"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Chuck Palahnuik “By the time you turn thirty, your life is about escaping the person you’ve become in order to escape the person you’ve become in order the escape the person you started as.” Folks talk about varied collections. The phrase “runs the gamut” has been overused to the extent you might cringe whenever... Continue Reading →
by Joe Hill “These days, I’m not sure it’s ever a good idea to leave anything important for tomorrow.” An epidemic of spontaneous human combustion is sweeping the world, caused by a disease known as Dragonscale which is accompanied by black and gold markers on the skin. While spread of the disease isn’t fully understood,... Continue Reading →
by Harlan Ellison “There is no home, if there is no rest. There is no rest if there is no Home.” These tales are like that black and white cigarette commercial from The Simpsons--“I don't know what's in 'em; I just know I can't stop smoking 'em.” Story after story pounds the brain, and you'll... Continue Reading →
by Justin Cronin “It’s all over, isn’t it, Amy?” He looked down at the girl’s sleeping form and gently touched her hand. “Over at last.” Wolgast could stand it no more. “What’s over?” Lear lifted his face; his eyes were full of tears. “Everything.” Vampires. If any of us are duped into reading another book... Continue Reading →
by Richard Matheson "You're improving on evolution then." "Let's just say cooperating with it." In his introduction Mr. Matheson makes it clear these were predominately earlier stories and that he tried over his career to maintain his distance from the horror and dread contained here. He never wanted these published, considering them too dark and... Continue Reading →
by Stephen King If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die. Young Arnold Cunningham is riding shotgun with his buddy Dennis when they pass a rotting heap of a Plymouth Fury junked on the side of the road, displaying a reluctant For Sale... Continue Reading →
by Dan Simmons “Mr. Geiss grunted, pulled the new boy to his feet with the wire noose, opened the door with one hand, and shoved him in ahead of her with the pole. There would be just enough time for cleanup before the first bell rang.” The zombie sub-genre has been run into the ground... Continue Reading →
by Mark Danielewski “Darkness is impossible to remember.” Johnny Truant, partyhound, wastrel, discovers the unfinished manuscript of the recently deceased Zampano containing details of The Navidson Record, a kind of found footage film released by Miramax. The film covers the two underground short films “The Five Minute Hallway” and “Exploration #4.” “The Five Minute Hallway”... Continue Reading →
by Alan Moore “Knight of the East, you stand accused of mayhems that have placed our brotherhood in jeopardy, before your peers, masons and doctors both.” “I have no peers here present.” 1888 saw a series of murders and mutilations that shocked the world and gave us one of the most infamous killers in history.... Continue Reading →
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