Horror Aficionados discussion

I'm reading Brother's Keeper by R.W.K.Clark and Woom by Duncan Ralston.

The Growth: A Horror Novel

Well, I am trying to... The book consists of imagescans/reproductions instead of proper text and those are hardly readable on both a Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle App. Plus, it seems the pages are out of order.

I am reading The Wicked Deep and Ronin

I am reading the second of our guest author books Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2 .

I'm about to finish listening to . I am hooked on these Orphan X books.

Char wrote: "I am reading the second of our guest author books Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2 .

I'm about to finish listening to [bookc..."

I've been wanting to start the Ophan X series for a long time. This summer I absolutely will get it going.

They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak.

Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!

Currently reading:

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
FantasticLand
The Maid

Today I started The Rats & then decided to listen to The Kaiju Preservation Society 1st.

A Gentleman in Moscow

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!"

He IS! Both him and Ray Porter, I would listen to them read their grocery lists.

Navi wrote: "Currently reading:

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
FantasticLand
The Maid

[bookcover:Beyond Belief: My Se..."

I loved Fantasticland so much! I listened to it on audio which really lent itself to all the various people that were being interviewed.

Navi wrote: "Currently reading:

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
FantasticLand
The Maid

[bookcover:Beyond Belief: My Se..."

Ohh The Maid was fun, the audiobook was so quirky, l liked it a lot.

I'm reading:
A Court of Thorns and Roses

:)

I have about 14 things going but currently reading Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2 by Mike Duke, which is also a guest author read we have going on here in HA in June :) really digging this series, its short but packs such a punch.

Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2


link to group read for anyone interested, good stuff I promise
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Char wrote: "Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!"

He IS! Both him and Ray Porter, I wou..."

Ray Porter is my favorite!

Song of Susannah

Sanctity and Sin: The Collected Poems and Prose Poems of Donald Wandrei
By a key original member of the Lovecraft Circle and co-founder of Arkham House Publishing.

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!"

He IS! Both him and Ray ..."

Porter is one of the BEST, right?

Christopher wrote: "
Sanctity and Sin: The Collected Poems and Prose Poems of Donald Wandrei
By a key original ..."

Look at you Chris, classing up the joint! I haven't read any poetry in a long while now. The last one I tried was beautiful, but it was during the start of COVID and it just didn't keep my attention.

Char, “classing up the joint” is what I do. 🤪

I’ve always read (and written) a lot of poetry, but recently I’ve gotten into vintage horror/dark fantasy verse of the Clark Ashton Smith / H.P. Lovecraft variety. Not sure why. It never interested me before, but now I’m into it.

I have enjoyed a lot of Lovecraft's work, in spite of the blatant racism of some of it. I think I love the work of authors writing in that universe more than I liked Lovecraft himself, if that makes any sense. I haven't read as much Clark Ashton Smith as I would like.

I picked up the entire collected fantasies Night Shade Books issued several years ago and bogged down in the second volume. I think it's easy to overdose on Smith, maybe more so than with Lovecraft. Still, when he was hitting on all cylinders, he was the better writer and I base that on the Ballantine Sign of the Unicorn edition of Zothique which was a revelation for me, a terrific, exotic, beautifully written collection of dark fantasy stories replete with ghouls and necromancers.

I have just started

Char, not only does it make sense, it’s a position many people hold. (My students always seem to like “Lovecraftian” stories better than actual Lovecraft stories.) I love Lovecraft myself, but I totally get people who don’t like his ornate style or his racism. As to the latter, well, I think it’s up to each individual reader what to do or not do with that.

The basic collection for Clark Ashton Smith is The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith. He was a fine prose stylist and the book is worth reading, though there are other Lovecraft Circle writers I like better.

Randy wrote: "I picked up the entire collected fantasies Night Shade Books issued several years ago and bogged down in the second volume. I think it's easy to overdose on Smith, maybe more so than with Lovecraft..."

Randy, I agree with everything you just said.

Christopher wrote: "Randy, I agree with everything you just said."

I can't express how rarely anyone says that to me.

Randy wrote: "Christopher wrote: "Randy, I agree with everything you just said."

I can't express how rarely anyone says that to me."

I’m willing to say it again, but it’ll cost you this time.

I've added the books you each recommended. They both look promising. Thanks!

Shhhh... I'm still basking in the glow.

LOL

I'm starting for our author invite read. I'm still reading and I'm listening to one of our group reads:

Years ago, I bumped into Zothique and Hyperborea in a used bookstore, snatched them up, and devoured them. Highly recommended!

That's how I came across Zothique, too. Unfortunately none of the others was there. I looked.

Inspection

Viral Lives

Well I started out with five books and now down to these three:

Lords of the Deep

Megalodon In Paradise

and

The Family Man

After Dark

The second Silver John novel. Manly Wade Wellman, Appalachia, the otherworldly Shonokins…

This is the Good Old Stuff.

Today I listened to another story in Heroic Hearts & started The Scavenger Door (Finder Chronicles #3)!

Currently reading and
I just finished Monster of Elendhaven was quite a delightful read and has made its way to my top 3, though it doesnt quite fit into horror.

History Is All You Left Me

Heroes against the forces of pulpy darkness…


Frost by Donald Wandrei (I.V. Frost & his intrepid assistant Jean Moray)


The Selected Stories of Manley Wade Wellman, Vol. 5: Owls Hoot in the Daytime, and Other Omens (collected stories of Silver John)

Char wrote: "I loved Fantasticland so much! I listened to it on audio which really lent itself to all the various people that were being interviewed."

Sorry for the delay - I just saw your message! Really?! I loved Fantasticland so I will definitely pick up the audio book when I'm in the mood for a reread :)

I'm finally reading Clown in a Cornfield - loving it so far!

Navi wrote: "I'm finally reading Clown in a Cornfield - loving it so far!

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I was surprised at how much I liked it too.
A sequel is coming out in August.

WendyB wrote: "A sequel is coming out in August."

That's what gave me the push to read it!!

WendyB wrote: "Navi wrote: "I'm finally reading Clown in a Cornfield - loving it so far!

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I was surprised at how much I liked it too.
A sequel is comin..."

I need to try this!

While waiting for The Final Girl Support Group to come in the mail, I've been reading The Dark Country, which has been on my shelf for years. Etchison was a powerful short story writer and I should have read this long ago.

Reading and

Erin wrote: " I need to try this!"

You won't be sorry.