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Book Links: Stoker Awards 2018 Final Ballot for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

Well, we’ve come as close as we can to reviewing all the nominees in the category of Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction. We unfortunately were unable to acquire a copy of The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film by Lee Gambin. It looks like a gorgeous book, though, based on what I saw at the Centipede Press website. I encourage you to take a look, as it is difficult to acquire a copy.

Below are links to the reviews for the other nominees in the category of Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction.

 

Horror Express  by John Connolly

 

We Don’t Go Back: A Watcher’s Guide to Folk Horror  by Howard David Ingham, illustrated by Steven Horry

 

It’s Alive! Bringing Your Nightmares to Life  edited by Eugene Johnson and Joe Mynhardt

 

Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism, and Innocence  edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on May 9, 2019 by , Reply

Book Links: Stoker Awards 2018 Final Ballot for Superior Achievement in an Anthology

The results are in! The reviewers at Monster Librarian, after a great deal of time, energy, and hard work, have reviewed all the anthologies on the final ballot for the 2018 Bram Stoker Award! So you don’t have to search through all our reviews to find the ones from this category, here are links to each of the reviews for all the candidates in the category of Superior Achievment in an Anthology.

 

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea edited by Ellen Datlow

Lost Highways: Dark Fictions of the Road edited by D. Alexander Ward

A New York State of Fright: Horror Stories from the Empire State edited by James Chambers, April Grey, and Robert Masterson

Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror edited by Lee Murray

A World of Horror edited by Eric Guignard, illustrated by Steve Lines

 

Read our reviews, then, if you haven’t already done so, check them out and see if you agree with our reviewers! Enjoy!

 

 

Posted on May 7, 2019 by , 2 comments

Long Fiction Review: “You Are Released” by Joe Hill (in Fright or Flight edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent)

“You Are Released” by Joe Hill (in Fright or Flight edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent)

Cemetery Dance, 2018

ISBN-13: 978-1587676796

Available: Hardcover, paperback, audiobook, audio CD

 

Joe Hill has never shied away from uneasy stories or topics in his work. When Stephen King and Bev Vincent chose stories related to terror in the air for their book, they chose some obvious ones, but thankfully, Hill took a left turn and tried something different. Joe Hill’s piece details an ill-fated flight with a cast of characters that is representative of America, both good and bad. Readers might be hoping for something supernatural here, to feel comfortable about, but the claustrophobic setting he creates mirrors the fears most readers face, or refuse to admit, are part of the reality in society today. What occurs inside the plane is just as disturbing, if not more, than the disaster that upends the outside world. I had a quibble with the ending, but on repeated readings, it resonates in a way that should.

 

Reviewed by Dave Simms

 

Editor’s note: “You Are Released” is a nominee on the final ballot for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards in the category of Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.

 

Posted on May 6, 2019 by , Reply
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