Dark Horse, 2017 ISBN: 9781506704661 Available: print, ebook Mr. Higgins Comes Home is an original graphic novel by Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Caldwell. The household at Castle Golga are planning for the annual festival of Walpurigsnacht, as a pair of vampire killers question a man […]
Army of Darkness/Xena Warrior Princess: Forever and a Day by Scott Lobdell, art by Elliot Fernandez Dynamite Entertainment, 2017 ISBN-13: 9781524103514 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, and comiXology ebook The Army of Darkness/Xena Warrior Princess: Forever and a Day storyline opens with Xena holding her wounded life companion, Gabrielle, after her army has been destroyed by the ultimate evil. […]