Published by Kelsey Zukowski June 2nd, 2010
in Horror BOOKS.
Written By: Richelle Mead (Grade: B+)
Two great Vampire Academy novels in one year; Richelle Mead is on a roll. As the series go along, it just gets better. I’m really not sure which is my favorite of the series, but the newest addition, Spirit Bound, certainly adds to the intrigue that the series has already built. There’s plenty of action, enticing characters, including our fierce protagonist, Rose, and truly undying love.
Rose is back at the vampire academy, St. Vladimir’s after splitting to hunt down her undead boyfriend/former instructor, Dimitri. When they were on a rescue mission he was turned in to a strigoi: an evil natured vampire who is essentially a monster, holding no shred of humanity. He was as good as dead to the rest of moroi and dhampir community as it is when any one turns. Rose couldn’t help but remember him saying that he would rather be dead than a strigoi. So she went on a mission to track him down and grant him that wish. After he weakened her so much that she almost agreed to turning, she managed to fight him and staked him as he fell down a cliff. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to kill the powerful and unrelenting Dimitri. Since she refused to turn and live eternity by his side, he has formed a mission of his own; to kill Rose.
Continue reading ‘Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound’
Published by Madeleine Koestner June 1st, 2010
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Hitting shelves today is Bram Stoker Award Nominated author, Gregory Lamberson’s new novel, The Frenzy Way. Leaving the oversaturated vampire and zombie genres in the dust, Lamberson delves into the world of Werewolves in an NYPD horror-thriller with the feel of an 80s splatter film.
Published by Kevin Touch May 21st, 2010
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Are you looking for that perfect book to read this summer? Something to do at the beach while you tan? Then you might want to check out Cameron Pierce’s Ass Goblins of Auschwitz! It comes Lloyd Kaufman and Toxie approved…
“In a land where black snow falls in the shape of swastikas, there exists a nightmarish prison camp known as Auschwitz. It is run by a fascist, flatulent race of aliens called the Ass Goblins, who travel in apple-shaped spaceships to abduct children from the neighboring world of Kidland. Prisoners 999 and 1001 are conjoined twin brothers forced to endure the sadistic tortures of these ass-shaped monsters. To survive, they must eat kid skin and work all day constructing bicycles and sex dolls out of dead children.”
Published by Press Release Robot May 18th, 2010
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“Horror director” Doug Sakmann has teamed up with Gallery Books and author Ryan Brown to bring Brown’s zombie novel Play Dead
to life.
“We always have a lot fun with zombies so I jumped at the chance to work with Ryan and the great source material provided from Play Dead. I decided the best way to go about it was to approach it as if we were making a movie, so we turned sections of the book into scripts,” Sakmann explains.
Published by Kelsey Zukowski March 30th, 2010
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L.J. Smith certainly has gone a different direction with “The Return”, the sub-series of the Vampire Diaries. Shadow Souls marks the second book and most recent addition to the Vampire Diaries. That being said the bulk of it doesn’t really feel like aVampire Diaries book. We are only very briefly in the supernatural magnet small town of Fells Church, Virginia. At least for the first 200 pages very few of our characters are together, in the same place at the same time. The vampire element isn’t nearly as central as it has been in the past. It mostly lies in Damon and Elena’s undeniable attraction that she at long last gives in to.
The charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru in the 1960s, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favors of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local meadow, the only thing that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body—and the shattered souls of all who were present.
Years later, one man attempts to understand what happened to his wife and to his friends by writing a book about this horrible night, and it’s through this process that they begin to examine the unspeakable events that have bound them in ways they cannot fathom, but that have haunted every one of them through their lives. As each of the old friends tries to come to grips with the darkness of the past, they find themselves face-to-face with the evil triggered so many years earlier. Unfolding through the individual stories of the fated group’s members, A Dark Matter is an electric, chilling, and unpredictable novel that will satisfy Peter Straub’s many ardent fans, and win him legions more.
