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The Face That Must Die 5 reviews Ramsey Campbell
Millipede Press, 2006
THE FACE THAT MUST DIE
+ Classic... + psychological horror + Paranoia, violence, and realistic characterization + Quite a uniquely disturbing book of horror
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Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death 7 reviews Ramsey Campbell
Tor Books, 2003
The deadly art of seduction
+ Not Free SF Reader + Essential Ramsey Campbell + A keeper!!!
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Invisible Monsters 288 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
GREAT
+ This book is ca-razy! + a slow start, followed by a headlong rush. This book stayed in my head for a long time afterward! + A Good One + Invisible Monsters
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Carn 2 reviews Patrick Mccabe
Delta, 1997
IRELAND DURING THE BEATLE YEARS
+ The heart of Ireland unvailed
This is a brilliantly written book that gives a literary portrayal of an Irish town. In reading this, one gets a feel for the places, political issues and people of Ireland in the early 1960s. This author also has a flair for providing full descriptions of his characters. One of my favorite parts ...
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The Butcher Boy 65 reviews Patrick McCabe
Delta, 1994
so you want to know what it's like...
+ Banana + Muck, pluck, mick, pigs + Never seen the movie. I review the book.
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The Overnight 27 reviews Ramsey Campbell
Tor Books, 2006
Come for the books, stay for the horror.
+ The Overnight
Mr. Campbell takes his time developing the setting and the characters while sadistically reminding me of the worst of every terrible, empty working experience I've ever had. Very atmospheric and creepy. This was my introduction to Ramsey Campbell...I want some more.
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Drawing Blood 103 reviews Poppy Z. Brite
Dell, 1994
Second best, after Lost Souls
+ Putting the "hard" in "hardcore"! + Gay Horror + GREAT READ + Wow.
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The Dead School 8 reviews Patrick Mccabe
Delta, 1996
Excellent
+ Even more engrossing than I expected! + James Joyce's Bizarre Step-Child
One of the best books I have ever read - totally compelling read
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Cold at Heart 1 review Brian A. Hopkins
Sovereign Seal Books, 1997
I WANT TO SEE MORE
An amazingly rich read. Brian Hopkins tackles a myriad of subplots with relative ease, bringing everything tightly together. There are no loose-ends...only straight-forward prose that kicks and screams. Though COLD AT HEART is a relatively short work, it shows his ability to handle longer pieces, ...
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The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club 15 reviews Brian A. Hopkins
Yard Dog Pr, 2002
Move Over McGee, Zolo's Aiming at Those Windmills Now!
+ Licking his wounds is more like it... + How cool! + Horrible Title But A Great Read + Rednecks and baseball bats- Vampires and Cadillacs!
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Secret Story 3 reviews Ramsey Campbell
Tor Books, 2007
great behind the scenes thriller
+ Startlingly Real! + A curious tale about a psychopath and his mum
Civil servant Dudley Smith writes a short story based on a true crime murder that occurred on an underground train. He entered his work in a Mersey Mouth magazine contest and won. However, the parents of a real victim of an identical homicide threaten to sue Mersey Mouth and Dudley.
Instead of ...
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These I Know by Heart Brian A. Hopkins
Vox 13 Publishing, 2001
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The Lovely Bones 98 reviews Alice Sebold
Little, Brown and Company, 2006
Quit whining
+ Try and understand + Surprising + I loved this book!
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The Girl Next Door 154 reviews Jack Ketchum
Leisure Books, 2005
Brutal
+ Horrifying + Real life horror + Great book + It wasn't her aunt
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Survivor: A Novel 381 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2000
Muahahaha
+ Great read + Stunning + Another victory for Chuck + Great Service
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Blackburn: A Novel 16 reviews Bradley Denton
Picador, 2007
Cheer For The Killer
+ Go Jimmy, kill, kill! + read in public at your own risk..... + would blackburn kill blackburn? + What a ride!
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Haunted: A Novel 101 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2006
A fantastic reading experience!
+ yikes!
I LOVED this book. The writing is excellent. The author managed to bring out a different voice for each story. There was not a false moment in the narration--it all rang true. By the end I felt like I knew these characters. In our "reality show" culture where there are so many vivid examples of how ...
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Influence 4 reviews Ramsey Campbell
Tor Books, 1989
One of the finest and most chilling modern ghost stories
+ Feel the Influence of Ramsey Campbell + One of the finest and most chilling modern ghost stories
THE INFLUENCE is perhaps the best demonstration yet of Campbell's skills as a novelist. Like INCARNATE and THE NAMELESS before it, this book sees Campbell writing at the peak of his abilities both as a sensitive chronicler of ordinary lives threatened by unpredictable forces, and as a literary ...
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Ancient Images 8 reviews Ramsey Campbell
Tor Books, 1990
Atmospheric, involving, mysterious, frightening
+ One of the best ever written! + Ramsey Campbell's Finest Novel + A work of deliciously atmospheric psychological horror + Great premise, but chill factor a bit low
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Lullaby 264 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
Best book I've read to date
+ Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist? + A killer lullaby and a vegan road-trip
This book is so relevant!
I've read some of his other work, and this by and far is the best. He hits on so many things that relate to the world today.
Yes, it has dark dark humor in it, but that is what really opens your eyes to the other comments in his book. The shock factor is what makes ...
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