FLOATING DRAGON
This sprawling novel was intended as a “temporary farewell” to the supernatural fare with which author Peter Straub had made his fortune
NULL IMMORTALIS
As a summation of all things Nemonymous I’m unsure how this volume rates (not having read the first seven installments), but as an example of the ineffable strangeness that defines these books it’s first rate.
The Night Cache
A recent entry in PS Publishing’s Holiday Chapbook series, it’s neither profound nor Earth-shaking, but leaves a mark nonetheless.
THE NEW NEIGHBOR
Certainly THE NEW NEIGHBOR showcases nearly all its author’s strengths…and, yes, a few of his weaknesses.
NECROPOLIS
An extended prose poem masquerading as a horror novella, this is a wondrously strange, occasionally gruesome tale, somewhat reminiscent of the poetic horror fests of T.M. Wright but very much the product of the extremely gifted John Urbanicik.
MIDWINTERBLOOD
It’s really too bad about this book, a young adult novel with a complexity and ambition you don’t usually find in such fare, but which ultimately fails to reach its full potential.
MERKABAH RIDER: TALES OF A HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
This is the first of Edward M. Erdelac’s MERKABAH RIDER series of weird westerns.
LUNAR PARK
In which literary darling Bret Easton Ellis, who previously roiled the horror community with AMERICAN PSYCHO, takes another swipe at the scary stuff.
LOVE SONG
LOVE SONG is part of the pornographic cycle penned by the famous sci-fi author Philip Jose Farmer, and easily the best of the bunch.
LOCKE AND KEY: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT
The opening scenes of LOCKE AND KEY are somewhat chaotic and confusing, but the narrative gradually sharpens itself into a streamlined tale of terror with the forward drive of a good novel.