SHEENA: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES
SHEENA: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE JUNGLE QUEEN By James Buck and Joe Musgrave (2012, Altus Press) I’m a big fan of Sheena. As stated before, I love the idea of a jungle girl. I…
FLUKE By JAMES HERBERT
FLUKE by James Herbert (1977, New English Library) James Herbert, who passed this year, was better known in the UK than the US. He started out as a horror novelist with The Rats…
THE CHOSEN by Alex Archer
The Chosen is a definite improvement in the adventures of Anja Creed, she who bears the sword of St. Joan Of Arc. We still don’t know a lot about her origins, other than she was raised in a Catholic orphanage in New Orleans. Roux and Garin have little to do with the action, but they remain tangential to the story. But the novel builds to an ending which makes me wonder if the producers of Cabin in the Woods read this book while their movie was in pre-production.
HOT RAIL TO HELL by Robert Vardeman
The first of a proposed series, Hot Rail To Hell, was published a few years ago by Robert Vardeman as an attempt to revive the mens’ action novels of the 1970’s. Vardeman heads the Baroness Yahoo group and dedicated it to her creator, Lyle Kenyon Engel. Although we haven’t been blessed with another book in this “Conversant USA” series, one can always hope. Digital publishing makes the job a lot easier these days. Vardeman lists many other books in his resume, so he has the chops to keep the ball rolling.
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (AKA BENIGHTED) by J.B. Priestley
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (AKA BENIGHTED) by J.B. Priestley The Old Dark House is one novel any horror literature fan should take the time to read. It’s not that long and takes place in the…
CAVERN OF THE BLOOD ZOMBIES by XU Lei
I had to read Cavern of the Blood Zombies by Xu Lei after finishing Search for the Buried Bomber. The sequel to Bomber hadn’t been translated and I was thirsting for more books by this author. Luckily, Things Asian Press has managed to put two other of his books into print.
THE REMAINING: REFUGEES by D. J. MOLLES
THE REMAINING: REFUGEES by D. J. Molles (2012, Amazon Digital Services) The struggle of Capt. Lee Harden to save civilization (As We Know It) continues in the third book in this series, The Remaining:…
FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg
#5 Falling Angel. This Chandleresque private eye novel may well be the finest American horror novel of this century.
– Karl Edward Wagner, 13 Best Supernatural Horror Novels (Twilight Zone magazine 1983)
THE REMAINING: AFTERMATH by D. J. Molles
THE REMAINING: AFTERMATH by D. J. Molles (2012, Amazon Digital Services) The Remaining: Aftermath continues where the previous Aftermath novel ended. Capt.Lee Harden, US Army, has finally rendezvoused with a group of survivors. Known…
FREAK MUSEUM by R. R. Ryan
#11 Freak Museum. RRR had a genius for putting her characters in horrid situations. This time her heroine is an unwed mother who falls into the clutches of a gang of mad scientists who create monstrous freaks from newborn infants-or are the freaks real? A battery of stock detectives die horribly trying to find out.
– Karl Edward Wagner, 13 Best Science Fiction Horror Novels (Twilight Zone Magazine 1983)