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Ghoul – Brian Keene

I finally plucked this one off of my TBR list and I’m kicking myself for not doing it much sooner. Our story takes us back to 1984 Central Pennsylvania, as we follow the adventures of a trio of twelve-year-olds, Timmy, Doug, and Barry. The boys spend their summer hanging out in their underground clubhouse locatedContinue reading “Ghoul – Brian Keene”

Monstrosity – Tim Curran

  You know a writer kicks ass when they can stretch your imagination to the point where, when you look back, you can’t believe how much of the story you were buying. Curran does that in spades with Monstrosity. Monstrosity takes your typical rural Midwest setting and turns it on its ear in this dystopicContinue reading “Monstrosity – Tim Curran”

Splatterpunk Fighting Back – Edited by Jack Bantry & Kit Power

  Through the years, horror has had it’s ups and downs in the eye of public perception. At it’s best, it was the red-headed, step-child. At it’s worst, it was easier to tell someone that you were a child molester than it was to admit that you read horror. I remember discovering my first horrorContinue reading “Splatterpunk Fighting Back – Edited by Jack Bantry & Kit Power”

Halloween Carnival Volume Three

  The third installment in the Halloween Carnival series. McBride’s is the anchor in this installment, but newcomers, Armstrong and Grant, give nice little additions as well. Let’s get right into them:   The Way Lost – Kelley Armstrong Every year, in the town of Franklin, a child disappears. No one talks about it andContinue reading “Halloween Carnival Volume Three”

The Lost – Jack Ketchum

Right off the bat, The Lost starts with a bang (pardon the pun). Ray was a nutcase when he was a teenager and blew two girls away that were camping. His two friends, Tim and Jennifer, were sheep when they watched him do it and just stood there with their mouths open. They didn’t turnContinue reading “The Lost – Jack Ketchum”

Group Read with James Newman

  On November 21, 2016, James Newman’s novella Odd Man Out will be coming out. As many of you know, James is the renowned horror author of such masterpieces as Animosity, Midnight Rain, Ugly As Sin, and The Wicked. Join us on the Goodreads group, Gore and More, in December as we read Odd ManContinue reading “Group Read with James Newman”

Salvage – Duncan Ralston

When Owen Saddler’s younger sister, Lori, drowns in mysterious fashion while scuba diving in a lake in remote Ontario, unusual things begin to happen to Owen. A strange man at his job site utters something to Owen that he couldn’t have possibly known. Or did he? Owen is attacked in his bathtub and almost drownsContinue reading “Salvage – Duncan Ralston”