*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Aftershock, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781935002473 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology The first volume of Brothers Dracul contemplates the answer to the question of what could have possibly made Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler, one of the most disturbing killers in history. Cullen tells the story of a teenage Vlad, when he and […]
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*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Life Drawn, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781643375717 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology Koren Shadmi’s The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television is a graphic biography following Rod Serling’s time in the military as a paratrooper, his diagnosis of “shell shock” and the subsequent nightmares, his rise to fame during the […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Arcana Studio, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781771352758 Available: Paperback With a foreword written by THE Jeffrey Combs, I knew I had to review this title. Here begins the tale of young Dr. Herbert West: Re-Animator, legend, and genius. The story is told by his sister, Elizabeth Anne West (I happen to […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781551527673 Available: Hardcover, Kindle Pierre is found by a former professor working as a bartender. When questioned about why he is not back at school, Pierre reveals that he destroyed his thesis research on the Vals Thermal Baths designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Dark Horse Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781506710662 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, comiXology Emmy finds out more about her real family as she stands against supernatural entities threatening to destroy Harrow County and, ultimately, herself. Additionally, hunters from a neighboring town have heard tales of the creatures wandering the woods in Harrow […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781534312043 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology Kate and Cate Harrow are sisters and small business owners who specialize in exorcisms and demon hunting, while charging reasonable rates. They regularly venture between Hell and Earth during their investigations, sometimes with unexpected results. Cate and Kate […]
**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** Harrow County, Library Edition, Volume 2: Snake Doctor & Family Tree by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Tyler Crook, Carla Speed McNeil, Hannah Christensen, and Jenn Manley Lee Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1506710655 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, comiXology There is so much happening in this second library edition of Harrow County. […]
**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, The First Volume adaption and artwork by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN13: 978-1506710228 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology In this Cthulhu mythos tale, an expedition team from Miskatonic University headed by Professor William Dyer travels to Antarctica […]
Book Review: The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity
November 14, 2019**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity East Side Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0996845007 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Anna Fagan lives in a haunted house, but that’s the least of her problems. Her father, Jack, is well-known for his ability to “clear” spirits from the objects they haunt, […]
**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer HMH Books for Young Readers, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1328863553 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audio CD Only Ashes Remain is the follow-up to Not Even Bones (previously reviewed here). At the beginning of this book, Nita and Kovit have escaped from the Death Market, leaving chaos […]