I actually think Strange Magic is your best. I thought it was perfect. It's one of my favorite novels

jurassic park (no shocker there XD) i read it at night before i go to bed since that's the most peaceful and relaxing part since i can't during the day because of noise and distractions.

Wow! Thank you very much. I really appreciate hearing that :)

Not to spam you (or anyone else here) but have you read my novelette PEELER yet? It is about the character Peeler in the Strange Magic novel, the man with no skin on his body. I had no idea where that character came from - he just kept popping into my head and into that novel - so I wanted to write a story about him, explaining how he lost his skin. PEELER is that story, and it's a good one. Check it out sometime. I think it's only $1.99 for the ebook and it will be in print shortly as well.

Cheers!

Gord

Don't worry about spamming. Anyone who is actually taking the time to participate in the conversation is welcome.

Totally agree.

I just finished reading Death to the Brothers Grimm. If you haven't read it, and you're a fan of the twisted and depraved, then I suggest you check it out. Not many books keep me sitting for one long stretch, but the fairy tales in this book really had me. I could go on, and accidentally give spoilers, but I'd rather everyone experience this for themselves.

Gord, I'll be picking up your new collections soon. Time & Space and Gods & Monsters. Isn't there a third one coming out?

Thanks Shannon- glad you enjoyed it.

You're welcome.

I havent read that but i'll definitely have to check that out. I'll have to wait for the print version though.

I'm reading...
 

...not a horror novel, actually.

Bear with me.

I was reading The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz, however, like all of the other Koontz novels I have read, while the prose is always superb, the stories are hit and miss and every ending has been very disappointing (I've read four so far). I didn't finish it because it had become so tedious and a little too sugary for my taste.

I'm currently having a break from horror/supernatural fiction with Robert Harris's Archangel. It's very good so far (I'm on page 120).

Next I will be re-reading King's Everything's Eventual (superb), then The Talisman, which I haven't read yet. For those of you who haven't read Danse Macabre, I highly recommend it. Just finished. A fascinating look at horror fiction and movies.

Wow I had no idea-fascinating thanks :)

It is fascinating, at least to me it is, lol, and even though not all of his written works are directly connected to The Dark Tower, they are all connected to each other. For example: In The Tommyknockers, a young man and woman are sent to Derry, Maine (setting for IT) for supplies and you get a cameo of Pennywise from IT, its small but it's there. There are all kinds of connections between most of his written works. I remember reading somewhere that many of his stories supposedly take place on a different planes of existence, if that's the case, then really all of his stories are connected to The Dark Tower.

Reading Joyride by Jack Ketchum

I also find connections like this really interesting. If done well they can add an extra layer to the books as a whole and as I am personally very interested in shamanism/metaphysics, I find the idea of stories taking place on different planes of existence very appealing. I just have to stop being lazy and finally get around to reading Part 3 of The Dark Tower I'm sure it's much better than "The Drawing Of The Three" which I felt was just really about introducing characters as I think TheVillain said earlier in this thread.

Yeah, book 3 is much more exciting I think, books 4 and 4.5, take you off the path of Roland and the ka-tet but immerse you into Midworld and Roland as a young man and remain just as exciting. Once you get in book 5, they really take off from there with idea of different planes of existence. It gets really cool.

Just finished Horns by Joe Hill.


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I think it's possible that Hill is my current favorite author. Really loved this and can't wait for his new novel coming out in April. Highly recommended.

I just recently picked this up, glad to hear that you liked it. I read Heart-Shaped Box and though I did enjoy it, I wasn't as impressed with it as I was hoping. I may have built him up a bit too much after I found out that he was King's son, I wanted him to be even better than his father. I'm not saying it wasn't good, it was, I just had him built up more than I should have.

I really liked Heart-Shaped Box - For me, I think part of it is that my expectations weren't particularly high (nothing against Joe Hill; reading the novel description I just didn't think that I would connect with the characters; I was impressed by how much I clung to their stories until the end). I also thought that it was a good, solid ghost story with well-done characters. Also for me, I (shamefully) have to admit that I'm not that well-read when it comes to horror (I've always read and adored Poe, have only read a few of King's - Salem's Lot, The Shining, Cell, Night Shift), so I don't have the horror cannon under my belt as a lot of people on this forum do)... Based on how much I liked Heart-Shaped Box, I picked up 20th Century Ghosts which was a decent collection of horror tales (though I think they were more vignettes than anything else)... I really love his "Locke & Key" comics. Horns was my last to read - Again, I had put it off because I honestly didn't think that I'd be able to connect with the characters; I think that it's more of a really good character piece than a horror tale (a character piece with horror elements, perhaps?) and I think it's my favorite of his so far.

I know you're quite the reader - Would be interested to hear what you think (as well as other folks on the forum) - I was curious as to how it was received by horror fans.

