Book Reviews

THE RESONANCE KEY: EXPLORING THE LINKS BETWEEN VIBRATION, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE ZERO POINT GRID (PAPERBACK) by Marie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman Published by New Page Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 256 pages Price: $15.99 As we dig deeper into the collected universe of science versus fiction, we uncover several other means to an end. Such ideas and …

ElecLENORE: WEDGIES (COLOR EDITION) (HARDCOVER) Written by Roman Dirge Published by Titan Books Publication Date: 2010 Format: Color – 128 pages Price: $17.95 Lenore, Lenore….call it a guilty pleasure. Or maybe a childish Goth in us all. Or maybe it’s just the morbid fascination of this little cute but deadly cartoon. I think she echoes a certain sense in us …

UNABRIDGED, UNABASHED AND UNDEAD Written by Eric S. Brown Published by Library of the Living Dead Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 240 Pages Price: $14.95 Since I have begun reviewing books for this killer horrornews.net monster I have been exposed to all kinds of killer authors and their wonderfully brutal stories. As I am human I picked my …

THE WEREWOLF’S GUIDE TO LIFE: A MANUAL FOR THE NEWLY BITTEN (PAPERBACK) Author Ritch Duncan, Bob Powers Published by Broadway Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black & White – 256 pages Price: $13.99 If any a time for Werewolf books, I suppose now is the time with a fresh re-release of “An American Werewolf in London” out on shelves. Which I’m …

THE LIVING DREAD Author T. L. Fletcher Published by: Self published Publication Date: 2010 Format: Black /White Price: $NA Remember the scary stories you used to tell when you were a kid? Around the campfire, at slumber parties, when you stayed up much too late and gave yourself the shivers? T.L. Fletcher’s The Living Dread is what those stories wanted …

Robert Aickman (1914-1981) described his stories as ‘strange.’ Probably because no other word quite does them justice. Interestingly, he came from a rich horror heritage, his grandfather Richard Marsh having been a rival in popularity to Bram Stoker with his occult novel, The Beetle. But, during his life, Aickman was known as much for his conservation work on British waterways …

THE VISUAL EFFECTS ARSENAL: VFX SOLUTIONS FOR THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER (PAPERBACK) Author Bill Byrne Published by Focal Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black / White / color images – 288 pages Price: $49.95 As the interest in movie making and film creation projects increase in the market, there becomes a demand for more books focused on training folks to accomplish …

THE PINES Author Robert Dunbar Published by Leisure Books Publication Date: 2008 Format: Black /White – 333 pages Price: $7.99 STAY OUT OF THE PINES! There are many legends that are told around certain parts of the world, some of these legends are unbelievable. When we hear about the Pine Barrens in New Jersey, a thought comes to our mind. …

Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary: The A-Z Guide to Staying Alive [Paperback] Dr. Dale loves the zombies…and if I must say, has picked a pretty good time to write about them in the present day gaggle of zombie films, books and walking dead infatuations. This isn’t the first I’ve seen books in this same theme but each brings to the table …

AN A TO Z OF THE OCCULT (SIMON COX’S A TO Z) by Simon Cox (Author), Mark Foster (Author) Published by Mainstream Publishing Publication Date: 2008 Format: Black /White (with some color inserts) 240 pages Price: $24.95 How about some occult training in shorter doses? The latest book by author Simon Cox & Mark Foster offers just that . A …

UNBOUND AND OTHER TALES Author David Dunwoody Published by Library of Horror Press Publication Date: 2010 Format: Black /White – 188 pages Price: $14.95 David Dunwoody is the talented author of one of my favorite zombie novels, Empire. I can honestly say Unbound and Other Tales takes all the things I loved from Empire and spreads them out over a …

TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD Author Travis Adkins Published by Permuted Press Publication Date: 2006 Format: B&W Price: $15.95 “She Brought up her own arm up to her face to study it under the sunlight. It was blue and cold. Frantically, she pressed her palms to her cheeks and felt that they, too, were cold. She looked down at herself to …

AN UNDEAD WEDDING Written by James H. Lucas Published by PublishAmerica Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 166 Pages Price: $19.95 An Undead Wedding is a totally unabashed zombie comedy. Now, don’t get me wrong there is piles and piles of gore and violence as is required in zombie fiction. The difference is even the gore and death is there …

VICIOUS VERSES AND REANIMATED RYHMES Edited By A.P. Fuchs Published by Coscom Entertainment Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black & White – 144 pages Price: $13.95 “While most people plan For fire and flood, earthquakes Winters, acts of God You plot a course For the day Someone meddles- The day Some new Frankenstein Raises the dead.” -“Zombie Attack Escape Plan”, Claire …

VICTORIAN UNDEAD #1 (COMIC) Writer: Ian Edginton Artist: Davide Fabbri Cover: Tony Moore Publisher: Wildstorm Publication Date: 2009 Format: Full Color – 24 pages Price: $2.99 “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Those are the words of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the world’s first consulting detective, yet even he finds his skills …