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THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE, tales of ghosts and the macabre by H. Russell Wakefield. What makes this so special is that for a measley buck fifty (Goodwill had a 50% off sale today) I snagged the 1946 Arkham hardback with a creepy dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. Put a sheen on my Black Friday outing. (I'd post the cover but my printer pooped out.)
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THE PATHFINDER by James Fenimore Cooper
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF HISTORICAL DETECTIVES edited by Mike Ashley Fifty cents each at the library book sale. |
My Zombie Dog (Zane and Kev versus Everything), by Charmaine Clancy. Looks like fun for the kiddies, but I have to read the first few chapters first.
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Control by Ed Kurtz
Leon Weissmann is an introverted loner with no control over his life. His only joy is the menagerie of insects, spiders, and scorpions he tends to in his garage. When he acquires an illegally poached rainforest spider, he unknowingly contracts a rare strain of fungus that enables him to control people, to make them do anything he wants. As his power grows, Leon begins to abuse it until there are bodies in his wake and a coterie of brainwashed disciples under his influence. But soon Leon suspects that the thing growing inside his head may be the one with the power… It wants to come out. To reproduce. It wants to control everyone. I think the cover is some what creepy. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...rol_cover2.jpg |
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The Coyote by Michael McBride
Arizona shares nearly four hundred miles of international border with Mexico, thirty-six of which are completely unfortified. On one side lies desperation; on the other, opportunity. There’s no record of their destinations. Tens of thousands of undocumented aliens pass through these thirty-six miles every year, only to find one of the harshest and most inhospitable deserts on the planet waiting for them. No one knows where to look when they disappear. Hundreds die walking, casualties of the merciless sun, their bodies never to be identified. Others simply set out across the red Sonoran sands and vanish into thin air. It’s as though they never existed at all. Special Agent Lukas Walker is assigned to investigate a murder, the only evidence of which is a twenty-foot design painted on a rock formation in the victim’s blood. He quickly learns that if the heat doesn’t get you… The Coyote will. |
Dinin' by Ty Schwamberger
Charles Osborne is a happily married, highly successful businessman. Normally speaking his life should be perfect but a twist of fate followed by a miscarriage of justice has forced him into a seemingly never ending fight against the Consortium of lawyers that are apparently controlling the justice system. He has adapted a secret identity in an attempt to keep his family safe, a character that is feared by both the lawyers involved and the criminals they represent… The Reaper. The Reaper by Paul Hinton Charles Osborne is a happily married, highly successful businessman. Normally speaking his life should be perfect but a twist of fate followed by a miscarriage of justice has forced him into a seemingly never ending fight against the Consortium of lawyers that are apparently controlling the justice system. He has adapted a secret identity in an attempt to keep his family safe, a character that is feared by both the lawyers involved and the criminals they represent… The Reaper. |
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz |
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Been looking for this one for awhile.
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I knew Tem was a ubiquitous short story writer but didn't know he had his own book out. Is this a novel or collection?
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The Awakening by Brett McBean
The Blue Heron by Gene O'Neill The Color Over Occam by Jonathan Thomas |
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Couple of goodies:
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Also got a couple of old hardbacks without dust jackets: A CHILMARK MISCELLANY by Van Wyck Brooks and VAN LOON'S LIVES by Hendrik Willem van Loon. |
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The occult, like horror, makes up that dark strip of ground between science and religion. Great place to take a walk when the mood strikes. |
Interesting book cover. Has that been a good primer for the field? I am interested in the topic but it seems to have been taken over by UFO/psychic miscellanea in bookstores in recent decades, which is not really my thing.
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The good news is neither UFO nor psychic appear in the index. These guys "are writers, researchers, and lecturers on the paranormal, the occult, and historical and religious mysteries." Probably similiar to that paranormal show Leonard Nimoy used to narrate, In Search Of or something like that. (I always enjoyed it.) I browsed through it before writing the check and it seems very well written. Nice blurb by Colin Wilson on the back cover, and that's usually a good sign. Will probably read it after I finish Asimov's THE STARS LIKE DUST and will let you know how it goes.
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Not new stories written for a fairly new genre but the real stuff from the Victorian age, proto-steampunk I guess, the same way ERB's John Carter is proto-sf. Also found this. Sometimes you just have to buy a book based solely on its cover: http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps18bf453a.jpg |
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Couple of thrift store finds:
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in the last week and 2 days all are hardbacks but #'s 2 & 15
1.100 Malicious Little Mysteries Mixed 2.100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories Mixed 3.On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King 4.Three Complete Novels: Cold Fire; Hideaway; The Key to Midnight Dean Koontz 5.Pet Sematary Stephen King 6.Three Complete Novels: The House of Thunder, Shadowfires, Midnight Dean Koontz 7.Agatha Christie's Detectives: Five Complete Novels (The Murder at the Vicarage / Dead Man's Folly / Sad Cypress / Towards Zero / N or M?) Agatha Christie 8.Three Complete Novels: Weep No More, My Lady; Stillwatch; A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark 9.Three Complete Novels (Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask) Dean Koontz 10.Three Complete Novels: Where Are The Children; A Stranger Is Watching; The Cradle Will Fall Mary Higgins Clark 11.Three Complete Novels, Lightning, The Face Of Fear ,The Vision Dean Koontz 12.Carrie, a novel of a girl with Frightening Power Stephen King 13.Five Complete Miss Marple Novels Agatha Christie 14. Three Complete Novels (Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity) Dean Koontz 15.Four Complete Novels Mark Twain 16.Three Complete Novels: Brainchild; Nathaniel; The God Project John Saul 17.Five Complete Novels of Murder and Detection Agatha Christie 18.Three Complete Novels Hellfire; The Unwanted; Sleepwalk John Saul 19. Five Complete Hercule Poirot Novels: Thirteen at Dinner / Murder on the Orient express / The ABC Murders / Cards on the Table / Death on the Nile Agatha Christie 20.11/22/63: A Novel Stephen King 21.Storm Of The Century Stephen King 22.Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) Stephen King 23.Danse Macabre Stephen King 24.Horns: A Novel Joe Hill 25.The Baghman Books Stephen King 26.Velocity Dean Koontz 27.The Face Dean Koontz 28.Dragon tears Dean Koontz 29.From the Corner of His Eye Dean Koontz |
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Edited by S.T. Joshi, published by Penguin, is there a better way to spend a buck? Found it at the library book sale. |
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http://neverendingwonder.com/shanghai.jpg UNDER THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS by Lee Widener. This looks to be simply horrifying. Saving this to read late at night by candlelight this weekend. Widener is one of the top neo-Lovecraftian writers going today, folks. |
Thanks Michael! I hope it lives up to your expectations!
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Couple of goodies from The Salvation Army today. All books were half off so these cost a quarter each.
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Figures. After I do it the way I don't want it decides to work. |
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Thanks. I actually have quite a bit of HPL's fiction: ten paperbacks including the six Ballantine editions with the great John Holmes covers. But what I don't have is his famous essay, The Supernatural in Horror Fiction. For $20 Barnes and Noble offers this new massively corrected volume with all his fiction arranged in chronological order, a few extra items the last of which is his essay. S.T. Joshi, for whom I have the highest admiration, writes the introductions and offers the essay in its "first textually sound" form. If you buy only one book a year...
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I freaked out Mr. Joshi when I grabbed his hand and enthusiastically shook it outside a bathroom at this year's HP Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon...
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