I'm always looking for the next book to read - Any recommendations for good, solid, modern horror? Character-driven is a must; I really need to connect to the characters (I know that probably sounds obvious but recently I've been more interested in character pieces instead of blood and guts when it comes to horror reading).

My fiance's brother recommended Mystery by Peter Straub, which I'm currently waiting to receive from the library.

I was reading that first Walking dead book. I enjoyed the story and characters, but - particularly the last third of the novel - was extremely rough around the edges - shoddy, even. I expect a deadline was to blame.

Ok I'm on it :)

Drawn & Quartered by Shane McKenzie A collection of novellas

Miscarriage after miscarriage convinces a woman that the Stork is bringing her dead babies because she is not a fit mother…

A boy of mixed race who appears to be of Mexican descent finds himself initiated into a violent street gang because of his infatuation with a girl…

An infertile doula is desperate for a child of her own, and will go to any length necessary to become a mother. Even if it means inviting an ancient creature into her bedroom…

A mysterious new Bingo hall opens up in a low-income neighborhood, attracting the residents with promises of big cash prizes. A boy and his friends begin to realize something is very wrong with Big Time Bingo, and its proprietor, Mr. Big, and they know he must be stopped before their neighborhood and their loved ones are consumed by greed…

Slaughter House Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands-Stephen King

Honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan

Halfway through "Death to the Brothers Grimm" by Widener et al. THE horror anthology of this young decade.

Entombed by Brian Keene

Let me know what you think about that one, I'm a big fan of Keene.

I'm currently reading Karl Edward Wagner's Bloodstone, starting off great so far.

John dies at the end
Running with scissors

The Collector by John Fowles. Finding it increasingly hard to put down.

Finished Bloodstone the other night and it was very enjoyable. Just started Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings, it's promising so far, very descriptive and imaginative.

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

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Now that looks like a good read!

Here's what I'm currently drinking coffee to:

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"The Lost City Of Mars" by Ray Bradbury
"One Foot And The Grave" by Theodore Sturgeon
"The Marginal Man" by Chad Oliver

There's a creepiness to the Bradbury story that should appeal any lover of horror. This is no innocuous city. Get out while you can. One of Bradbury's best and should have won a Hugo.

Gonna start reading Crowley's Window by Gord Rollo

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Published in 1905, six years before the first Barsoom adventure, this novel was the probable muse that inspired Edgar Rice Burroughs to send John Carter to Mars, or so Richard A. Lupoff tells us in his introduction. Okay, ERB didn't pluck his idea out of rarefied atmosphere. No big deal, not gonna send me screamin' for the nearest foxhole. However, when Lupoff revealed Gulliver got to the red planet via magic carpet I almost slammed the book shut,. But by the end of the first chapter the way it played out was so completely unexpected that any other mode of transport would now be a monumental letdown. It's too soon to be over confident but all the hallmarks of a good read are on display. Have high hopes for this one.

Vampire Short Story
 

Hi everyone, if you like vampire/horror short stories check out mine 'Twinned With Darkness' by Kayleigh clarke available to download from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. It is a great quick read, give it a try :)

Blurb: Sisters could not be closer than identical twins Amelia and Jade Foster. When Jade suffers a bad breakup, Amelia decides a night out would be the perfect thing to cheer her sister up. At a nightclub in the center of London, Amelia and Jade meet handsome, charming strangers, Tobias and Isaac. However, Tobias and Isaac are not who they appear to be, and Amelia feels her bond with Jade slowly break as Jade falls deeper into their dangerous world. This dark and harrowing short story explores how two people so close and so similar can take different paths that will change their lives forever.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Twinned-With...9922847&sr=8-1

101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen (I've seen about a quarter of them)

A Storm of Swords. Trying to finish before Game of Thrones season 3 begins.

Just started Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

Burkha Killer by Davos Williams

Its well written and i guess it would be unsettling if you are the type to be easily scared by things that could happen in real life.

I am reading Bag of Bones at the moment, it's a little big but not really
(529 Pg.) and I'm almost finished with it. Just twenty or so pages left and I love it! Really like it.. Next book I have in mind to start reading is 'The Hunger Games' because I liked the tale of it alot, saw the movie. Thought it was really interesting. Not sure if it's considered horror, probably more of a Fantasy but I happen to like fantasy alot as well. But who knows, I have alot of brand-new books in my library that I haven't read yet so we're hafto see but as of now, Hunger Games just seems right for me to start next. I've also noticed myself wondering alot about another book of mine that i haven't yet gotten to read, called; 'Cycle of the Werewolf', by S.K. And this story is also in film 9Silver Bullet). lol my father raised me on that movie. That was our favorite. Also 'Monster Squad' haha, anybody remember that film?