Good book but i was pretty disappointed in the ending.

Just got The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL -Noel Monk. Good tell all by Van Halen's first MGR from 78-85 . Lots of dirt, as expected with the VH bros and DLR coming off as serious assholes. Monk also wrote a great book in the 90's called TWELVE DAYS ON THE ROAD about the early 1978 Sex Pistols US tour.

Some Will Not Sleep-Selected Horrors by Adam Nevill. Seems perfect for an insomniac such as myself.

Im re-reading IT before the movie comes out. Need a refresher and to purge the old movie so I can come in with new eyes.

FRANKENSTEIN -Mary Shelly. Got a CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED version of this back in 1970 and tried to tackle the book proper when I was going on ten and after seeing the 1931 film. Found it ponderous and put it away after a read.
After re-reading, think it's very much like Stoker's DRACULA...when it's good, it's REALLY good, but a lot of filler. However, considering it's about 200 years old and from pretty much a teenage girl, not bad at all.

SLEEPERS-Lorenzo Carcetta. Very good coming of age story taking place in 60's Hell's Kitchen. Four friends who could probably be described as petty criminals screw up big time and pay dearly for that screw up. Hard hitting, but well written and the final chapters will truly have you on edge.

I'm planning to revisit the book as well before the new flick hits the screens.
And yes, LOL, also to help get the tast of that awful mini series out of my mouth.

Reading Rock N Roll Head Case by Lee Widener. Outrageous!

CUT! HORROR WRITERS ON HORROR FILM-edited by Christopher Golden. While I'm familiar with only a few of the writers here (Book came out in the early 90's), some really good essays here like Gary Brandner's adventure with the first two HOWLINGS, Nancy A Collins about the joy her childhood movie theatre gave, Ray Garton on the 1942/1982 CAT PEOPLE and how age/experience shaped his views. Most are concise except for Stephen Bissette who rambles on and on. Worth checking out.

Horror: A Literary History, Edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes

I'm currently about halfway through reading this. Really interesting. It not only focuses on the evolution of the genre but its appearances in more dramatic works (i.e. required reading for high school kinda books).

THE FINAL JOURNEY-Gudrun Pausewang. Although it seems to be written at an early High School level, this story of an extremely sheltered Jewish girl travelling to Auschwitz is extremely hard hitting and really not for young/sensitive people. The horrors of the train and it's arrival at the camp will have You shuddering.

Last semester I obtained a collection of H. P. Lovecraft (in print at long last!!), so I of course am reading "Call of Cthulhu" first. I'm in love with this guy's writing style. I just wish my attention span would let me read faster.

PS: points to firefox's spell check for recognizing "Cthulhu" as a word ::wink::

Try Shadow over Innsmouth or At the Mountains of Madness next.
So much good stuff.

I'll have to check out Shadow over Innsmouth next. Sadly it doesn't seem to have Mountains of Madness. It's only a ''best of'', not a ''complete works'', but it's on my list to get so I still keep an eye out for other Lovecraft books. Thanks for the recommendation! 8)

I had this and the tie-in of ALIENS as well! Really like Foster...

Fiction: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT-Erich Maria Remarque. Superlative heartbreaking story of a young German soldier during WW1. Started reading about that subject 12 years or so ago and just appalling losses for so little.

Non-Fiction: THE HARDEST (WORKING) MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS-Ron Jeremy. Even though I find Ron's performances usually quite revolting, he comes off as a pretty nice guy and with more to offer than his "trademark". Some decent anecdotes in here.

Finally got around to puttin' some more books on hold at the Library...I got 9 books comin' in!

I love havin' a tall stack of Horror Lit on the nightstand...::smile::

Pressure: Brian Keene
Depraved: Bryan Smith
I Am Providence: Nick Mamatas
The Passage: Justin Cronin
Ancestor: Scott Sigler
Pandemonium: Warren Fahy
Covenant: John Everson
Neuromancer: William Gibson
Terminal: Brian Keene

KRAMER VS KRAMER-Avery Corman

Ohhhh Mountains is one of my favorite. You need to find it. After you get past all the technical talk of latitudes and longitudes, its really fun.

