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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I'm a historian. Seriously. I am. One of my minor fields is medieval history. This book was one of the most dull novels I've read in ages. This is from someone thrilled by old, musty archives... but not in my fiction.
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I decided to reread all the old King, which really inspired me as an early teen. Salem's Lot, the Shining, Cujo, and recently the Tommyknockers. His attention to detail and character is really quite amazing. I guess there's a reason he's as popular as he is. But I find I'm learning more about the craft and enjoying more now than I did even then.
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1.More Than Midnight by Brian James Freeman 2.I'm Not Sam by Jack Ketchum & Lucky Mckee 3.Mother Bitchfight by Edward Lee & Patrick Lestewka 4.Bleed On Me by Shane Mckenzie 5.Hell Manor by Lisa Morton 6.Appalachian Winter Hauntings edited by Michael Knost 7.Blindspot by Michael Mcbride 8.Buddy by Brett Williams 9.Driving Through the Desert by Donna Lynch 10.Bloodsuckers Must Die by Brett Williams 11.Clockwork Dolls by William Meikle 12.Last Rites: Dark Faith edited by Maurice Broaddus 13.The Girl on the Glider by Brian Keene 14.The Muerte Sequence by Erik Williams 15.Prelude to Space Rape! by Jordan Krall 16.Monarch of the Moon by Tim Waggoner 17.Left To Die by Frank Roderus 18.He Waits by JG Faherty 19.The Blue Heron by Gene O'Neill 20.Chorus of Dust by Justin Paul Walters 21.Ushers of Darkness by Greg F. Gifune 22.5 Bodies To Die For by Stephanie Bond 23.Reign of Blood by Sandy DeLuca 24.Miracle of the Jacal by Robert J. Randisi 25.6 Killer Bodies by Stephanie Bond 26.Jacked by Shane Mckenzie 27.Long Black Coffin by Tim Curran 28.Snowblind by Michael Mcbride 29.The Man in the Palace Theater by Ray Garton 30.Among Prey by Alan Ryker 31.Cut Corners Vol. 1 by Campbell, Little & Garton 32.Fevered Hills by Kieth Deininger 33.Bad Dreams, New Screams by Garton, Clegg & Keene 34.Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson 35.Burden Kansas by Alan Ryker 36.A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow 37.Blood Tells True by Alan Ryker 38.A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow 39.Stalking You Now by Jeff Strand 40.Butterfly Potion by Trent Zelazny 41.The Forgotten by David Baldacci 42.A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow 43.Before Leonora Wakes by Lee Thompson 44.The Black Box by Michael Connelly 45.Deadneck Hootenanny by Mark Justice 46.The Fleshless Man by Norman Prentiss 47.Open Season by C. J. Box 48.Dead Cat Bounce by Gerard Houarner 49.NYPD Red by James Patterson 50.Catch My Killer by Ed Kurtz 51.Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow 52.Unhallowed Ground by Daniel Mills 53.Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson 54.Ice Cream Man by Jimmy Pudge 55.The Hoard by Alan Ryker 56.A Fine And Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow
1. Mathew Reilly--Ice Station (Thriller)* 2. Lee Child--Jack Reacher #1: The Killing Floor (Thriller)* 3. Neil Correy and Etal--Doctor Who Visual Dictionary. (Non-Fiction)* 4. John Farris--Son of the Endless Night (CP #1, Horror) 5. Preston & Child--Pendergast #10: Fever Dream. (Cop, thriller) 6. Rick Hautala--Indian Summer (Horror) 7. F Paul Wilson--RJ#10 Harbingers (Crime, Horror) 8. Gareth Roberts--Doctor Who: Shada (Douglas Adams scripts novelized)* 9. F Paul Wilson--RJ #11 Bloodlines. (Crime horror) 10. Matthew Reilly--Scarecrow #2: Area 7 (Military, Action) 11. David Schow--Wild Hairs (Non-Fiction, CP #2) 12. Raymond Benson--James Bond Bedside Companion (Non-Fict, CP #3)* 13. Lee Child--Reacher #2: Die Trying. (Crime, Action) 14. Clive Barker--BoB 4 The Inhuman Condition (horror, antho, CP #4) 15. John Farris--Nightfall (Horror, CP #5)
16. Steven Erikson--Malazan #9: Dust of Dreams (Epic Fantasy) 17. Charles Grant--Millenium Quartet 1: Symphony (Horror, Scifi, CP #6) 18. Robert F Macary--Half Alive (urb fant/horror manuscript from 1st time writer/friend)
I haven't read that many books this year since I read pretty slowly, but in the past month-and-a-half I've read Keene's Ghost Walk, Simmons's The Terror, Richard Stark's The Hunted, and I'm now burning through Reliquary by Preston and Child.
