Monday, November 28, 2011

The Ultimate Horror Collection, Volume 1 (57 Books)

The Ultimate Horror Collection, Volume 1 (57 Books) Review



Thousands of pages of classic horror are collected in this large Kindle collection. An active table of contents is included to make it easy to navigate to the work you are looking for.

Authors and works include:

Bram Stoker
The Burial of the Rats
The Chain of Destiny
Crooken Sands
The Crystal Cup
Dracula
Dracula's Guest
The Dualitists, or, the Death Doom of the Double Born
In the Valley of the Shadow
The Invisible Giant
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Judges House
The Lady of the Shroud
The Lair of the White Worm, The Garden of Evil
The Man
The Red Stockade, A Story Told by the Old Coast-Guard
A Star Trap
Under the Sunset
The Watter's Mou'
The Wondrous Child

Ambrose Bierce
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Black Beetles in Amber
Can Such Things Be?
A Cynic Looks at Life, Little Blue Book #1099
The Damned Thing
The Devil's Dictionary
Fantastic Fables
The Fiend's Delight
The Parenticide Club
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays
Shapes of Clay
A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky
Write It Right, A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Evil Eye
Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus
The Heir of Mondolfo
The Invisible Girl
The Last Man
Mathilda
The Mortal Immortal
Valperga or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

Thomas Love Peacock
Crotchet Castle
Gryll Grange
Headlong Hall
Maid Marian
Nightmare Abbey

William Hope Hodgson
The Boats of the 'Glen-Carrig'
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
The Case of the Curio Dealer
The Drum of Saccharine
The Ghost Pirates
The House on the Borderland
Men of the Deep Waters
The Night Land
The Red Herring
The Stone Ship
The Voice in the Night


Friday, November 25, 2011

A Little Girl In My Room & Other Stories

A Little Girl In My Room & Other Stories Review



A Little Girl in my Room & Other Stories is a collection of dark flash fiction by Claire Farrell. This book is Rated R: Adults Only. Some may find the themes addressed disturbing. Content includes child abuse, rape, suicide, murder and violence.

This dark fiction collection contains 12 short stories:

Skeleton in the Closet and Childlike Bride - What happens to the vulnerable when they are taken advantage of then abandoned?

A Friend – A lonely ghost bears witness to a Halloween prank that ends in tragedy.

Frozen and Frozen in Reverse – Parallel stories detailing an attack in the words of the victim and then the rapist.

Ready or Not – What’s your idea of hell?

Justice – The lengths the heartbroken will go to for justice . . . or revenge.

Forever Young – Sometimes regrets come too late.

Peace, Deals, A Great Day, A Little Girl in my Room – Four offerings of the supernatural kind.


Saturday, November 19, 2011

The Takeover

The Takeover Review



Chance Fordham is offered a dream job: a six figure salary and a house in an exclusive neighborhood filled with his coworkers. With no more debt to speak of, this job sounds like a dream come true for Chance and his wife. But soon, what started out sounding perfect degrades into a horrifying microcosm of terror. His job is not what it seems. The Company is evil. He just never knew HOW evil.


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Warning -- Read these Horror Tales at Your Own Risk! Illustrated & Annotated

Warning -- Read these Horror Tales at Your Own Risk! Illustrated & Annotated Review



Revised Edition Includes:

• 10 original illustrations/ photograph in revised edition.
• Commentary by Anthology’s editor Chet Dembeck on works of Algernon Blackwood.

Foreword:

Unique yet primitive male and female vampires, chilling hauntings, horrific gods from mythologies and monsters more ghastly than your vivid imagination can conjure are the kind of vintage horror stories I have carefully culled for all you true hardcore horror fans!

They are written by the masters, many of whom have been long forgotten by the i-Pod generation, but their cold, terrorizing tales are guaranteed to permeate your soul with real distress and horror that makes reading such tales a chore when sitting alone.

This 372-page “Warning – Read these Horror Tales at Your Own Risk” is for you. Savor its terrifying contents slowly and carefully like the vintage horror wine it is.

