2013: Bedlam in Print
Here we have the latest (admittedly quite belayed) installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s horror-minded publications
TRICK ‘R’ TREAT
The resurrection of the horror anthology film format was kicked off in part by this Halloween-set five-parter from 2007
WEIRD BUSINESS
Joe R. Lansdale, the chief editor of this ambitious graphic anthology, proclaims it “one of the most unusual and outstanding books ever done in the field of comics.” I’m not entirely sure I agree
The BOOKS OF BLOOD at 30
It was sometime in 1986 that a certain horror-obsessed pre-teen—me, to be exact—came across a paperback entitled VOLUME ONE OF CLIVE BARKER’S BOOKS OF BLOOD
2012: Bedlam in Print
Publishing-wise 2012 contained more than its share of good, and sometimes even great, books
2011: Bedlam in Print
For fiction, 2011 was an only slightly better year than it was for movies—and cinematically it was a pretty rotten year
2010: Bedlam in Print
2010? It was a mediocre year for movies but for books it was a little better
2009: Bedlam in Print
To those who claim the horror story/novel is dead—or the horror novel is worn out, or fiction in general is dead, or whatever—I’ve got this to say: you haven’t been paying attention
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output
2007: Bedlam in Print
2007 is over. A good year? For horror literature I’d say yes, it was