The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck
A strange, rather morbid mystery that in recent years has received attention doubtless due to the many bizarre and grotesque elements author Alexander Laing includes.
BY SANCTION OF THE VICTIM
A docu-novel based on the notorious 1965 Sylvia Likens murder, and an object lesson, I believe, in how not to write such a book.
BY REASON OF INSANITY
The greatest serial killer novel ever written, period
Burn Witch Burn!
Fantasy specialist Abraham Merritt (author of classics like THE MOON POOL, THE FACE IN THE ABYSS and DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE) took a break from his usual extravagant lost-race fare for this excursion in straightforward horror. While not a masterpiece, BURN WITCH BURN! is an eminently readable book in the best Merritt tradition.
BRUJO
The impressive debut novel by the late William Relling, Jr.
THE BROKEN MAN
This novella is an adroit skewering of Hollywood mores, as well as an astute portrait of Bush-era America
THE BRAHAN SEER
An assured and compelling fictional account of “Scotland’s Nostradamus”
THE BOY WHO STOLE ATTILA’S HORSE
Yet another example of the truism that the most potent horror fiction isn’t always categorized as such
THE BOOK OF SKULLS
In its depiction of early 1970s youth culture THE BOOK OF SKULLS is dense and not a little cynical, with a concentration on psychedelics and higher states of consciousness
A BOOK OF BARGAINS
The premiere work of fiction by an author who seems destined to be known forevermore as a “friend of Oscar Wilde.”