Horror/Dark Fantasy
a book that lends itself to horror or fantasy or a dark nature
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THE WISE FRIEND – Ramsey Campbell
Patrick Torrington had an aunt, Thelma, who was a noted artist. Her work turned quite dark and occult-like, and when the young Patrick visited and stayed with his aunt, he believed that she frequented some magical sites which served as fodder for her art. Now an adult, Patrick discovers Thelma’s journals and he takes his… Continue reading
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DOROTHY MUST DIE – Danielle Paige
Amy Gumm is a young girl from Kansas who finds herself swept up in a tornado and dropped into the land of Oz. Of course she’s familiar with the famous story of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz … who doesn’t know it? But Oz looks different. There’s still a yellow brick road, and… Continue reading
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UNMARKED – Kami Garcia
I had really enjoyed the first book in Kami Garcia’s The Legion series, but it’s definitely been awhile since I read it, so it took me a little while to refresh my memory of the story. Kennedy Waters has joined the Legion – a paranormal organization that fights to defend the world from all manner… Continue reading
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THE LOVECRAFT SQUAD: DREAMING – Stephen Jones, creator
How did I not know about this series until book three?! The premise: There are cultist out there (such as Olde Fellowes and the Esoteric Order of Dagon) who are trying to disrupt Order and they do it by going through dimensions of space and time. There is an organization set up to combat these… Continue reading
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FURY FROM THE TOMB – S.A. Sidor
Romulus Hardy is an academic Egyptologist and now, in 1888, he has made a discovery that could shock the world and give him some great academic recognition. He has found a tomb in Egypt with five undisturbed coffins and a very large sarcophagus. Retrieving these, however, seems dangerous as all on the expedition but Romulus… Continue reading
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IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDRIFT HOUSE – Mira Grant
If you were trying to combine the talents of H.P Lovecraft and Shirley Jackson you might very well get a story a lot like In the Shadow of Spindrift House, a dark coming of age story. Harlowe Upton-Jones is at the end of her teen years. She’s grown up tough, always asking questions and digging for… Continue reading
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RABID HEART – Jeremy Wagner
I will say right up front that the primary reason I requested this book is because of the great cover. If you grew up enjoying pulp fiction, you will know that often the covers were the doorway to fabulous action and intensity. If you could picture the hero, based on what you saw on the… Continue reading
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MIDDLEGAME – Seanan McGuire
Just when I feel like I’ve gotten Seanan McGuire’s worked pegged, she comes at us with something like Middlegame – something so different and so complex, that while it changes the way I think about her work, it also elevates her status (to me) as a writer capable of expanding her talents and willing to… Continue reading
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DEADLANDS: BONEYARD – Seanan McGuire
It is not a secret that I am a tremendous fan of Seanan McGuire’s work. I think she’s the best urban fantasy and urban horror writer actively working today (under both her name and her pen name Mira Grant). And so, of course, when I see I McGuire/Grant novel available for review I eagerly request… Continue reading
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MAD LIBRARIAN – Michael Guillebeau
A library in a small town in the southern United States has its funding cut by the city and the librarian, Serenity, fights back in an unusual way. There is a slight sense of Catch-22 or M*A*S*H (the book series) humor here, with average people doing absurd things in order to get a positive result,… Continue reading
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THE GLOAMING – ML Worthingham
I receive ARC’s (Advance Reading Copies) in a variety of different ways. In this case the publicist reached out to me and offered the book to me in exchange for a review. I was a little reluctant because I’m quite behind in my ARC reading already, and said that I couldn’t promise timeliness, although the… Continue reading
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SORCERERS OF THE NIGHTWING – Geoffrey Huntington
Growing up, Devon March learned that the monsters in his closet were real – not figments of his imagination – and that he was stronger than those monsters. The latter was something that his father would tell him repeatedly. But when he is orphaned at age fifteen and sent to live with distant family at… Continue reading
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