Book Reviews

CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE – TPB Written by Tom Waltz Artwork by Casey Maloney, Jon Alderink Published by IDW Publishing & Charlie Foxtrot Entertainment Publication Date: 2008 Format: Color – 128 pages Price: $15.99 Revenge, retribution and renewal. Children of the Grave is all those things in this TPB reissued release from IDW Publishing. While most horror driven reads focus …

CHIMERIC MACHINES Written by Lucy A. Snyder Published by Creative Guy Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 92 pages Price: $10.95 “You sigh, suffer mutely, stare at the tube, pray for the weather and ponder the razor.” Sometimes, as someone with a varied taste in my word soups, I find myself in a bit of a quagmire as a …

CHOICES IN THE AFTERLIFE, WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHERE WE CAN GO AFTER DEATH (PAPERBACK) Written by Gretchen Vogel Edited by Ray David Published by Choices Publishing Publication Date: 2007 Format: Black /White – 256 pages Price: $14.95 Gretchen Vogel provides a light hearted approach to the telling of details in the after life. She explains that she has …

CASTAWAYS Written by Brian Keene Published by Leisure Fiction Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 285 pages Price: $7.99 CASTAWAYS-a reality show of pure terror Once again, Brian Keene has made a name for himself. There’s a reason why he’s a master of the horror genre. His latest novel Castaways is that reason. After just finished reading his latest …

BONESHAKER Written by Cherie Priest Published by: TOR Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 416 pages Price: $15.99 “The Naamah Darling drifted past the station’s clock tower a little too close for comfort. The blank face of a clock as big as a bedroom stared dully back at them, no mechanisms to make it keep the time and …

BITE MARKS: A VAMPIRE TESTAMENT (PAPERBACK) Written by Terrence Taylor Published by St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 400 pages Price: $14.99 “‘Everybody loves vampires!’ Lori didn’t. She didn’t see the mystery and glamour everyone else did, just thinly veiled sadomasochism, fake fangs, and mechanical bats.” Blame Anne Rice. Blame Anita Blake. Blame Stephanie Meyer. Blame …

BAD KIDS GO TO HELL Written by Matt Spradlin, Barry “Bazza” Wernick Published by Antarctic Press Artwork by Anthony Vargas. Chris Allen Publication Date: 2010 Format: colo – 132 Pages Price: $14.99 Go ahead, it’s ok to say it. How many folks started to instantly make comparisons to the film “Breakfast Club”. Maybe in spirit at least with a group …

ARMAGEDDON NOW: THE END OF THE WORLD A TO Z (PAPERBACK) Written by Jim Willis, Barbara Willis Published by Visible Ink Press Publication Date: 2006 Format: Black /White – 464 pages Price: $24.95 “Armageddon Now: The End of the World A to Z” is a 464 page book set up encyclopedia style with the focus of Armageddon as the overview …

ANCESTOR Written by Scott Sigler Published by: Crown Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 432 pages Price: $24.99 Scott Sigler’s 2007 novel, ANCESTOR, was originally produced exclusively in audio format and, at that time, became the world’s most-popular “podcast novel”. A serialized audio book delivered in 20 weekly episodes played to an initial audience of more than 30,000 …

AFRAID Written by Jack Kilborn Published by Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 384 pages Price: $6.99 If you’re looking for a good summer read and are in the mood for in your face horror, then look no further than Afraid a terrifying novel written by Jack Kilborn. I read the book and was very much impressed …

CITY OF DUST: A PHILIP KHROME STORY #4 (COMIC) Written by Steve Niles Art by ZID, GARRIE GASTONNY and BRANDON CHNG Published by Radical Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 28 pages Price: $2.99 City of Dust: A Philip Khrome Story is set in a dystopian future, a cross between Blade Runner and Fahrenheit 451. Phillip Khrome is a …

COMEDY-HORROR FILMS: A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY, 1914-2008 (PAPERBACK) Written by Bruce G. Hallenbeck Published by Mcfarland Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 255 pages Price: $39.95 If you’ve spent some time collecting, reading or purchasing the vast variety of horror film books, you already know that to some extent certain aspects have been oversaturated. Take for instance, zombie film books …

APARTMENT 14F Written by Christian Saunders Published by Damnation Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W Price: $4.50 Apartment 14F was quite the change of pace from most the horror I read. Typically I prefer my reading full of gore and monsters. This tidy novelette is a well written ghost story that merges ancient Chinese culture with the modern day Internet …

AUTOPSYROTICA Artwork by Chad Michael Ward Written by Chad Michael Ward Edited by Travis Anderson & Jenn Stetson Published by NBM Publishing Publication Date: 2006 Format: Full Color / Duotone, 80 pages Price: $17.95 The 2nd art visual offering from artists/ photographer Chad Michael Ward is an intriguing collection indeed. First the odd name which I translate into Erotic photography …

CITY OF THE DEAD Written by Briane Keene Published by Leisure Books Publication Date: 2005 Format: Black /White – 357 pages Price: $7.99 There are rarely any horror novel sequels that live up to the original masterpiece written by a man who knows the genre he’s writing about. The sequel I’m referring to is, City of the Dead, a follow-up …