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.
KING STACH’S WILD HUNT
Don’t you hate it when an apparent supernatural thriller cops out by explaining away its horrors with a rational explanation? That’s the case with this novel, apparently the most popular by Belarussian author Uladzimir Karatkievic (1930-1984).
THE ISLAND (T. M. Wright)
This was the book that turned me onto the work of T.M. Wright.
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Book)
There’s an excellent reason THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is held in such high regard now, over fifty years after its initial publication.
THE GHOST PIRATES
THE GHOST PIRATES contains all of Hodgson’s attributes–a compelling ocean-set narrative, a presentation of supernatural phenomena that was many years (if not decades) ahead of its time, and a most unique descriptive power–in its short and concentrated account of the Mortezestus, a ship besieged by spectral “pirates.”
GASTON LEROUX’S PHANTOM STORIES
In truth, however, only one of the nine Leroux stories collected here is PHANTOM related: “The Real Opera Ghost,” a nonfiction account of the actual crimes that inspired the novel.
THE FOG
That’s appropriate, as THE FOG is far and away the best of the bunch. For that matter, I feel it’s one of Etchison’s best novels, period.