LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN
LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN never got the attention it should have, but it’s one of the standout books of its type
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
A novelization that replicates the unfettered spirit of its Joe Dante directed source
MALEVIL
Believe me when I tell you that this 1970s relic is one of the absolute best after-the-bomb novels in existence
TESTAMENT
One of the most relentless thrillers of all time, and, if you ask me, the finest of David Morrell’s novels
A JOURNEY IN THE PHANTASMAGORICAL GARDEN OF APPARITIO ALBINUS
In the category of Raymond Roussel/H.P. Lovecraft/Clark Ashton Smith inspired oddities this quasi-graphic novel definitely stands out
THE INFINITE MAN
This was the first collection by the late William Relling, Jr.—or would have been, at least, had its publisher not gone belly-up before THE INFINITE MAN’S scheduled 1989 publication
TORTURED SOULS
A McFarlane Toy line doesn’t exactly sound like a promising beginning for a novelette by Clive Barker, but what Barker turned out here is one of his most memorable books in some time
THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS
This book, France’s answer to THE TURNER DIARIES, is the current bible of America’s alt-right movement
THE VEGETARIAN
Definitely a unique creation: a Kafkaesque horror story, a naturalistic family saga and a brutal critique of social norms in South Korea
TENDERNESS
A disappointment from Robert Cormier (1925-2000), the greatest young adult novelist of the last century