In 1972, legendary writer William F. Nolan (Logan’s Run) wrote a pilot for Dan Curtis Productions (Dark Shadows) about a private investigator who took cases with supernatural angles. The series was to be called The Norliss Tapes, and like a lot of pilots, it never progressed beyond that. The concept stuck with Nolan, however, and in 1986 he wrote the first of three stories featuring paranormal investigator David Kincaid.
Rocket Ride Books has collected all the Kincaid stories into one volume called Kincaid: A Paranormal Casebook. In “Pirate’s Moon” a trail of headless corpses leads to a killer cult from New Guinea. “Hellhunt” features a shape-shifting demon whose prey is a young actress. In “The Horror at Winchester House” Kincaid probes the mysteries of a haunted house, with tragic results.
Nolan is a consummate professional, whose work has been praised by the likes of Stephen King, Peter Straub and Ray Bradbury. He has been named a “Living Legend in Horror/Dark Fantasy” by the International Horror Guild, and won the Stoker Life Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America last year. His skill is well evident in these three tales, among the better stories combining the private detective and horror genres. This would be recommended to anyone who likes either of those genres, and for fans of TV shows such as The X-Files and Supernatural.
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