Well Worth A Read
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Covers book reviews, mostly horror, by Irene, an avid reader of horror novels and watcher of horror movies.
Well Worth A Read
1d ago
Step into the abyss of horror and dark fiction with To Hell and Back…where each story is a gateway to the unimaginable. To Hell and Back serves as a mosaic of contemporary fears and timeless terrors, curated and edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning Joe Mynhardt. This collection of horror stories brings together a diverse array of tales from both beloved and emerging voices in the horror genre, each story a unique exploration of the dark corners of the human psyche. With an introduction by Lee Murray, this horror anthology includes disturbing tales by Jeff Strand, Gage Greenwood, Gre ..read more
Well Worth A Read
3d ago
Poor lonely Velma is looking for that special someone. She has no problem meeting handsome charming men, but although they all seem to be smitten with her, for some reason, they never stick around past the first date.
Is Velma just too picky or does she get rejected every time? Is there some dark secret going on when she closes that bedroom door? Is she destined to live her life in lonliness?
These are the questions that ran through my head as I settled in to watch this film.
Tonight could be the night she has longed for and I found myself rooting for her right up to the very ..read more
Well Worth A Read
1w ago
From the 17th century and Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean's reign of terror to the 20th century and a runaway child hiding in an ominous cave, two destinies become entwined and an evil course is set.
Mild-mannered Jack Breen works in a video shop in Bristol, living out a dull, uncomplicated existence. But Jack has no clue as to how complicated his life is about to become when a menacing figure walks in asking for "the sickest film you've got."
Bane, proprietor of the horror-themed pub The Slaughter Inn, has an obsession with darkness, death—and Jack himself. As their lives become intert ..read more
Well Worth A Read
2w ago
Drawn from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, this collection of more than thirty stories features the talents of Lawrence Block, Rob Kanter, Patricia Moyes, Chet Williamson, Taylor McCafferty, and George Chesbro.
I've been collecting these old anthologies for a while now. They are out of print but you can usually find used copies in decent condition still floating around. I have too many to count but have only read a few. I think this is my third.
This is a huge volume of stories at over 400 pages.
There are some classics included by Poe and H.G. Wells but I more en ..read more
Well Worth A Read
3w ago
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
A prophet has arrived in the small mountain town of Red Tree, California, bringing with him a revival. Repenting of sins. Healings. Exorcisms. Speaking in tongues. Visions. Prophecies.
Something big is happening in Red Tree, something so transformative the small town can barely contain it. And Iron King's mother is the Prophet's most committed follower, even though Iron's father isn't totally on board.
Any doubts the townspeople have that the Prophet was anointed by God evaporate w ..read more
Well Worth A Read
3w ago
Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon them in this horror masterpiece from the bestselling author of Come with Me. Maybe this is a ghost story…
Andrew Larimer has left his past behind. Rising up the ranks in a New York law firm, and with a heavily pregnant wife, he is settling into a new life far from Kingsport, the town in which he grew up. But when he receives a late-night phone call from an old friend, he has no choice but to return home.
Coming home means returning to his late father’s house, which has seen better d ..read more
Well Worth A Read
1M ago
Join three of horror’s finest storytellers on a journey through the dark heart of Appalachia…
AFOOT IN THE NETHERWILD by Ronald When the children of Bowden Ayres mysteriously disappear in the woods near their homestead, he enlists the aid of Uriah Coldcreek, a seventh son and purveyor of mountain magic. Together, they travel into the deepest depths of the Devil’s Backbone, intent on locating a place known as the Netherwild… the realm of the Coveter, an otherworldly being who steals away the mountains’ youth for its own selfish needs.
SPIRIT COVEN by Laurel For generations, Jude and her cove ..read more
Well Worth A Read
1M ago
From the Master of Southern-Fried Horror comes a collection of stories that could only beat in the dark, diseased heart of Dixie...- An abandoned furnace, choked with shadow and haunted by tormented ghosts, stands as a grim testament to a time when cruelty and the abuse of human flesh was woefully commonplace...- A man's obsession with mysterious roadkill on a lonesome country avenue awakens a horrifying hunger that can not be satisfied...- Two boys let curiosity get the better of them and discover that a collector of monster movie memorabilia is something more than a retired master of ..read more
Well Worth A Read
1M ago
Welcome back to Deathlehem, where…
…the holiday décor has a voracious appetite…
…your past can—and will—come back to haunt you…
…a one-night stand leads to an unexpected climax…
…a son brings home more than nightmares from his tour of duty…
…and many more!
Twenty-four more tales of holiday horrors to benefit
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Not many folks in these stories are having the merriest of times but some are getting exactly what they deserve.
A few of my favorites involved a ghost who haunts a run down tenement building, a man who visits an unusual t ..read more
Well Worth A Read
1M ago
A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.
Four devastating tales from a master of modern horror…
This Skin Was Once Mine
When her father dies under mysterious circumstances, Jillian Finch finds herself grieving the man she idolized while struggling to feel comfortable in the childhood home she was sent away from nearly twenty years ago by her venomous mother. Then Jillian discovers a dark secret in her family's past--a sec ..read more