Each of these four books has been awesome in its own way.
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1. Spore – Skipp and Goodfellow 2. Kin – Kealan Patrick Burke 3. IT – Stephen King 4. People Who Eat Darkness – Richard Lloyd Parry 5. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn 6. Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy 7. Rush of Blood – Mark Billingham 8. The German – Lee Thomas 9. 61 Hours – Lee Child 10. The Good Son – Michael Gruber 11. Breed – Chase Novak 12. Wise Men – Stuart Nadler 13. Some Kind of Fairy Tale – Graham Joyce 14. The Burn Palace – Stephen Dobyns 15. Closing Time and Other Stories – Jack Ketchum 16. The Bone Worms – Keith Minnion
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Hard cover - 1. The Twelve-Fingered Boy by John Hornor Jacobs from Carolrhoda Lab. This guy sure can write. YA novel. 1st in a trilogy. Kept my attention. 2. A Carnivale of Horror edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane from PS Publishing. Excellent collection of oldies and original stories. 3. Children of No One by Nicole Cushing from DarkFuse. Very original, creative novella. Enthralling prose but the ending left me a bit wanting and a bit confused. I'll read her next one. 4. Dark of the Sun by Maynard Sims from DarkFuse. Well written thriller but I miss supernatural elements. 5. Suburban Jungle by Brett McBean from Tasmaniac. Great stuff. Excellent trilogy with bonus stories from other authors. And a Minnion remarque. Rock on.
Paperback - 6. Hag Night by Tim Curran from Severed Press. Lot's of vampiric gore and nasties but the characterization is missing. Could care less about what happens to anybody and much of the time nothing really does happen to forward the plot. Disappointing. 7. Bleed On Me by Shane McKenzie from Abattoir Press. Another gory romp from McKenzie with crazy plot and characters to fill it out. 8. Buk and Jimmy Go West by Brett McBean from LegumeMan Books. Loved this. Very unique take on a serial killer and his apprentice. Well done. 9. The Late Night Horror Show by Bryan Smith from Samhain. Too much repetitious action with bloody horror and sophomoric titillation and not enough character-driven story. Would have been better at novella length. First Smith I didn't enjoy. 10. Muerte can Carne by Shane McKenzie from Deadite Press. I'm digging McKenzie. Need more. 11. To the Death by Wrath James White from Severed Press. What a raging blast. White is on a roll. 12. The Summer We Lost Alice by Jan Strnad from self-published. Strnad writes very well. I wanted more thrills and action although it kept me reading.
Digital - 13. Cthulhu Unbound 3 by Cody Goodfellow, D. L. Snell, Tim Curran and David Conyers & Brian Sammons from Permuted Press. Curran's story was not up to par but OK. 14. The Pale Man by Nate Southard from Abattoir Press. Supernatural mystery thriller novella. I enjoy Nate's horror more but this is tight and well written. 15. Merciless by Brandon Ford from Black Bed Sheet. Pleasant surprise to find Ford. He is like the next best thing to Jack Ketchum. Creepy stuff, some based on real life murders. Will look for more from him. 16. Dead Heart by Brandon Ford. Catchy novelette with a great ending. 17. Shock Totem #6. Great mag with good stories, reviews and interviews. 18. Raptors by Conrad Williams from his web site. Very good short story.
Hard cover - 1. Remorseless by Thomas Tessier from Sinister Grin Press. Good collection. 2. Is There A Demon In You? by Brian Keene, Nate Southard, Mary SanGiovanni and Wrath James White from Camelot Books bonus chapbook with lettered edition. Four cool short stories. Good stuff. 3. The Genesis Code by Lisa von Biela from DarkFuse. Very good first novel. Horror sci/fi well done with well developed characters and a satisfying ending. 4. House of Rain by Greg F. Gifune from DarkFuse. Had trouble getting into this but the ending was great. 5. Dead of Night by William Ollie from Thunderstorm Books. Page-turner supernatural horror novella. Good one. 6. Eerie Archives: Volume Thirteen from Dark Horse Comics. Love these collections. 7. I Travel By Night by Robert McCammon from Subterranean Press. Another good one from a master. A novella vampire thriller this time around. 8. It Sustains by Mark Morris from Earthling Publications. Disturbing, haunting novella. Good one. 9. Homestead by James A. Moore from Cemetery Dance. Haunting novelette with very good art that ties into the story. 10. Dueling Minds edited by Brian James Freeman from Cemetery Dance. Cool collection based on Alan M. Clark art including authors Brian Keene, Gary A. Braunbeck, Tom Piccirilli, Tim Lebbon, Jenny Orosel, and Gerard Houarner. 11. Tyler's Third Act by Mick Garris from Cemetery Dance. Freaky cool.
