Horror Aficionados discussion

Started How to Sell a Haunted House
Really meant to just read the first few pages and finally stopped 60 pages in. I was annoyed (by the brother) and creeped out (by the dolls). So far, so good.

Squire wrote: "I think that no matter what I think of this book, I will probably think a little worse of the novella "If It Bleeds;" I shouldn't have read that one first. oh well."

You guys should both like King's new novel: Holly:
https://amzn.to/3JwXSxb

Going to start The Exorcist's House!

Char wrote: "Squire wrote: "I think that no matter what I think of this book, I will probably think a little worse of the novella "If It Bleeds;" I shouldn't have read that one first. oh well."

You guys should..."

Yes, Char, I see all my friends here adding it! I really like Holly as a character, I will definitely read it when it's published.

Finally caught up a bit on my galleys so I'm starting this one.

Just started Stories of Your Life and Others

WendyB wrote: "Started How to Sell a Haunted House
Really meant to just read the first few pages and finally stopped 60 pages in. I was annoyed (by the brother) and creeped out (by the dolls). So ..."

I think I'll get this as one of my next holds at the library.

I’ve got four going on right now:

The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale

Snow by Ronald Malfi

Sundial by Catriona Ward

Suburban Monsters by Christopher Hawkins

Gave The Outsider 3 stars.

Now to dive into Infinite Jest.......

The Scorch Trials & Six of Crows

The Maidens

How To Sell A Haunted House

Hell Bent

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven

Currently reading:

and

Listening to:

(book two of the Miriam Black series)

and reading:

Sonja wrote: "Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven"

THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES! I hope you enjoy it!

I just started The Echo Man, and I’m almost done with How To Sell A Haunted House.

Things Slip Through omg... I'm most of the way through this book and it's gets freakier and creepier with every little story about the town and the people.

WendyB wrote: "Things Slip Through omg... I'm most of the way through this book and it's gets freakier and creepier with every little story about the town and the people."

I have had that book since it came out. Still haven't read it, Wendy!

Sonja wrote: "Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven"

A classic!! My dad considered this required reading and insisted I read it.

Re-reading Zone One by Colson Whitehead

WendyB wrote: "Things Slip Through omg... I'm most of the way through this book and it's gets freakier and creepier with every little story about the town and the people."

I LOVE this one!!

Char wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Things Slip Through omg... I'm most of the way through this book and it's gets freakier and creepier with every little story about the town and the people."

I have h..."

I just finished it. It starts out a bit slow as it sets up the idea of the strangeness of the town... but most of the little stories are really good and one in particular just blew me away. It's worth reading.

Kimberly wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Things Slip Through omg... I'm most of the way through this book and it's gets freakier and creepier with every little story about the town and the people."

I LOVE t..."

Me too!

Dead Silence

WendyB wrote: "Char wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Things Slip Through omg... I'm most of the way through this book and it's gets freakier and creepier with every little story about the town and the peopl..."

It sounds similiar to Malerman's Goblin. It's a short story collection about the town of Goblin. I liked that one quite a bit, so I'll probably like this one too.

Matthew wrote: "Dead Silence"

I really liked that space/horror. Hope you do too!

Starting Demonic by Jeff Strand.. the guy has the best covers, must be nice that his wife makes them all for him haha.



Corey is falling in love with his co-worker Quinn. This is a problem. Not only because Quinn is married, but because her husband is a serial killer known as the Toledo Trasher, who has been forcing her to participate in his savage crimes.

With nothing but Quinn’s best interests in mind, Corey shows up at their home with a gun in his pocket and a knife in his hand.

Unfortunately, there are some very dark forces at work, and Corey makes Quinn’s situation worse than he could have ever imagined. And now things are about to get really, really bloody...

Char wrote: "It sounds similiar to Malerman's Goblin. It's a short story collection about the town of Goblin. I liked that one quite a bit, so I'll probably like this one too."

Good to know. I have Goblin coming up on my tbr.

I'm reading I'm not sure what I think. Interesting.

I've been listening to The Christmas Bookshop and reading The Christie Affair

I'm starting

The Twisted Dead, and Hell Bent

Thirst by Benjamin Warner

Wayward

Getting another one of the big thick books on my tbr out of the way early in the year.

I just started listening to The Mitford Murders this morning

Just started Full Dark, No Stars

Hi hi. I’m joining in this thread with a very attainable 13-book goal. Life interrupted last year’s 26-book target…as life does. Glad to be back in the mix. This is my spot. 😋

I’m reading Stephen king’s Wizard and Glass from the dark tower series!!! I cannot wait to read where this story takes the ka-tet!

Christopher wrote: "In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner. I’m wondering if this collection’s reputation isn’t a bit inflated, to be honest. The stories so far c..."

It's a favorite of mine, though I did find "In the Pines" and "Where the Summer Ends" a bit slow. "Sticks" is a long time favorite, my initial reading of which is what prompted me to buy the collection when it first came out. I'd urge you to read "River of Night's Dreaming" and "Beyond Any Measure" if nothing else.

Currently reading another old collection, Tomato Cain, and Other Stories by Nigel Kneale. I'm only a few stories in and it looks like a mixed collection of s.f., horror and more mainstream stories.

This was Kneale's only published collection. He's best known as a screen writer for the BBC serials of Professor Quatermass' exploits (all later filmed by Hammer Studios), The Stone Tape (1972), The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968), The Woman in Black (1989) and other television productions, as well as some work on the movie Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

I never knew any of that, Randy! Hope you enjoy the stories as you get further into it.

The Hellbound Heart and Interview with the Vampire

These days I am reading:

and

Char wrote: "I never knew any of that, Randy! Hope you enjoy the stories as you get further into it."

Thanks, Char. I suspect I'll veer off after a few more stories so I don't get saturated, and because there's a novel I'm interested in starting.

I do the same, Randy. I like to use short stories as a sort of palate cleanser between novels. As a consequence, it takes me a long time to get through collections like that.

Same here, Char. Infrequently I'll read straight through, sometimes to the detriment of my estimation of a collection. Right now, I'm also inching my way through The Life of Crime: Unravelling the mysteries of fiction’s favourite genre, a massive history of mystery (as the cover notes) so the Kneale is acting as a break-away from that, too.

Char wrote: "I do the same, Randy. I like to use short stories as a sort of palate cleanser between novels. As a consequence, it takes me a long time to get through collections like that."

You know, I try to read short-story collections between novels, but I find that I have to read the whole thing or I never finish it. If I stop reading a collection I often never go back to it. I lose momentum or something.

Well ... yes. I have many collections and anthologies partly read.