Lured in by the cool cover, I was expecting a zombiefest worthy of a read. I was very disappointed. This book is trying so hard to a UK version of 'World War Z' and it doesn't even get close. I found myself bored when reading. BORED! When reading a book about Zombies! What!? The way the zombies c...
I think that I like that the story is kind of horror. That is because the part when the mother(fake) turns into a long-necked human-being suddenly and tries to eat Coraline up. Coraline did not believe what the women said to her that lives downstairs. One of the women said that Coraline is in dan...
As ever, a veritable treasure trove of fiction, yearly news round-up and necrology that continues the strong tradition the series has gathered for itself. Also, as ever, some of the fiction appeals and some of it doesn’t. Particular stand-outs for me were “Man, You Gotta See This!” by Tony Rich...
This is a fantastic resource. I am working on assembling a reading list for a book club themed around the history and evolution of horror. While Supernatural Horror in Literature can do a good job carrying my into the 1930's, this takes me on the same journey but up into the 1980's. I can fill ou...
From the editors of Mammoth Books of Terror, Zombies, and Vampires, a collection of tales about Mary Shelley's mad scientist features marvelously monstrous contributions from Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Tremayne, and many others. Original.
His first story in the horror field, “The Spider”, was published in 1964 in The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories, since when his short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, been extensively adapted for radio and television, and collected in Not After Nightfall, Here Be Daemons, From Evil’...
It’s alive!” There was a sudden burst of laughter from the other end of the dining room. Joyce shrank inwardly. The guests round the long table wore blank faces. Only Robert and his friend John at the head were laughing inanely. “For God’s sake, Robert,” said Joyce irritably. “Can’t you leave it ...
She took a couple of deep breaths, quietly pleased by the fact that she was not more affected by her swim. As she let her heart rate and breathing settle, she untied the string from around her waist and freed her plastic sandals; they had spent the swim bobbing along at her side, gently tapping h...
Dick Memorial Award, while his fifth, Fairyland, won the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Awards. His other novels include Secret Harmonies, Red Dust, Pasquale’s Angel, the three books of “Confluence” (Child of the River, Ancients of Days and Shrine of Stars), The Secret of Life, Whole Wide ...