House of Madness
“HOUSE OF LEAVES” by Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000 Danielewski's debut novel is an actual book that does what the fictional Necronomicon of...
Carnival of the Lycanthropes
“WOLF LAND” by Jonathan Janz From the first line, this book grabs your attention and never lets go. Janz has a good eye for...
A Spaceman's Gotta Do What a Spaceman's Gotta Do
“FIVE MOONS: RESURRECTION” by Bill Parker (2016) The book begins with a dry and lengthy history of something called the Union Fleet and...
Apocalypse Clean-Up
“BURN THE DEAD II: PURGE” by Steven Jenkins (2015) In the near future, you'll go to the Cleaners. If you're a zombie. Cleaners are those...
Britain's First Cthulhean Author
COLD PRINT by Ramsey Campbell, 1987 “Cold Print” is a collection of short stories by British horror master, Ramsey Campbell, all on...
Stolen by Steel
ROGUE by Danielle Steel, 2008 As I recall, the conversation with one of my more literate friends went like this: Mike: "Have you ever...
The Doctor is In
John Silence, Physician Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood, 1908 While the John Silence stories might be the victim of the writing style...
Everything's Beachy
“THE BEACH HOUSE” by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge (2002) This book is over a hundred chapters long. But they're all two or three...
Fun With Dead Things
“NECROSCOPE” by Brian Lumley, 1986 I read half a dozen books by Brian Lumley in the early eighties, all on Lovecraftean themes. These...