Chet Dembeck
Publisher of One


Sunday, November 13, 2011

Ruthless: An Extreme Shock Horror Collection (An Anthology)

Ruthless: An Extreme Shock Horror Collection (An Anthology) Review



"With Ruthless, Shane McKenzie has proved yet again that politesse is overrated, that it's not necessary to be smooth and restrained, that sometimes horror needs to be rough and messy...this is the real deal. Hardcore, kick-ass, take-no-prisoners horror. It's gross, it's disgusting, it's rough, it's raw."-Bram Stoker award-winner Bentley Little This shocking short story collection includes sick and twisted tales by the following disturbed authors: John McNee, Daniel Fabiani, Lucas Pederson, Danny Hill, Jessy Marie Roberts, Shane McKenzie, Jared Donald Blair, Lesley Conner, David Bernstein, AJ Brown, Tom Olbert, Nate Burleigh, John "Jam" Arthur Miller, Thornton Austen, Aaron J. French, Eric Stoveken, Alec Cizak, D. Krauss and Airika Sneve. With introduction by Bentley Little


Saturday, November 12, 2011

Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror

Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror Review



Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror is the ultimate collection of extreme horror from award winning masters and up-and-coming authors of macabre fiction. Authors include John Bruni, Garry Bushell, Ramsey Campbell, Randy Chandler, Tim Curran, Ralph Greco, Jr., C.J. Henderson, Z.F. Kilgore, Sean Logan, Graham Masterton, Angel Leigh McCoy, C. Dennis Moore, Stefan Pearson, Brian Rosenberger, and Jeffrey Thomas.

Witness the history of a sexually rapacious zombie . . . A starving soldier descends into insatiable ghoulism . . . A concentration camp SS guard gets a taste of his own medicine . . . Recycling takes on a whole new grisly meaning when a man obsessed with going green discovers a regenerative serum . . . A man buys his alcoholic mother a bottle of tequila-with the wrong kind of worm . . . An occult detective moves to a town in the Pine Barrens and discovers its sinister past-and his own . . . A tenant gets revenge on a self-centered landlord-with irritating results . . . A fisherman discovers his rival's secret of always getting the biggest catch . . . and much more!

Table of Contents: The Fisherman by Brian Rosenberger, Fungoid by Randy Chandler, Tenant s Rights by Sean Logan, Again by Ramsey Campbell, Maggots by Tim Curran, Going Green by Stefan Pearson, Coquettrice by Angel Leigh McCoy, The Fear in the Waiting by C.J. Henderson, The Worm by John Bruni, Sepsis by Graham Masterton, What You Wish For by Garry Bushell, The Devil Lives in Jersey by Z.F. Kilgore, Rat King by Jeffrey Thomas, The Caterpillar by C. Dennis Moore, Poor Brother Ed or The Man Who Visited by Ralph Greco, Jr.


Friday, November 11, 2011

Apocrypha Sequence: Deviance

Apocrypha Sequence: Deviance Review



Explore the darkness within the human heart ... Set foot inside the morgue at Stratton Memorial Hospital, a place where the scales of life and death have tipped in the wrong direction, and wander the city beyond, where fantasies of sex, drugs, and violence can become frighteningly real. Redemption may be found under a scalpel, in an alley, or sometimes, by embracing the darkest corner of the soul.

The Apocrypha Sequence is a series of dark fantasy collections with interwoven themes and interconnected stories from Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Australia's master of the macabre. Also in the Apocrypha Sequence: Divinity, Inferno, and Insanity.


Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror)

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror) Review



The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection (Year's Best Fantasy & Horror) Feature

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For nearly two decades, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant continue this critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen works ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magic realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and sections on graphic novels, by Charles Vess; on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge; on media, by Ed Bryant; and on music, by Charles de Lint. With a long list of Honorable Mentions, this is an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.
Isabel Allende  
Laird Barron  
Elizabeth Bear   
Andrew Bonia  
Chaz Brenchley  
Tom Brennan  
Jack Cady  
Jennifer Chang
Robert Coover 
Albert E. Cowdrey  
Kelly Everding  
Jeffrey Ford   
Theodora Goss 
Elizabeth Hand 
Joe Hill  
Glen Hirshberg  
Pentti Holappa 
Dave Hutchinson  
China Miéville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schäfer 
Sarah Monette 
Ralph Robert Moore 
Adam L.G. Nevill  
Kim Newman 
Reggie Oliver  
Chuck Palahniuk  
Stacey Richter 
Barbara Roden 
Deborah Roggie  
Jay Russell 
Geoff Ryman  
Mark Samuels  
Willa Schneberg  
Nisi Shawl  
Delia Sherman 
Bruce Sterling  
Howard Waldrop 
Daniel Wallace  
Marley Youmans   


Monday, November 7, 2011

The Lighter Side of Darkness: Nine Flash Stories

The Lighter Side of Darkness: Nine Flash Stories Review



Nine brief, lighthearted horror stories.


Saturday, November 5, 2011

SLICE: seven tales of horror ("S" Collection Horror Trilogy)

SLICE: seven tales of horror ("S" Collection Horror Trilogy) Review



Book II of the "S" Collection Horror Trilogy: Seven short stories of horror, from the truly gruesome to dark, historical fantasy.

Forlorn
Struggling with eruptions in his personal life, a college professor suffers from blackouts. What he finds when he wakes is numbing to his soul.

Killing Just for Fun
There are worse things than serial killers, as mass murderer Jimmy Bob Haskins discovers. But who is more damned, the killer or the killer of killers?

Zombie Tears
A brother's last recorded words leave behind a message of anguish and hunger, as well as of warning.

Walking Between the Rain
She stalks the night in search of prey. She considers herself a vampire. But vampires don't really exist. Or do they?

Everyone is Zombies
Zombies are everywhere. And everyone. But if zombies are everyone, where does that leave you?

Interlude in Lombardy
The year is 1892 and in Italy the dark opera Pagliacci has received an encore from its first audience. But is there any truth to the harrowing tale behind the opera? An occultist with mysteries of his own is called upon to find an answer.

Hot Off the Press
What happens when everything you write becomes reality? One newspaper reporter finds out. The hard way. And it is the world which will suffer.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

SEVER, SLICE and STAB: 20 tales of horror

SEVER, SLICE and STAB: 20 tales of horror Review



20 tales of horror, from the historic to the modern:

Day Trip: A couple visiting backwoods Kentucky discovers true evil.

Forlorn: People are being murdered on campus, and one professor suffers blackouts.

Screaming Right to The End: Which is more dangerous? The zombies or us?

The Death of Lester Williams: A dying man recalls a sin from his youth.

Everyone is Zombies: What if you woke up tomorrow and everyone was a zombie?

August: A private eye deals with a ghost that won't leave.

When the Cows Come Home: A farmer's discovery leads to strange goings-on at night on the farm.

Hot Off the Press: A newspaper reporter finds his writing can change reality.

Dark Side of Io: The crew of a spaceship finds itself stranded and facing an ancient evil.

The Happiest Day of Her Life: A former flame shows up on wedding day. With a gun.

Zombie Tears: Even the walking dead have feelings.

The Note: A mother sacrifices all for her children.

Midnight in Oplontis: A year after the eruption of Vesuvius, two men go sifting through the rubble.

Devil and Devil Damned: Exorcism isn't the only way to deal with demon possession.

Where the Baptized Drown: A minister brings his own unique faith to a small Texas town in 1881.

Interlude in Lombardy: The secret behind a famous opera is discovered by a mystic.

Born to Bring Trouble: A biker gang turns on its leader, only he won't stay dead.

Walking Between the Rain: Vampires might not be real, but that doesn't mean there isn't something out there hunting.

Terror in the Flare Lights: A serial killer is forced to face himself.

Killing Just for Fun: A spree killer finally meets his match.

Sever, Slice and Stab is a collection of short stories which gathers together 18 tales published in three separate e-books, the first titled Sever, another titled Slice, and the third titled Stab. Also included are two new stories.