Tundra Books, October, 2004 ISBN: 0887766692 Available: New During a forest fire, forest ranger Garrett Brock rescues four wolf cubs only to discover that they are no ordinary wolves- they are werewolves. The werewolves, brothers Noble, Argus, and Harlan, and their sister, Tora are raised by Garrett and his wife Phyllis. Several years later, […]
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Book Review: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
November 7, 2018Laurel Leaf , September, 1999 ISBN: 0440226686 Available : New and Used Blood and Chocolate has become one of the core titles of any teen horror collection. The story follows Vivian, a teenage werewolf who has had to relocate to a Maryland suburb with her pack after an altercation where the actions of a few […]
In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson Pegasus Books, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1681777528 Available: Hardcover, used paperback, Kindle edition, We know Mary Shelley as the daughter of revolutionary writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, and muse and wife to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who as a teenage girl who […]
Book Review: Raptor by Paul Zindel
November 2, 2018Raptor by Paul Zindel Hyperion Books For Children, 1998 ISBN: 0786823747 Available: New and Used When Zack and his Native American friend Ute explore the cave where Zack’s paleontologist father was mysteriously injured, they discover a strange nest with very large eggs. Zack, thinking they might be worth a lot of money, takes an egg […]
A Girl, a Ghost, and the Hollywood Hills by Lizabeth Zindel Viking Juvenile, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0670011599 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition In the introduction to A Girl, a Ghost, and the Hollywood Hills, the author explains that her intent is to portray a “Hamlet-inspired ghost story unlike any other”, and there are obvious similarities. Holly has gone […]
Book Review: Are You In The House Alone? by Richard Peck
October 29, 2018Are 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 […]
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 […]
Sourcebooks Fire, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1402293184 Available: Hardcover (preorder) I received The Ghost Prison as an ARC in egalley format through NetGalley.com. The Ghost Prison was initially a short story, but has been expanded into an illustrated novella here. Author Joseph Delaney makes every word count. The story is narrated by Billy, a fifteen year old orphan who has […]
The Trials of Apollo, Book Three: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan Disney-Hyperion, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1484746431 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audibook, audio CD The Trials of Apollo is probably my favorite of all Rick Riordan’s series, and the third series starring Greek gods and demigods. To be fair, I have read them with my kids […]