Thanks to Little Red Reviewer for giving me this idea. Basically, the idea is to grab five books off my bookshelf, take a picture of them and post it here, and open up the discussion. If you read this post, take a look at the books listed below and drop a comment. Have you read…
Author: S. D. Vassallo
Kicking Off Women in Horror Month
It’s February 1st, and Women in Horror Month has begun. I’m starting my celebration of all the talented women horror writers out there with Devil’s Call, by J. Danielle Dorn. At this moment, I’m only a few pages into the novel, but already I’m loving this story. My attention was captured from the very first…
Black Wings
I just finished reading Black Wings by Megan Hart, and I have to say it was a damned good read. The premise is one I’ve seen before; genius kid turns evil and cooks up a wicked scheme of some sort or other. However, while the overall theme might not be original, I thought Hart did…
Thirteen Reads for Women in Horror Month
A little over a week to go till we begin the 2019 Women in Horror Month, and I am excited! I’ve been compiling a list of books to read, review and promote as part of the celebration of WIHM at my blog. It was a challenge compiling this list; there are just so many talented…
Review of The Haunting of Henderson Close
I opened up a package a couple of weeks ago to find several advance reading copies sent my way from Flame Tree Press. One of the novels in the box was The Haunting of Henderson Close, by Catherine Cavendish. I took it and the other books and put them on the bookshelf down in my…
My Favorite Reads of 2018
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…
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…
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