Horror/Dark Fantasy
a book that lends itself to horror or fantasy or a dark nature
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SNOWBLIND – Christopher Golden
I’ve said it before … sustaining horror/terror through an entire novel is extremely difficult. Author Christopher Golden works hard to create a unique horror story, is often successful, but over-all the book felt a bit flat. A dozen years ago, a small New England town was hit with a tremendous storm in which people went missing and stories… Continue reading
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ARTFUL – Peter David
If Charles Dickens wrote horror fiction today, he would have written something very much like this. I must admit that when I requested and downloaded this book, I did so first because I recognize author Peter David as being a fine writer, and second because I thought that this might be a novel focussing more… Continue reading
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THE STRAIN – graphic novel
It’s not often that I get an uncomfortable feeling when reading a graphic novel, but The Strain, Volume 1 is appropriately eerie. Based on a novel, and possibly a film or television series (I’m not entirely certain) created by Guillermo del Toro, The Strain twists the vampire legend back into something darker and more in… Continue reading
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THE GHOST PRISON – Joseph Delany
This was one of the older books in my to-be-read queue. Had I realized what a quick, short read it was, I’m sure I would have gotten to it much sooner. With not even 100 pages, and much of that filled with art, the reading is extremely quick. And that is sort of a problem. I love… Continue reading
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THE WRAITH – graphic novel
I like a good horror story, and I clearly enjoy graphic novels, so I thought that this would be right up my alley, but … well … I’m still not entirely sure what to make of this. I’ve been thinking on it for a few days now. I know nothing about the background of author… Continue reading
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THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE – Jonathan Stroud
I don’t know what took me so long to read this book (other than I’m really backed up with Advanced Reading Copies), but now that I’ve read it, I can’t wait to dig in to book number two (which just recently appeared in my ARC queue). Author Jonathan Stroud has created an alternate England that… Continue reading
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THE EXTINCTION PARADE, VOL 1 – graphic novel
Max Brooks, perhaps best known for his novel World War Z, is playing with zombies again, this time pairing them with another form of fiend — the vampire. A pair of female, Asian vampires, who’ve been around for a long time, delight in the uprising of the zombies. Watching them slaughter humans who have no… Continue reading
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AMERICAN VAMPIRE, VOL. 6 – graphic novel
Well…this just didn’t work for me. In part, it’s my own fault — I didn’t catch on that this was a collection of short works with a vampire theme, so of course when the story switched characters and drastically switched art, I was lost. That’s when I stepped back and checked to see what I… Continue reading
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GHOSTED, VOLUME 1: HAUNTED HEIST – graphic novel
Ghosted is a supernatural/horror graphic novel that really delivers. The story follows Jackson T. Winters, a criminal currently in prison. Winters is busted out of prison by a female gun-for-hire at the orders of a wealthy collector. The collector wants Winters to steal something — probably the most unusual object he’s ever been asked to… Continue reading
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ROACHKILLER AND OTHER STORIES – R. Narvaez
From urban noir, to urban dark fantasy, to simple, urban gut fiction (that fiction which shows us the underbelly of society), R. Narvaez’s collection, Roachkiller and other Stories, is simply good writing. Two things struck me as I read this collection: 1) Narvaez is a really good writer, and 2) there’s a very strong ‘street’… Continue reading
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HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS – graphic novel
I think that Hellboy is one of the most unique and creative comic book characters to have appeared in a very, very long time. Hellboy: The Midnight Circus is a nice little allegorical tale, not unlike that of Pinocchio, in which a young Hellboy runs away from the safety of his home and visits a… Continue reading
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