The Horror Library Anthology Volume I
...runs the entire spectrum of dark fiction...embraces the genre, paying diligence to the traditional spine tingler, the supernatural, the haunted, the dark satire and the gritty modern thriller. Thirty dark tales, each by a different story teller.
Customer Reviews:
.... truly fresh meat for the horror fan. In ten years time some of the writers whose work appears here will be known as masters of the genre, so shrink wrap your copy and remember, I told you so!
...the first anthology from R.J. Cavendar and Cutting Block Press...[is] a great first run...look forward to volume II
...the stories are creepy and scary just like you'd expect. There's also a touch of black humor in several pieces...
...a good introduction to all the various types of horror available from [sic]todays up and coming authors...
Buy it, read it, bury it, it will come back to you in your dreams.
THE REMEMBERING COUNTRY by Kevin Filan: One of the best writers you've never heard of. This tale is bizarre...
BLACK BOX by Eric Stark: ...a superbly creepy story...really shines...
...writing reminds me a bit of Jack Ketchum and the work has the same effect. An original idea.
MOMMA'S SHADOW by Mark E. Deloy: ...great, creepy old school horror...
SHADOWS by D.X. Williams: ...twisted piece...
SKULL FARMERS by Matt Samet: ...nasty and seriously mental. Fans of psycho horror will foam over this one...
A SUNNY DAY TURNS DARK by Chris Perridas: ...dark humor...
THE MOTHER by jOhn lOverO: ...a unique take on vampires...
SURRENDER by Vince Churchill: ...If erotica is your thing...
WINGS WITH HOT SAUCE by Fran Friel: a touch of black humor...made me laugh outloud...
THE PUPPET SHOW by Rick J. Brown: ...apocolyptic sci-fi horror that sent chills up and down my spine. The imagery was like Gaiman meets Lovecraft meets Giger meets Dark City. Killer prose, great characterization-- a frighteningly brilliant piece...
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Butcher Shop Quartet Volume I
(A collection of four novella-length tales. ~~CC)
Customer Reviews:
The Last of Boca Verde by Boyd E. Harris kicks off the Quartet by plunging the reader into the darkest jungles of Central America. It's obvious that Harris knows the region; his descriptive prose had me coughing from imagined forest fire smoke, jumpy from numerous creepy-crawlies, perspiring from imagined humidity, fatigued from the exhaustive horseback climb seven thousand feet up into the cloud forest itself. Then came the Congo Negro...
The House on the Hill by Australian author Clinton Green is a classic Greek tragedy about two men whose lives are forever changed after spending the night in a haunted house... young men's dreams of adventure and glory in battle turn into nightmares as they're exposed to the harsh realities of war. The twist at the end is just icing on the cake.
The Reconstruction of Kasper Clark by English author Michael Stone is a delightful romp through Hell, portrayed as a clinic specializing in plastic surgery... Stone teases, twists and tantalizes the reader from the first page to the last...
The Darkling Child by A.T. Andreas... ancient wisdom ignored at a heavy cost, weakness of the flesh, and self-betrayal... The author leads and misleads the reader through increasingly intricate interactions between personified Good and Evil... a twisted intimate dance of light and dark which redefines Faith and Providence.
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© 2006 - Clara Chandler (used with permission)
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