{"id":3832,"date":"2015-04-04T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T17:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2015-04-04T13:17:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T17:17:23","slug":"book-review-hideous-faces-beautiful-skulls-by-mark-mclaughlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-hideous-faces-beautiful-skulls-by-mark-mclaughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Hideous Faces, Beautiful Skulls by Mark McLaughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hideous Faces, Beautiful Skulls<\/em><\/a> by Mark McLaughlin<\/p>\n

Wildside Press, 2014<\/p>\n

Available: New paperback<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1479401888<\/p>\n

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Hideous Faces, Beautiful Skulls<\/em> is a wonderful collection of horror and the bizarre that spans the author\u2019s career of original and compelling storytelling.<\/p>\n

Among my favorites are \u201cThe Final Broadcast of Sugarville\u2019s Channel 7 Action News,\u201d an entertaining take on global warming and the destruction of the planet told in its entirety through the station\u2019s final news broadcast; \u201cDrool Tool: The Meltdown Mix\u201d, about a band\u2019s weird music that has a catastrophic effect on the people who hear it; \u201cAgatha Says\u201d, which deals with the weird changes taking place at a nursing home recently bought by an eccentric resident; \u201cClaws of the Internet Witches\u201d, which follows the internet chat room of a coven of witches out to destroy humanity; and \u201cSoft Bones\u201d, about a young man with a debilitating disease, and how one woman tries to help him.<\/p>\n

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There isn\u2019t a bad story in the collection. McLaughlin\u2019s style of writing is weird, quirky, and at times squirm-inducing; a very entertaining read. What I really like about McLaughlin\u2019s writing is his ability to inject dry humor into even the most horrific of tales. If you like your horror weird, bizarre, and funny, then Hideous Faces, Beautiful Faces<\/em> is right up your alley. Recommended.<\/p>\n

Contains: blood and gore<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Colleen Wanglund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hideous Faces, Beautiful Skulls by Mark McLaughlin Wildside Press, 2014 Available: New paperback ISBN-13: 978-1479401888   Hideous Faces, Beautiful Skulls is a wonderful collection of horror and the bizarre that spans the author\u2019s career of original and compelling storytelling. Among my favorites are \u201cThe Final Broadcast of Sugarville\u2019s Channel 7 Action News,\u201d an entertaining take<\/p>\n

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