Paperback - 12. Let's Play at the Adams by Mendal W. Johnson from Golden Apple. Very haunting story of abduction, torture and murder of the babysitter by the kids. Well done horror. 13. Snuff by Eric Enck and Adam Huber from Snuff Books. Whew! Heavy duty killers-for-hire novel. Intense character driven horror with a stunning ending. 14. Cemetery Club by JG Faherty from JournalStone. Pretty good read but dragged at times. Should have been a novella.
Digital - 15. Tales of Obscenity #1. Magazine. Nice first issue. Delivers as advertised. Will get the next one. 16. Girls & Monsters by Anne Michaud from DarkFuse. YA collection of ho hum stories. 17. Offline by Kealan Patrick Burke from Smashwords. Creepy novelette of misguided love and death. 18. Tannis by William Meikle from self-published. Fun. Well done short story. 19. October Roses by Mark Gunnells from Bad Moon Books. Creepy OK novelette. 20. Gravitas by Weston Ochse from on-line. Wes knows how to construct a good short story. 21. Best New Werewolf Tales Volume I from Books of the Dead. Host of horrific tales. Some quite unique. Others gory werewolf fun. 22. Worm by Tim Curran from DarkFuse. Monster worm romp. Fun novella. 23. Exodus Hotel by Lisa von Biela from DarkFuse. Creepy short story.
Other - 24. Grave Tales #7 from Cemetery Dance. Stories by Garton, Crowther and Gorman with a script by Joe Hill. Decent issue but I wish the art was a bit more detailed. 25. Cemetery Dance magazine #69 from CD. Consistently good. Again. One ironic thing - according to Robert Moorish it seems that Cargo Cult Press is out of business. Ha! He has no clue what happened. 26. Dark Discoveries #23. Good mag. However I have noticed that with the change in publisher the copy-editing has declined in quality. Way too many times there are two words with no space between them. What's withthat?
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Let's Go Play at the Adams by Mendal W. Johnson from Golden Apple. Very haunting story of abduction, torture and murder of the babysitter by the kids. Well done horror.
An unsung masterpiece.
The only novel by Mendal Johnson. The rights are in limbo. Would be amazing if Crossroad or someone could track the rights down and re-release.
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1. Spore – Skipp and Goodfellow 2. Kin – Kealan Patrick Burke 3. IT – Stephen King 4. People Who Eat Darkness – Richard Lloyd Parry 5. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn 6. Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy 7. Rush of Blood – Mark Billingham 8. The German – Lee Thomas 9. 61 Hours – Lee Child 10. The Good Son – Michael Gruber 11. Breed – Chase Novak 12. Wise Men – Stuart Nadler 13. Some Kind of Fairy Tale – Graham Joyce 14. The Burn Palace – Stephen Dobyns 15. Closing Time and Other Stories – Jack Ketchum 16. The Bone Worms – Keith Minnion 17. The Third Bullet – Stephen Hunter 18. The Demonologist – Andrew Pyper 19. Glimpses – Rick Hautala 20. The Only Red is Blood – Janet Joyce Holden
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34. Supergods by Grant Morrison 35. The Eye Of God by James Rollins 36. Mad River by John Sandford 37. Neighbourhood Jungle by Brett McBean 38. Suburban Jungle by Brett McBean
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1. Spore – Skipp and Goodfellow 2. Kin – Kealan Patrick Burke 3. IT – Stephen King 4. People Who Eat Darkness – Richard Lloyd Parry 5. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn 6. Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy 7. Rush of Blood – Mark Billingham 8. The German – Lee Thomas 9. 61 Hours – Lee Child 10. The Good Son – Michael Gruber 11. Breed – Chase Novak 12. Wise Men – Stuart Nadler 13. Some Kind of Fairy Tale – Graham Joyce 14. The Burn Palace – Stephen Dobyns 15. Closing Time and Other Stories – Jack Ketchum 16. The Bone Worms – Keith Minnion 17. The Third Bullet – Stephen Hunter 18. The Demonologist – Andrew Pyper 19. Glimpses – Rick Hautala 20. The Only Red is Blood – Janet Joyce Holden 21. Full Count – Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball – Jeff Blair 22. Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead – Sara Gran
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One of my minor fields is medieval history. This book was one of the most dull novels I've read in ages. This is from someone thrilled by old, musty archives... but not in my fiction.
