Three Texas Tales from Steve Vernon for only two bucks...
There I was, just a spit and a handshake north of Bigfoot, about a hundred miles beyond Corpus Christi and bound for Memphis, marooned on the humpbacked shoulder of a hayfield dirt road where a...
View ArticleA Reader's Dilemma
So I'm trying to decide which horror book to read next. The most likely candidates are: The Attraction by Douglas Clegg The Nature of Balance by Tim Lebbon Evil Harvest by Anthony Izzo Teatro...
View ArticleCountdown to the WHC
Your humble Queen will be attending this year and I just can't wait. Only 12 more days.....
View Article20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
I just finished this book this weekend. Like all collections, there are some good stories and some okay stories. I wouldn't call all of these horror stories. Some, like "Better Than Home"and "Bobby...
View ArticleWe are celebrating Queen's birthday in the Bistro
Come on over and wish her a Happy Birthday!!
View ArticleThe Long Walk by Stephen King
I haven't read a Stephen King novel in years but that's about how long I've had this one sitting on the shelf. So, as a form of escapsim from my school reading, I decided to read this one. The concept...
View ArticleThe New Wolfman
This new version of the old classic features Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Hugo Weaving. And the soundtrack sounds pretty cool, too! Now, I like pretty much anything with Anthony Hopkins so...
View ArticleDrood by Dan Simmons
This is an amazingly cool tale. The author is writing the book in the first person as if he were Wilkie Collins (the famous 19th century sensationalist author ~ The Woman in White). He is writing from...
View ArticleSuper Atomic DVD give-a-way Contest
You could win dozens of movies and tv shows in The Vast Wasteland Contest details are at my blog http://torhershman.blogspot.com/ I shall tease you with just one of the movies - "The Wicker Man." Stay...
View ArticleIn This Skin by Simon Clark
I started reading this book last week and, so far, I like it. It's about a closed-down dance hall where three characters meet up and find out that it is no ordinary abandoned building.......
View ArticleLet the Right One In
I watched the Swedish version of the film last year and intend on starting the book as soon as I finish my current one.Now the American remake is in theatres and I'm conflicted as to whether or not I...
View ArticleFirefly Rain by Richard Dansky
After his business in Boston fails--and too many years after he promised--Jacob Logan returns to his Carolina home. His intent is to relax for a while, collect himself, then leave. But the powers of...
View ArticleWhat I've been up to...
Wow. It has been nearly a hundred years since I've been on this forum, but I tripped over a link just the other day and bookmarked it - intending to get back.Let me tell you what I've been up to.I...
View ArticleSimon Beckett
I must really be getting senile. Of course the author I mean is Simon Beckett and not Thomas- In the meanwhile I have finished "The Chemistry of Death" and have now started "Written in Bone"I was...
View ArticleThe House on Orchid Street by T.M. Wright
After spending her whole life feeling controlled, Katherine Nichols decides she wants to live alone and buys a house just outside of the town of Honeoye. One day her brother visits her and then...
View ArticleDarkfall by Stephen Laws
It's Christmas Eve in England and powerful lightning from a massive storm strikes an office building. Everyone suddenly disappears in the midst of company Christmas parties. All except for a janitor...
View ArticleThe Long Walk by Stephen King
This is the last horror I read about six weeks ago I finished it, and I loved it!
View ArticleThe Pet by Charles Grant
Everybody needs a friend...And that's exactly what 17-year-old Donald Boyd finds when the whole world seems determined to break him down. His parents' marriage is on the rocks and they just don't get...
View ArticleDr. Sleep by Stephen King
Has anyone else read this? What did you think about the book and how Danny's adult life story was handled?
View ArticleThe King In Yellow
About a year ago, I wrote my first horror story in years, based on Robert W. Chambers' The King In Yellow. I then managed to sell it, and thne it was published last August. It is called A Song of...
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