No #horror#books at the #thriftstore, but I did get these three AND a 🕸️ spiderweb 🕸️ shirt & Spiderman™ hoodie
They had a huge set of Stephen King hardbacks that filled me with sadness: lots of old ones (The Stand, Night Shift, The Shining!) but they had obviously been stored incorrectly or involved in a fire/flood. Terrible condition. 😭
And I finally got my order for NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT. Ordered it wks ago.
Alexander Chee on Dracula: "It is hard, in the era of the AR-15, to fear a vampire. And yet what greater tool is there to write about complicity, the amiable foot servant to so much destruction, than a monster who cannot enter unless invited in?"
MY FIRST NOVELETTE IS OUT IN @UncannyMagazine! There's a rumor that the Devil lives under an old bridge and teenage Olga makes a deal with him to keep her family together.
Today's indie author review! Sting in the Tail by TA Moore:
"A horror-filled, dark fantasy tale that doesn't shy away from the grit and gore. The connection between Ledger and Wren filled with snarky banter and a steamy romance. Scarily entertaining and worth the read!"
In honor the UK’s #NationalPoetryDay, here’s the UK Amazon link to Into That Darkness Peering, a #gothic#horror collection featuring my #poetry and @MarikaBrousiano’s illustrations.
When I hear via Stephen Graham Jones that two of his books are going out of print (for a bit) I snatch them up. 'Cos there are some now OOP that are SUPER hard to find and quite expensive (unless you're persistent & also lucky enough to find them on Thriftbooks then grab them, like I did)
-THE LAST FINAL GIRL and ZOMBIE BAKE-OFF by Stephen Graham Jones (from Lazy Fascist Press & Eraserhead Press)
📚 #Bookmail, Part 1
A bunch of preorders & orders came in!
-OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHO OF NEW BLACK HORROR: intro by Jordan Peele, Ed by JJ Adams, feat Tananarive Due, P. Djèlí Clark, Tochi Onyebuchi + many more
-SCAREWAVES written (& illustrated, of course) by Trevor Henderson
-THE SECRET LIFE OF INSECTS by Bernardo Esquinca from #Valancourt Books
@bookstodon My #review of #TheVoidAscendant (The Void #3) by #PremeeMohamed is now live! A fantastic conclusion to the trilogy that breaks your heart and puts it back together again in a way that's not quite perfect, but still good anyway.
Mark Z. Danielewski: House of Leaves
Kealan Patrick Burke: Seelenhandel (Milestone #1)
Chuck Palahniuk: Haunted
Graham Masterton: Death Trance
Matthew Stokoe: Cows
Last night, we watched Candyman (1992). My review:
Great monster 👍
Terrifying story 👍
This was not what I was expecting, AT ALL. I always figured it was another slasher but, even though it has slasher moments, it's much more of a psychological horror movie. There are only a few scenes where things take a violent turn but, holy shit, they are really creepy and brutal. I was pleasantly surprised!
I also finished "Mexican Gothic" yesterday. My thoughts:
Disgusting, truly freaky monster 👍👍
Interesting story 👍
I like this take on the traditional haunted house story! It has a pretty unique premise that will get under your skin if you let it - it had me worried about what is lurking in my basement. This is currently my favorite book of the season. Definitely worth a read!
I don't know why, but I haven't put the audiobooks I've listened to on here. Anyway, here's a review for "Yours Cruelly, Elvira":
No monsters to speak of, other than Hollywood execs 👎
A mostly fun and funny story 👍
I didn't know anything about Elvira before listening to this. She is so cool! Now I want to watch everything that she's been in 😂 Definitely a good listen that I'd recommend!
I've also listened to "The Lady from the Black Lagoon". My final thoughts:
Gill Man is a great monster 👍
A story I didn't think was going to grab me until it did 👍
I love the "Reading Glasses" podcast, so this one has been on my radar. I didn't think it would take a whole book to tell this story - but I was wrong! Milicent led such an interesting life. She's a real inspiration, to boot!
We just got home after watching "The Exorcist: Believer". My thoughts:
Wait, there was a monster in this movie? 👎
The story has been done to death 👎
This one was boring in its best moments and felt like a rated R "God's Not Dead" at its worst. They tried making it inclusive to other religions, but it mostly pandered to various Christian denominations. Very little horror in this one. Hard pass