Okay, okay, it wasn't great book. It was . . . okay and contained all the literary and intellectual content that one would expect with a title like "Afraid". Certainly not the finest piece of literature that I've ever read. Perhaps, not exactly what I was expecting. But, it did move along and I d...
This book was "Black Hawk Down" meets Stephen King. You know how in many King books he spends 3/4's of a book building up a town and the tension and then has it all explode in the last 1/4? Well, this book was all explosion. From start to finish, horror thriller all the way baby.Did it work? Mos...
Kilborn's modern take on the gothic horror story is a mess. The concept of the story is promising: the survivors of horrors in his other book are gathered to a haunted house for a study on fear, something they are all intimately acquainted with. But the clunky prose, perfunctory story-telling, an...
I wish it wouldn't have been a short story because I wanted more. After reading this I thought what a sick mind we all have but that's what I look for. The setting of this takes place in a Wisconsin truck stop in a small northern town. Very grossome and gory and I loved every minute of it. I have...
Overall, this is one of the funniest horror books I have read, that said its not perfect and has its fair share of errors and boring moments. His longer novels are well worth a read!Finicky Eater: The A-bomb has dropped and Jack Kilborn serves up some yummy food possibilities, the more it continu...
“I’m tired of playing around. So I’m sticking my .44 Magnum in your bearded face, Amos.” “I know. I can read.” “Are you going to tell me the truth about your affair? Or do I have to kill you, and then you’ll tell me the truth?” &nb...
Reading the authors’ previous work isn’t necessary to enjoy TRUCK STOP, though both authors encourage you to buy everything they’ve written. They also encourage you to buy them beer. “He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he ...
He didn’t want it for himself, though better clothes and new toys would have been nice. He wanted the money for his mother. His father died in a car accident three days after he was born. Since the day Prendick learned to crawl he’d listened to his mother talk about making ends meet and pinching ...
A sea of eyes watched her, judged her. Deb turned and looked at Letti, who gave her an intense stare and a nod. Beside Letti was Maria, who mimicked Letti’s gesture. Deb’s throat was dry. Her heart was beating so fast she felt ready to faint. The oppressive silence hurt her ears. Then someone sne...
He took in a gulp of air, let it out as a brief cry of relief.“Now get down on your knees, big boy. I’m getting a neck strain staring up at you.”Ajax complied. Josh scrambled around behind him, next to Streng. It was difficult to make out in the dark, but Josh saw the sheriff raise a hand up, the...
Phineas Trout was the hero of my first novel, an unpublished mystery called Dead On My Feet, written back in 1992. It was unabashedly hardboiled, and it helped me land my first agent. The book never sold, probably because it was unabashedly hardboiled. Phin starred in two more unpublished novels,...
Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson This is an excerpt from the upcoming spy thriller FLEE by J.A. Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson. It is a continuation of the excerpt found in the ebook Wild Night Is Calling I flipped the shotgun, grabbing the grip in the air just as the elevator exploded and the man ca...
It took her a moment to get her bearings.I’m in bed. Tom’s bed. Had a night out with Trish. Drank too much.Another buzz.My phone. On the nightstand next to the bed.Joan reached for it, squinting at the text message. It was from Trish, in all caps.INDENTITY THEFT!!!!As Joan puzzled over what that ...
I’ve remained undecided if the last page hurts the story or helps it, and I’ve cut the ending many times. Here it is uncut.When Conroy saw the message in his INBOX, he smiled.URGENT REPLY NEEDED!!!Allow me sir to introduce myself. My name is Dr. William Reingold, executor to the estate of Phillip...
What’s fun about Jack is that I can put her in different sub genres without changing her character. She can function as Sherlock Holmes, or Spenser, or Kay Scarpetta, depending on the story. This won 2nd place in the Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Contest. “His skull is shattered, and his spinal co...
Konrath Interviews Jack Kilborn J.A. Konrath Interviews Jack Kilborn Jack Kilborn is as secretive as he is enigmatic, and was tough to get a hold of. This interview was conducted by J.A. Konrath via email. JA: Thanks for taking time to answer some questions, Jack. &n...
Bub grinned his horrible grin. No one laughed. Andy couldn’t speak for the rest of the group, but he was very much awed by Bub. Not only by the demon’s physical presence—which was substantial—or his apparent powers over the dead, but how quickly he learned. Bub mastered En...
Theodore Roosevelt asked John Stevens as the two men shook hands. Amador, Shonts, and the rest of the welcoming party had already been greeted and dismissed by the President, left to wonder what had become of Roosevelt’s trademark grandiosity. Fatigue from his journey, the...