Yes, I sent for it upon your recommendation FryeDwight. Surprised there is not much about it on the internet.

The book is quite good and fast-paced. Reminds me of pulp crime noir in a way.

CARRION-Gary Brandner. Decent effort by the author of THE HOWLING. Silly and lots of sex, but still worth a read.

Now reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving.

What's your favorite Halloween-time book?

Cool.

H.P. Lovecraft is really hitting the spot this year.

Always enjoy EA Poe during this time of year, especially if day is overcast.

Some of his poems are great too for an extra Halloween kick.

The Exorcist- William Peter Blatty. I put this off for years because of the movie.

The book is much better

I need to get around to reading that mug.

THE CATS 1977- Another of those endless "Nature Strikes Back " tomes of the 70's/80's, but not a bad little read. The style reminds me a lot of James Herbert, especially when the story veers off the main plot for introducing new characters who usually receive nasty ends.

Right now I'm reading a few things like Dune (rereading for the billionth time), traditions for this time of year like Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, but the crown jewel is this copy of The Exorcist that I picked up at a local book shop a few days ago...its a paperback and was a cheap find, but it wasn't until I got all the way home that I realized I'd found a real effin' GEM, y'all, because:
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It's got his bloody signature in it. Was not expecting this! ::shocked::

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I said it once and I'll say it again. Lucky mug.

Wow! That HAS to be worth some money! Hold on to it!

I saw that book in the shoppe, too! I was SO DAMN CLOSE to buying it! I love that art so much...I think there was a Book One plus a Book Two...am I wrong?

ph'nglui mglw'nafh!

Defintely!! I had to rub my eyes a few times to make sure I wasn't dreaming, lol...I can't believe this was only $3.99!

I got it at a Barnes and Noble.
It was like 40 bucks but that they day they were have a sale so I only payed 20 for it.
I think I saw a book two. They had a bunch of other books like Arabian Nights and Bram Stokers Dracula in the same edition.
Uh oh. Myers is losing it. He has gone into the mountains of madness. Someone get an axe and lop his head off.

Born of the Night
 

I just finished Born of the Night by Matt Wanicur. It reminded me of Thomas Harris a bit, definitely something to keep an eye on.

https://www.amazon.com/Born-Night-Ma...6989337&sr=8-1

Thanks Matt. We'll make sure to check out your book
::wink::

The Belly of the Beast by Desmond Doane. About a third of the way through. Third in his The Graveyard: Classified Paranormal Series. This one is moving a bit slower than the first two. I guess it's building suspense, but it needs some action Real Soon Now.

Have you read the Felix Castor series?

ROSE MADDER-_Stephen King. One of King's better books, although the supernatural stuff comes very close to dragging it down. Very good characterization.

I was reading Penance, but I had to stop. Its well written, the author seems to have a good idea of what its like for kids under 15 homeless in chicago and hustling(prostituting) in the late 80s. A kind of serial killer is 'collecting' them. Not explicitly graphic, but enough in regards to rape and physical abuse involving kids. I was reading it for a while, engaged. I stopped and then an hour later I felt overwhelmed with the rape and physical abuse described. It was too much for me. Kids depicted in fiction or in real life(important not be look away/be ignorant of)) being abused and sexually assaulted is something I find very hard to handle.

Pretty sure I've read the first two. I should probably read them again and find the rest, they are better than this Desmond Duane series.

They rest of the series is as good as the first two, maybe a bit less for the last book.

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT-Richard Lortz. This, along with JAWS was the "must Read" in second Semester 7th Grade (1975) and this was described by a peer as "Really Gross"
Five Slum children become feral to escape horrible home lives. Not badly written, but full of degradation, sleaze and perversion...You will probably want a shower afterwards.

The quote from the book at goodreads.com makes it sound fairly cheesy. Is it like that?

The Dead Sea was a decent read. Obvious Lovecraft influence, but the writing style is the author's own. I was entertained and did not feel annoyed thus not needing to stop for a long length of time. The characters weren't too deep, but varied enough not to be interchangeable. Fairly decent descriptions and a well thought out story in regards to being ship wrecked in a very unknown sea. As well as the pace was slow and fast when it needed to be. The plot points were also well thought out. The ending felt like it was cut to shorten the length of the book. Its a decent length too. 328 pages with smallish text and wide pages. I enjoyed it and will be keeping it for a reread sometime in the future. I definitely recommend it. 5/10.

*The picture of the front of the book jacket makes it seem like the book takes place in the 1700-1800s. It doesn't, it takes place in...the late 80s? I think. Modern story.

Take a journey into a place unknown to humanity. A space between spaces. When the Mara Corday, an aged freighter, enters the Graveyard of the Atlantic, nightmares become real. The crew finds themselves trapped in a realm where time doesn't exist and unimaginable horrors dwell. Lost in a becalmed sea, in a netherworld where evil manifests itself in hideous forms, the survivors of the Mara Corday have an eternity to find a way out - if they aren't killed first by the creatures stalking them.

As an older reader, there are lots of dead parts in here, but still disturbing and raunchy. Worth reading you can find a copy that's not too expensive.

UNTIL THE TWELTH OF NEVER-Bella Stumbo. VERY GOOD true crime about the combative divorce of Betty/Dan Broderick. Deals with the trauma everyone goes through afterwards and during...lots of contention that eventually ended when Betty shot Dan and his second wife in late 1989.

Ok, thanks much.

You're Welcome::smile::!

The Unnoticeables
by Robert Brockway

Meh. A light read. A great idea written without much effort. A beach book. 4/10

There are angels, and they are not beneficent or loving. But they do watch over us. They watch our lives unfold, analyzing us for repeating patterns and redundancies. When they find them, the angels simplify those patterns, they remove the redundancies, and the problem that is you gets solved.

Carey doesn’t much like that idea. As a punk living in New York City, 1977, Carey is sick and tired of watching the strange kids with the unnoticeable faces abduct his friends. He doesn’t care about the rumors of tarmonsters in the sewers, or unkillable psychopaths invading the punk scene—all he wants is drink cheap beer and dispense asskickings.

Kaitlyn isn’t sure what she’s doing with her life. She came to Hollywood in 2013 to be a stunt woman, but last night a former teen heartthrob tried to eat her, her best friend has just gone missing, and there’s an angel outside her apartment.

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost.

If you enjoyed the show I highly recommend it. If not then I wouldn't.

"Unsung Horrors" From the Editors of "We Belong Dead" Magazin
 

Just started reading this today. Received it just a couple of days ago. Am big into review books on horror films. This one is huge, some 446 pages and more than 200 reviews of genre films that have gone under the radar when it comes to acclaim, notoriety, popularity. It looks to cover decades of the 1920s right on through to 1979. I have to say it is a beautiful, coffee table sized book and a compelling read. I'm reading about a film I haven't seen in some 20 years, 1970's "The House That Screamed" with Lilli Palmer, and now I really want to see the film again! If anyone is interested, you can go to http://unsunghorrors.co.uk
for ordering. Don't think it's on Amazon or barnesandnoble.com yet.

Thanks for showing this...rather fond of books of this sort myself!

TO BUILD A FIRE by Jack London

A short story about a man and his dog and his decision to trek to a camp in treacherously bitter cold weather.

That is a great story.

THE CONQUEROR WORMS by Brian Keene...started this morning.

Yes, I loved it. Made me so grateful I was tucked in and cozy! Just finished A KLONDIKE CHRISTMAS by Jack London. Yet another lovely tale.