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
THE VANISHMENT
Fans of England’s Jonathan Aycliffe (a.k.a. Daniel Easterman) rate this 1994 novel among his finest work. That may well be true, but I’m not entirely sold on THE VANISHMENT
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
2004: The Year in Bedlam
2004: it’s been quite a year
TWENTIETH CENTURY GHOSTS
A mighty impressive debut from an assured and wholly individual voice
TRANSPARENT LOVERS
A minor novella, but a fun one nonetheless, a comedic noir pastiche about a private dick investigating an unsolved murder: his own!
THE SHINING (Book)
Regarding Stephen King’s “masterpiece” THE SHINING, I part ways with most of the horror community
SIGHT UNSEEN
A graphic novel that unfortunately represents another case of a good book that’s been perilously overrated
THE SHADOWS OF SALAMANCA
A graphic novel from Europe whose bent will be recognizable to Euro comic aficionados; the storytelling rarely follows any traditional rules and the sex and violence are unusually graphic