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN-Harriet Beecher Stowe

Latitudes and longitudes, oh joybunnies. ::big grin::

Lol, my mother and I were talking about this book just recently since we were visiting Gettysburgh. I had to read it for a High School English class and she apparently had never read it. Can't say I remember it well, I just remember Stowe insisted on writing the dialogue to sound the way the characters actually pronounced things. Having to read that shit out loud without reading it before hand was FRUSTRATING.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THIS LIFE-Deborah Spungen. Very good, but heartbreaking story of Nancy Spungen who gained notoriety as Sid Vicious's girlfriend. Nancy was a wild child who basically stretched her Parent's love and patience to the limit...whenever my Daughter tested my limits, I would think of what the Spungen's went through and counted to 20.

Agadorah: Devil's breath by Theresa A. James.

I read another one by this author weeks ago, Lost in the shadows: a crime thiller and i really liked it.

A LIFE IN PARTS-Bryan Cranston

THE MONSTER SHOW-David J Skal. Very good history of Horror culture from early 1900's to the early 90's. Skal truly knows his stuff and after Greg Mank (who I met at Fanex), Dave does the best commentaries.

That's a splendid read! I agree, Skal knows the genre and obviously loves it.

Necroscope by Brian Lumely.

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Depraved by Bryan Smith was pretty good and vulgar.

I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas...This is his new one, it's really good writing.

ENGLISH GOTHIC-Jonathan Rigby. History of British Horror cinema from early days to Tom Slaughter to Hammer and beyond.

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT- Harry MacKean. Interesting account of a small Northwest Missouri town who was terrorized by one Ken Tex McElroy who always seemed to get away with his misdeeds. One morning, while sitting in his Pickup in the Town Center, shots ran out and He was blown straight to Hell. But oddly enough, No one saw anything. To the best of my knowledge, the case is still unsolved.

What your sizing, please

DREAMING THE BEATLES-Rob Sheffield. Good read that goes in different directions instead of the usual bio of the seminal Musical group.

ROSEMARY'S BABY-Ira Levin. Haven't read this in ages, but still creepy and well written.

Reading Penpal again. Last book as Carrion Comfort which is great but very long.

Fiction-HUNTED PAST REASON by Richard Matheson. Like pretty much RM wrote and this hybrid of DELIVERANCE and "The Most Dangerous Game" is pretty taut throughout. Only problem is, our protagonist is SUCH a Doily and the Antagonist is SUCH an asshole.


Non-fiction- HORROR by Darryl Jones. Pretty good history of said subject in book/film and it's obvious He has great affection and knowledge of the subject. Alas, he over analyzes some of the stuff and seems to find Sex in lots of places, including Gang Rape in DRACULA (Lucy's Staking), Gay relations in Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Hyde entering through the "Back Door" and romantic yearnings for Monster and Creator in FRANKENSTEIN!::shocked::::confused::::roll eyes::

Started my Halloween reading with this little item:

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Stories collected are:

"The Great God Pan" Very creepy, very Victorian, very cool.
"The White People" Big payload, no payoff, tedious beyond endurance. Had to struggle to finish it.
"The Inmost Light" About halfway through, extremely good. Ranks with the title story.
"The Recluse Of Bayswater" Yet to be read but hope is high.

DOCTOR SLEEP, sequel to The Shining

I’m about halfway through it and ::love::::love::::love:: it’s amazing. Anyone reading it or have read it and want to start a discussion thread, LET’S GO::smile::

I’m ashamed to admit I’ve only ever seen The Shining movie and never read the book. The movie was fantastic and such a classic but I imagine they had to completely butcher the book (like always) for cinematic interpretation. I’m headed down to the half-price bookstore as soon as I’m done with this and picking up a copy of The Shining...

If the sequel makes sense of the furry blowjob or the picture at the ending let me know. I'm still kept awake at night by those scenes and how little sense they make...

I will definitely let you know, lol...I imagine those characters had much MUCH bigger roles in the book...lots of stuff I remember from The Shining film is in Doctor Sleep and there’s tons of references in Doctor Sleep to the goings-on of The Shining book (damn spoilers).

I think I’m going to livestream read The Shining on my Twitch account as a lead-up to Halloween...must make thread, lol

Just recently finished readin' this anthology...It's full of alotta good old skool short stories by various authors.....

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories: Edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz

Just started readin...The Books of Blood: Clive Barker

And here's what I put a hold on at the Library....

Sleeping Beauties: Stephen King (newest latest ::smile::)
The Life and Death of Schneider Wrack: Nate Crowley
Black Tide Rising: John Ringo
Rise: Mira Grant