"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by David Wong “He gathered all of his concentration and went about rolling the one, perfect cigarette that could save our universe.” This books is crazy and not in the Hannibal Lector way. More like the Douglas Adams meets Ace Ventura way. Mainly concerning the two friends David and John, and later Amy, the story... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Brian M. Sammons, Glenn Owen Barrass (Ed.) "That was the problem with being born; it was just asking for trouble." "Mysterious Ways" - C.J. Henderson Consisting of 22 tales in the Cthulhu Mythos, World War Cthulhu attempts to chronicle the fight back against the unbeatable creatures from Lovecraft's world. If you've read... Continue Reading →
by Joe R. Lansdale “That would be funny. Kettle brings the supplies and that thing is waiting on the dock for him with one of our legs. Well, not that funny.” “No. Not that funny.” Three men work as kinds of caretakers on a mysterious prison island which houses the truly bad. One of the... Continue Reading →
Dark Screams Vol. 1 - Richard Chizmar, Brian James Freeman (Ed.) “You can’t predict what a man will do in a given situation after he reaches a certain degree of dumbness, because the man himself doesn’t know if he’s going to s--t or put his fingers in the fan.” -Stephen King, ‘Weeds’ Consisting of 5... Continue Reading →
by Paul Kohler "Well? What do you have to say for yourself? Why were you late? Again, I might add." "There was--" "I don't want to hear your excuses!" Jack Duffy awakes on a bus with no memory of the previous day. As he struggles with this loss he is greeted by a Mr. Wilson,... Continue Reading →
by Gustav Meyrink “The world exists for us to think it to tatters.” Centipede referred to this translation as "hallucinogenic" and it's possibly the best word to describe the work. It’s like being (allegedly) on LSD, but with most cognitive functions still intact--it's one hell of a trip (allegedly). Looking deeply at the plot at... Continue Reading →
by John R. Little; Lisa Morton “If I was tried for murder, I’d just demand a jury of my peers. Every parent understands wanting to kill the miserable kids once in a while.” If you first experience Lisa Morton through the outstanding anthology Dark Delicacies, you'll see the book’s opening story by heavyweight Ray Bradbury... Continue Reading →
by Guy Endore "And thus was the silver bullet cast." There's a synopsis somewhere stating this book can be read in two different ways--from a supernatural angle or from a psychological one. While there are numerous examples of the supernatural, they're often downplayed while mental illness counterpoints. That being said, The Werewolf of Paris is... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Tim Pratt (Ed.) "I don’t think there was a nine-year-old that ever lived who would have been able to convince his father he’d seen the Devil come walking out of the woods in a black suit." -Stephen King In terms of average rating, anthologies have a significant challenge pulling off a high... Continue Reading →
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