Well, it’s the end of the year, and book-wise, 2018 was awesome. I found many new authors and books and have managed to compile a to-be-read list of novels and collections that will keep me busy for the next couple of years at least. Looking back, here are some of my favorite stories from the…
Month: December 2018
Mayan Blue: A Bloody Good Tale
2018, book-wise, has been an interesting year for me. I’ve ‘discovered’ lots of new authors and novels I hadn’t heard of before. As far as horror fiction went, in the past my reading largely consisted of the old stuff, by Lovecraft, Poe, Bierce, Bloch, Blackwood, and other like authors. My knowledge of contemporary authors…
Coyote Songs: A Tale of Savage Beauty
Several weeks ago, I was listening to an episode of the Three Guys With Beards podcast, and one of the guys mentioned he was reading Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias. The praise he gave the book, and the tidbits he mentioned piqued my curiosity, and I proceeded to Amazon to check out the novel. …
Bird Box: Josh Malerman Delivers, and Then Some
Last night, I finished reading Bird Box by Josh Malerman, and all I can say is…Damn. Just, damn. A little about myself, in regards to horror fiction. I grew up reading the classics: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Bloch, and others from that era. Contemporary horror fiction, save…
Horror and Me Part One: The Finger From the Chest
Do you remember the first scary story you ever read? Can you remember where you read it? I do. It was a fiendishly frightening tale titled The Calamander Chest by Joseph Payne Brennan, and it was in an anthology titled Ghosts and Ghastlies, edited by Helen Hoke (more on her later). The book was one…
The Journey Begins…
It’s December, and the end of the year is nigh. Outside my window, a new day emerges. The sky is gray with a promise of snow flurries. A few twisted branches, dark silhouettes in the morning sky, stretch like gnarled fingers outside the window next to my desk. Though the morning seems dull and dreary…
“For Emmy”: A Beautifully Written Lovecraftian Horror Tale
Several weeks ago, while checking out the Project Entertainment website’s list of podcasts, I came across Cosmic Shenanigans, hosted by Mary SanGiovanni, and quickly subscribed to it. The podcast promised to be an exploration of the cosmic horror sub-genre. Between then and now, I’ve listened to several of the archived episodes. One of those episodes…
S.D. Vassallo 