PULLING A TRAIN
Another “new” collection by Harlan Ellison consisting of (very) old stories
PRISONER 489
A nifty exercise in old school horror by the inimitable Joe R. Lansdale
THE PRESERVE
This tough, gore-packed blow-out combines breakneck action with unflinching horror
THE POWER
CARRIE, SCANNERS and quite a few other psychic horror fests are prefigured in this novel, the first by the famed pulp novelist Frank M. Robinson
PORTRAIT OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN HIS CHATEAU
A profoundly vile piece of work that I’ve long wanted to read. L’ANGLAIS DECRIT DANS LE CHATEAU FERME was initially published in Paris (under the pseudonym Pierre Morion) back in 1953, and then banned for over 25 years
POISONING EROS
A reading experience as nasty and cathartic as any you’ll have
PLAY LITTLE VICTIMS
In tried-and-true ANIMAL FARM fashion, this provocative novella relates a metaphoric fable of the animal world with more than a hint of the satiric nastiness of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”
PIG
Nobody had a better grasp of life in rural Australia than the late Kenneth Cook, and that knowledge is put to good use in the harsh and brutal PIG
THE PINES
A mighty good book: tough-minded, smart and even somewhat poetic
PIN
Andrew Neiderman, who as of 2010 has published more than 100 novels, can be frustratingly inconsistent, but when he’s “on” he’s hard to beat