A Choir of Ill Children32 reviews Tom Piccirilli Spectra, 2004 Fine Southern Gothic Horror + Dirty Gothic from the Dirty South + For anyone who ever believed THEIR family was messed up Piccirilli weaves a good old fashioned ghost story in the Southern Gothic tradition, feeding us the plot in rich images with a tight skillful style that evokes the still fear of blood dripping into a dark cauldron, slowly drawing our eyes upward to the horrors that have been hanging there all ...             The Shining612 reviews Stephen King Pocket, 2002 Redrum and ha loo sin nations in the ultimate mountain resort + Absolutely enjoyable! + The Shining + Classic King! + Intense and frightening             Dracula (Signet Classics)341 reviews Bram Stoker Signet Classics, 1986 An old fashioned tale that doesn't offend + AN ACTUAL REVIEW OF THIS NAXOS AUDIO DRAMATIZATION + There is more than meets the eye Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was first published in 1897, and as one reads this work, it is overwhelmingly apparent that it was written during a time when morals and virtues were held in a much higher regard than they are today. The book is comprised primarily of various journal entries from six ...             Shooting Star/Spiderweb (Hard Case Crime)5 reviews Robert Bloch Hard Case Crime, 2008 A book you'll literally flip for + Brain candy + Double hitter It has not been uncommon for writers to toil in the trenches of paperback originals, earning their keep by churning out potboilers quickly. It doesn't seem to happen as much nowadays, but back in the 1950s and 1960s, some big-name authors started out publishing this way: Lawrence Block, John ...             The Turn of the Screw - Literary Touchstone Classic3 reviews Henry James Prestwick House, Inc., 2006 Turn of the Screw Keeps Turning This edition provides provacative notes to assist the reader who is not accustomed to the gothic romance genre. Various critical theories are proposed which stimulate attentive reading. My own reading would lean towards the notion that James is satirizing popular horror stories, while at the same ...             Pale Immortal15 reviews Anne Frasier Onyx, 2006 Anne delivers again! + Chilling to the last page + A perfect supernatural thriller... + fan for life!             Other Voices, Other Rooms41 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Minority View + Excellent for book clubs + A Difficult Read and a Complex Work + Sparkling and Intriguing Capote in His First Novel             Come Closer32 reviews Sara Gran Berkley Trade, 2006 I was drawn in straight to the end + we all need a quicky every once and again. + Very Scary + Good read + Perfectly rare.             A Suspension of Mercy11 reviews Patricia Highsmith W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 From unbridled imagination to unbridled rage + Brilliant + Another Strange Psycholgical Treat from P. Highsmith! + A mystery story without a real murder + Highsmith was NOT a crime writer....             Dark Hollow30 reviews Brian Keene Leisure Books, 2008 Loved it! I found The Conquerer Worms disappointing so it took me a while to pick up Dark Hollow by Brian Keene. And once again I'm disappointed, but this time it's because I put it off reading this book for so long. Dark Hollow is the tale of a small town in Pennsylvania, once a farming community, now ...             Rituals6 reviews Ed Gorman DAW, 2002 Horror excellence + Solid work from the master + another winner from Gorman..... Ed Gorman, always a master writing stylist, works in the horror vein, essentially a modern update to the Salem (MA) witch trials and hunts long ago blooding the region. Hastings Corner, located outside of Boston, is the suburban setting this tense fable plays out in. Two groups of witch hunters, a ...             Come Closer32 reviews Sara Gran Berkley Trade, 2006 I was drawn in straight to the end + we all need a quicky every once and again. + Very Scary + Good read + Perfectly rare.             Pale Immortal15 reviews Anne Frasier Onyx, 2006 Anne delivers again! + Chilling to the last page + A perfect supernatural thriller... + fan for life!             Other Voices, Other Rooms41 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Minority View + Excellent for book clubs + A Difficult Read and a Complex Work + Sparkling and Intriguing Capote in His First Novel             Dracula (Signet Classics)341 reviews Bram Stoker Signet Classics, 1986 An old fashioned tale that doesn't offend + AN ACTUAL REVIEW OF THIS NAXOS AUDIO DRAMATIZATION + There is more than meets the eye Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was first published in 1897, and as one reads this work, it is overwhelmingly apparent that it was written during a time when morals and virtues were held in a much higher regard than they are today. The book is comprised primarily of various journal entries from six ...             Dark Hollow30 reviews Brian Keene Leisure Books, 2008 Loved it! I found The Conquerer Worms disappointing so it took me a while to pick up Dark Hollow by Brian Keene. And once again I'm disappointed, but this time it's because I put it off reading this book for so long. Dark Hollow is the tale of a small town in Pennsylvania, once a farming community, now ...             Shooting Star/Spiderweb (Hard Case Crime)5 reviews Robert Bloch Hard Case Crime, 2008 A book you'll literally flip for + Brain candy + Double hitter It has not been uncommon for writers to toil in the trenches of paperback originals, earning their keep by churning out potboilers quickly. It doesn't seem to happen as much nowadays, but back in the 1950s and 1960s, some big-name authors started out publishing this way: Lawrence Block, John ...             The Turn of the Screw - Literary Touchstone Classic3 reviews Henry James Prestwick House, Inc., 2006 Turn of the Screw Keeps Turning This edition provides provacative notes to assist the reader who is not accustomed to the gothic romance genre. Various critical theories are proposed which stimulate attentive reading. My own reading would lean towards the notion that James is satirizing popular horror stories, while at the same ...             A Choir of Ill Children32 reviews Tom Piccirilli Spectra, 2004 Fine Southern Gothic Horror + Dirty Gothic from the Dirty South + For anyone who ever believed THEIR family was messed up Piccirilli weaves a good old fashioned ghost story in the Southern Gothic tradition, feeding us the plot in rich images with a tight skillful style that evokes the still fear of blood dripping into a dark cauldron, slowly drawing our eyes upward to the horrors that have been hanging there all ...             Rituals6 reviews Ed Gorman DAW, 2002 Horror excellence + Solid work from the master + another winner from Gorman..... Ed Gorman, always a master writing stylist, works in the horror vein, essentially a modern update to the Salem (MA) witch trials and hunts long ago blooding the region. Hastings Corner, located outside of Boston, is the suburban setting this tense fable plays out in. Two groups of witch hunters, a ...