Books

DEAD MAN HOLIDAY #2-3 (COMIC) Written by Colin Panetta Art by Colin Panetta, Chris Fillhart, Brandon Dawley, Jeremy Gregory Published by DEAD MAN HOLIDAY Publication Date: 2008 Format: B/W Price: $3.99 Dead Man Holiday is a comic that never wants to stray from the words weird and subversive. The artist and writer, Colin Panetta, states that he hates exposition and …

DEAD OF NIGHT: DEVIL-SLAYER #1-4 (TPB) Author Briane Keen Published by Marvel Comics Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 96 pages Price: $14.00 In the interest of full disclosure, I should start this off by admitting that I have never read any of the original Devil-Slayer books or any of the ones in which the character was featured. Truth be …

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES: DAWN OF THE DREADFULS Written by Steve Hockensmith Published by Quirk Classics Publication Date: 2010 Format: B&W – 288 Pages Price: $12.95 The zombies have returned to wreak havoc on the Bennet Family! Or, let me rephrase: the zombies have returned for Mr. Bennet, leaving the father more than eager to ready his daughters for …

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION: BRASS IN POCKET (MASS MARKET PAPERBACK) Author Jeff Mariotte Published by Pocket Star Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 336 pages Price: $7.99 As you may or may have not known, the hit television series, CSI Crime Scene Investigation has become the basis for a series of novels. The latest being, Brass in Pocket (323 pages), …

DEAD FUTURE #2 (COMIC) Writers: Sebastian Piccione, Candy Hart, Daniel Palmer Artists: Martinho Abreu, Julio Falkenhagen, Juha Veltti Letters: Martin Brandt II, Juha Veltti Publisher: Grim Crew Publication Date: 2009 Format: 40 pages Price: $3.99 ” The stories of undeath continue in anthology two. These tales of the undead, arisen to devour the living, leaving nothing but a wasteland behind …

DARK DELICACIES ISSUE #1 (COMIC) written by F. Paul Wilson, Steve Niles, Joe R. Lansdale and Neal Barrett Jr., Published by IDW Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color Price: $3.99 Dark Delicacies is the first edition from the IDW line of comics to come our way. Set up like “Tales from he Crypt” each edition is designed to feature 2 horror …

DEAD OF NIGHT #1-4 (Comics) Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Artist: ‘Kano’ #1, Brian Denham #2, Javier Saltares #3 From Max Comics (Marvel Comics adult line) Publication Date: 2008 Format: Full Color, 22 pages Price: $3.99 Ted Sallis lives in Citrusville Florida. Or at least he lived there when he was human. Ted is a renown Biologist/Chemist working to create something called …

A Haunted Halloween by Paul Melniczek Introduction Wicked Treats By The Light…Of The Sinister Moon Effortless Celebrate With Us Reunion The Last Ride (A Halloween Treat) October Haze Within These Bindings The Invited Tricks The Attic Door Publishers Afterword Artwork by Frank Walls Wicked Treats Reunion October Haze The Attic Door Halloween. The name itself conjures up a witch’s brew …

DARK HOLLOW Written by Brian Keene Published by Leisure Books Publication Date: 2008 Format: Color – 305 pages Price: $7.99 I’d resisted reading any book by Bram Stoker Award winner Brian Keene since I happened across one of his short stories on the internet back in 2002 and vowed never to repeat the error. Then this book review assignment hit …

CRYSTAL BAY Author Brandon Ford Published by Arctic Wolf Publishing Publication Date: 2007 Format: Black /White – 308 pages Price: $13.95 What one would do for immortality? Gage is an aspiring novelist, he’s stuck in a dead end job grading senior English papers and is married to someone he loves more than anything. As the summer finally arrived, Gage had …

THING’S UNDONE Written and Illustrated by Shane White Published by NBM Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: 2 Color, 80 pages Price: $12.95 Rick Is frustrated with the drudgery of the day to day. He can’t seem to get along with his co-workers, he can’t seem to fit in the way he’s expected and he has grown weary of the corporate …

DEAD SEA Author Briane Keene Published by Leisure Books Publication Date: 2004 Format: Black /White – 337 pages Price: $7.99 Unlike the previous two zombie books Author Brian Keene, Dead Sea is written a little bit differently than The Rising and City of the Dead. The terror is still there; this book focuses on a different character named Lamar Reed. …

DEAD AMERICA Author Luke Keioskie Published by Severed Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black & White – 209 pages Price: $13.95 “I charge gray Gary J, Slam him against the wall, start kicking the crap out of him, beating him for all the sh*t I’ve seen, all the calls I’ve come to where girls are killed for their undead ass, …

DEATHMASK Author Graham Masterton Published by Leisure Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W- 323 pages Price: $7.99 I’ve never read any of Graham Masterton’s books before. When I picked up Death Mask at Barnes and Noble, I was definitely in for a treat. The story was very well written and the idea of it was something fresh, something that we …

DAY BY DAY ARMAGEDDON Author J.L. Bourne Published by Permuted Press Publication Date: 2004 Format: Black /White – 260 pages Price: $14.95 I’m starting to think that I should hop off the bandwagon and stop talking so much sh*t about zombie fiction. I’ll admit that on the movie front, it has been killed completely… head shot and all. But I’ve …