We’re getting closer to Halloween, smack in the middle of Spooky season, time for a Spooky book! The original plan was to read Stephen King’s latest, but then I found out that Laird Barron – cosmic horror writer extraordinaire – just released his fifth short-story collection. Stephen King can wait, this one’s MINE. I’ve been
“Time is a ring. Everything and everyone gets squished under the wheel.” Today’s the first day of October, time for another month of Spooky Book Reviews! The rules are simple: while sticking as close as possible to the horror genre, over the course of the month I have to review at least one new book,
October is here! Time for another month of scary, horrifying, or just downright creepy books. First up is Laird Barron’s 2013 short story collection, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All. The title of the book is misleading to say the least, unless you have a completely different interpretation of what “beautiful” means. But something is
2016 may not have been the best of years, but it saw the release of some amazing books. And since Elizabeth has been focusing more on her artwork these last few months (check out her Daily Doodles on instagram) this year I get to keep the entire “Best Of” list for myself, myself, you hear?! Mwa ha
My kind is swift to chase, swift to battle. My imperfect memory is long with longing for the fight. Yes, okay, I know. I’ve already done a collection of short horror stories this month. In my defense, Laird Barron’s collection Swift to Chase came out just this month, and as soon as I saw it I knew it was
Say what you will about H.P. Lovecraft – his elaborate Victorian prose, his cringeworthy racial biases – the man created a sandbox that horror writers love to play in. I’ve reviewed one story by Lovecraft in this column; compare that to, what, three separate posts about Lovecraft-inspired stories? Maybe four? There’s something irresistible about a modern take on the Cthulhu mythos, with
“I, for one, have no interest in being tortured, imprisoned, or experimented on. Again.” The story begins in a school for assassins in the Himalayas, so at first it looks like this will be a tale of deprivation and physical training. But then it switches to two brothers leaving the temple for their summer vacation, looking