"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Suzy McKee Charnas “Extraordinary, he thought: I provide their nightmares, and they provide mine.” Dr. Weyland, a successful and aloof professor at a small but respectable college, has been experimenting on students for his sleep program by studying their dreams when a female staff member is approached to join the study. Uneducated compared to... Continue Reading →
by William Beckford “The condition appointed to man is to be ignorant and humble.” Reputed as one of the first gothic horror novels ever written (1782, published in 1786), and possibly beaten only by The Castle of Otranto (1764), this is a kind of Arabian Nights journey into Hell. Vathek is the story of a... Continue Reading →
by Michael Marshall “Sometimes the truth isn’t what you want to know. Sometimes the truth is best left to itself.” We’ve looked at a decent amount of horror here, and while the intricacy falls short of tales like The Angel’s Game or The Club Dumas, this book is one of the more complex. You’ll probably... Continue Reading →
by Ray Bradbury ‘Boy!’ yelled Will. ‘Folks run like they thought the storm was here!’ ‘It is!’ shouted Jim. ‘Us!’ Jim and Will, two thirteen-year-old boys, are filled with wonder as a mysterious carnival unpacks itself before their eyes during one of their midnight (3am) excursions from the house. The two have contrasting personalities but are... Continue Reading →
by John Farris “Reckon maybe there’s a law of physics would explain how that could happen. Or else it’s one of them black arts secrets that’ll stay secret until somebody figures out the answer.” Part horror, fantasy, mystery and thriller, Wildwood is the story of a father and son traveling to a remote section of... Continue Reading →
by M.R. James "I expect you're right: he has got in. And if I don't mistake, there'll be the devil to pay in one of the rooms upstairs." 8 stories make up this 1904 collection, and they hold up well. The language of the time isn’t much of a barrier here, and though it may... Continue Reading →
by Robert Marasco An unlikely pairing of smoldering dread and greased lightning, Burnt Offerings tells the tale of a married couple who happen upon a great deal for a summer home getaway, their young boy, the father’s aging aunt, and the few weeks they all spend together at the summer house to escape the pressures... Continue Reading →
by Arturo Perez-Reverte "The rainbow is the bridge between heaven and earth. It will shatter at the end of the world, once the devil has crossed it on horseback." Fans of the Polanski movie, The Ninth Gate, may recognize this book as the source, although the differences between the two are extensive. Written in Spanish... Continue Reading →
by Stephen King Nowadays everybody wants to talk like they’ve got something to say, but nothing comes out when they move their lips, but The Stand. And mothafuckas act like they forgot about IT. First thing, there's no disparaging The Stand, that's just a catchy intro if you've ever listened to rap. His apocalyptic novel... Continue Reading →
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