Published by Press Release Robot February 4th, 2010
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Evileye Books and horror writer Mark Justice are teaming up to bring The Dead Sheriff to life in “original dime novel” and graphic novel format. April will see a series of graphic novels in the style of the sunday comics of the thirties and forties, followed by the the first prose book, The Dead Sheriff: Zombie Damnation, in fall 2010. The Dead Sheriff combines elements of the supernatural, humor and adventure in a framework that models the adventure dime novels popularized as early as 1860.
Published by wil January 28th, 2010
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I’m halfway through Peter Straub’s new book, A Dark Matter, and I will hopefully have a review for you before it releases on February 9, 2010. Until then check out the new teaser trailer for the novel below.
The charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru in the 1960s, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favors of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local meadow, the only thing that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body—and the shattered souls of all who were present.
Published by wil January 13th, 2010
in Horror BOOKS and NEWS.
I have read Dead Sea, Ghoul, and The Conqueror Worms all written by Brian Keene, but I have not read Dark Hollow, the one book from the author that is being made into a movie! So unfortunately I can’t tell you poop about it besides what they sent me in a press release. Even though I’m not an avid fan of Keene I have enjoyed his books, so I’m excited to see what this film has to offer. Especially after reading the synopsis below.
Below is a selection of concept art for the film that was published on Keene’s official website. Dark Hollow is being directed by Paul Campion and is aiming for a 2010 spring/early summer shoot.
Published by wil November 13th, 2009
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Here is some recommended reading for horror fans and gore hounds who like to read, John Everson’s The 13th, now available in book stores and on Amazon
.
Everson is one of the few authors I know of who still includes sex and gore in his books. If you’re tired of boring horror novels that hold back on the horrors, Everson is the man for you, and so is the The 13th.
The 13th manages to make demonic sacrifices sexy and dangerous again. I’m talking full blown orgies and blood and guts. Rosemary’s Baby ain’t got shit on The 13th!
At a book signing for his new novel, Under the Dome, Stephen King said that he had “one more Dark Tower book to write.”
The S.K. message board followed up his announcement with the following details: “Stephen has given me permission to pass along that he has an idea for a new Dark Tower book, the working title of which will be The Wind Through The Keyhole. He has not yet started this book and anticipates that it will be a minimum of eight months before he is able to begin writing it.”
Published by wil October 9th, 2009
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Just in time for Halloween Greg Lamberson’s 2004 novel Personal Demons is receiving a well deserved paperback re-release from Medallion Press. The book follows Jake Helman — a detective with a penchant for booze and cocaine — who is on the trail of a serial killer dubbed the Ciper. When Helman’s corrupt ways finally catch up to him, he finds himself off the Ciper case and working for the mysterious billionaire Nicholas Tower as his head of security — a cushy dream job that soon turns into his worst nightmare. When the stakes become personal, Helman is forced into becoming a reluctant John Constantine, battling the supernatural to save his wife’s soul.
Here is some quick cut & paste news from Dread Central. Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks is due out October 6th.
“Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it. From the Stone Age to the information age, the undead have threatened to engulf the human race. They’re coming. They’re hungry. Don’t wait for them to come to you! This is the graphic novel the fans demanded: major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. On the African savannas, against the legions of ancient Rome, on the high seas with Francis Drake… every civilization has faced them. Here are the grisly and heroic stories–complete with eye-popping artwork that pulsates with the hideous faces of the undead. Organize before they rise! Scripted by the world’s leading zombie authority, Max Brooks, Recorded Attacks reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with–and survived–the ancient viral plague. By immersing ourselves in past horror we may yet prevail over the coming outbreak in our time.”
Published by Kelsey Zukowski August 27th, 2009
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The highly awaited sequel in the Vampire Academy series, Blood Promise, has been well worth the wait. This series just keeps on getting better and Blood Promise doesn’t anything back. It takes us in to another world than we are used to. Most of the book is set in Russia, but more importantly it is how close our heroine brushes with death and how the lines of love and monstrosity blur her vision. Yet we are still able to visit parts of that old world, although it’s different, distant, and troubling both for those that inhabit it and those that are so far away from it.
Published by wil July 24th, 2009
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According to the A Nightmare on Elm Street website Robert Englund’s new autobiography, Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams, is set to hit bookshelves on October 13, 2009.
