Horror/Dark Fantasy
a book that lends itself to horror or fantasy or a dark nature
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – Philip J. Riley
THROWBACK THURSDAY This “Making of” book about “The Phantom of the Opera” is a tremendous resource and clearly a work of love by author Philip J. Riley. The term ‘classic’ is much over-used today, which possibly takes away from the importance of the meaning. To say that the 1925 film, The Phantom of the Opera,… Continue reading
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CLOWNFELLAS – Carlton Mellick III
Alright… so ‘bizarro’ fiction has become a “thing.” I mean … I know that there’s been bizarro fiction for a long time (I think I was writing it back in the 80’s), but it hasn’t always had its current classification (it was speculative fiction, with a twist back then). Now it’s its own genre. And… Continue reading
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FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES – Molly Harper
I requested this book because it looked like it might be a quick, entertaining read. I was right. This book is a prequel to a series that is apparently moderately popular (The Half-Moon Hollow series), though I have to admit that I’ve never read any other books in the series. I haven’t even read anything… Continue reading
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VAMPIRES OF MANHATTAN – Melissa de la Cruz
Because in the past I have requested ARC’s of books that are in the middle or the end of a series, I’ve taken care to try not to jump in the middle of a series, but I’m very willing to test the waters of a new series, so when I saw that this was Book… Continue reading
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SHAKESPEARE V LOVECRAFT – D.R. O’Brien
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL A year or so there was a quickly moving fad in fiction to combine existing works of literature with some form of horror stories, whether zombies or vampires or you-name-the-horror. Of this variety, I’ve read through a couple of them and was entertained enough that it wasn’t a complete waste of time. This… Continue reading
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ALICE – Christina Henry
Christina Henry’s Alice is a darkly original look at Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories. In a dark, run-down (some might call it a ‘hole’) town called Old City, a ragged woman named Alice is imprisoned in a hospital (“Her body had grown older but her mind was still trapped at sixteen, still unsure of… Continue reading
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MERCY THOMPSON: HOPCROSS JILLY – graphic novel
I loved this book. I am not at all familiar with author Patricia Briggs or with her character Mercy Thompson, other than through this graphic novel, but I really did enjoy this book. Mercy Thompson is a shapeshifter and an honorary member of a local werewolf pack in this modern world where people with such… Continue reading
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ANDERSONVILLE – Edward M. Erdelac
This is how you write a horror novel. I’ve read a fair number of horror/dark fantasy novels recently, and it seems that I keep repeating the thought that writing and sustaining horror for the length of a novel is extremely difficult, and most of the books I’ve read haven’t quite succeeded in this task. Author… Continue reading
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14 – Peter Clines
I knew nothing about this book, or the author, before digging in to it. And reading it on my Kindle, I didn’t even have the cover copy to give me a hint. What I found inside was as much a surprise as what Nate tucker and friends discover behind the door to room 14! Nate… Continue reading

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