Books

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 …

CREEPY IMAGES – VOL #3 Published by Kessler & Benzel Gbr Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 48 pages Price: $9.50 Well, hopefully your aren’t new to this fine little well printed read…but if you are, you may want to pick up there 2 back issues as well. Creepy Images is the creation of T. Benxel who has such a …

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 …

CREEPY IMAGES – VOL #1 Published by Kessler & Benzel Gbr Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 48 pages Price: $9.50 Who says good things don’t come in small packages? I beg to differ as today I received a rather cute and tidy read called “Creepy Images” in the mail. In this first volume you get 48 pages or cool …

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 …

CHURCH OF HELL – ISSUE#3 (COMIC) Writer: Alan Grant Pencils & Inks: Glen Fabry Covers: Clint Langley, Rich Buckler Letters & Colors: Ryan Brown From: Beserker Comics Publication Date: 2010 Format: Full Color – 24 pages Price: $3.99 “Dom Ragnar hoped that his troubles were almost over, that his horrific nightmare was at last coming to an end. But Satan …

BLOOD LUST ROMANCE (PAPERBACK) Written by Creep Creepersin Published by Dark Myth Publications Publication Date: 2007 Format: Black & White- 122 pages Price: $10.96 Blood Lust Romance is a fairly short book about five criminals and what happens to them on one given day as they decide to rob a house. Hint: things do not go exactly as planned, to …

BLACK RUST Artwork by Chad Michael Ward Written by Chad Michael Ward Published by NBM Publishing Publication Date: 2003 Format: Full Color 96 pages Price: $19.95 A fine collection of dark visual tales, experimentation and continuity. Chad Michael Ward’s first book and my particular favorite of his 3. As each release slightly differs in themes and approaches, it was this …

Issue: Driver for the Dead #2 Created, Written: John Heffernan Pencils, Inks: Leonardo Manco Paints: Kinsun Loh, Jerry Choo Letters: Todd Klein Editor: Renae Geerlings Publisher: Radical Publishing Release Date: September 2010 Pages: 56 Price: $4.99 “After successfully retrieving the body of Mose Freeman, Alabaster Graves and Mose’s great-grandaughter Marissa Freeman are headed back to New Orleans to give the …