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Post by Mark Sieber on Nov 10, 2019 11:03:56 GMT
New to me, at least.
I picked up a couple of used hardcovers at a library sale yesterday. Books and authors I had heard of, but hadn't read. The Boy Who Killed Demons, by Dave Zeltserman is one. The Night Ocean is another. Has anyone read these?
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Post by mepurfield on Nov 23, 2019 21:50:17 GMT
Have not heard of them but I like that title The Boy Who Killed Demons.
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Post by brlesh on Jan 19, 2020 22:19:14 GMT
New to me, at least. I picked up a couple of used hardcovers at a library sale yesterday. Books and authors I had heard of, but hadn't read. The Boy Who Killed Demons, by Dave Zeltserman is one. The Night Ocean is another. Has anyone read these? The Night Ocean - is that the Paul LaFarge (??) book? Supposed to be a fictional account of the life of HPL? It showed up in my Amazon recommended books list a while ago, and I was intrigued, but not enough to pick it up, mainly due to my ever expanding TBR pile. A couple of new authors to me, though they have both been around for a while: I just recently read Brother by Ania Ahlborn - very good, very dark. Reminded me of something Ketchum would write. Last month I read my first book by Jonathan Janz. The Siren & the Spector. I liked it a lot, a modern story with an old school, almost gothic feel to it. B |
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Post by brlesh on Jan 19, 2020 22:33:26 GMT
I could also add Paul Tremblay to the list.
I read Head Full of Ghosts last year and it was excellent.
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Post by Mark Sieber on Jan 26, 2020 16:16:37 GMT
I loved A Head Full of Ghosts. His subsequent novels, not so much.
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Post by brlesh on Feb 2, 2020 18:28:33 GMT
I loved A Head Full of Ghosts. His subsequent novels, not so much. I have The Cabin at the End of the World near the top of my TBR pile. Here's hoping I have a different experience than most others I heard from, who seem to agree with Marks' assessment of Tremblay's other books. Has anyone read his recent short story collection? B |
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Post by Mark Sieber on Feb 2, 2020 21:08:05 GMT
I have not. To be painfully honest, I am hesitant to try him again.
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Post by brlesh on Feb 16, 2020 20:38:16 GMT
Just finished Blood and Rain by Glenn Rolfe this morning. I can't say it was a great book, but it was a hell of a lot of fun.
A throw back story to 80's horror fiction, without the bloat seen in so many of the 500+ page novels of the late 80's & early 90's, Blood & Rain is a fun, fast-paced read. Rolfe hits the ground running right from the first page and doesn't take his foot off the gas until you reach the epilogue.
Rolfe doesn't spend a lot of time on characterization; he fleshes his characters out just enough to fit into the story and keep it moving along.
I will definitely be picking up something else by Glenn Rolfe in the near future.
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Post by pinheadspawn on Feb 18, 2020 1:34:52 GMT
I read Tremblay's collection.
Average. There is some really good stuff in there, but it's tempered by some not-so-good stuff
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Post by brlesh on Mar 8, 2020 18:23:49 GMT
New to me, though apparently she has been publishing for quite awhile, The Haunting of Henderson Close by Catherine Cavendish.
A classic ghost story combined with a 100 year old murder/mystery.
I liked it, had a very gothic feel to it.
I would definitely try something else by Cavendish in the future.
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Post by brlesh on Apr 2, 2020 22:07:29 GMT
Enter, Night by Michael Rowe actually does something different with the vampire story by combining it with the Wendigo legend.
I liked this one a lot. Rowe grabbed my attention with the first line of the story, and my interest never waivered from that point. And these are blood and guts vampires; Twilight fans need not apply.
He has a couple of other books out, so I will definitely be picking up something else by him in the near future.
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