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September 11, 2019
Paperbacks from Hell Reprint Series, Part II from Valancourt Books!
You asked for it, you got it! Beginning later in 2019, Valancourt Books will be releasing another five titles in their mind-blowing reprint series of vintage paperback horror novels, featured in my and Grady Hendrix's Stoker-winning Paperbacks from Hell (Quirk Books, 2017). For complete info, read Valancourt's blogpost about it. Of course, Grady and I will be doing intros again, and we will
August 29, 2019
She's an Angel Witch: The Witches Series by James Darke (1983-86)
Still so many treasures to be found in paperback horror! I was rereading a Sphere book recently and noticed this back pages ad that I had previously missed, for a horror series I had never heard of before:
Immediately I got on the Google to see what I could see and lo and behold my faithful readers I was rewarded with these delightfully vintage softcore covers for The Witches, an
Immediately I got on the Google to see what I could see and lo and behold my faithful readers I was rewarded with these delightfully vintage softcore covers for The Witches, an
August 23, 2019
The Fawcett Gold Medal Paperbacks of Robert Arthur Smith
British horror novelist Robert Arthur Smith, born on this date in 1944, produced these paperback originals between 1977 and 1991. He lives in Toronto today but other than that I could find out no real biographical info about him. I own copies of The Prey and Vampire Notes but have not read them; the latter book notes "by the author of The Leopard" but I could find no cover image for that title.
July 28, 2019
Feast by Graham Masterton (1988): Stay Hungry
Published as a Pinnacle paperback original in 1988
with some fanfuckingtastic cover/stepback art by comic book artist Bob Larkin, Feast is today one of
the more sought-after books of its era, usually going for close to $100, alas. Graham Masterton, an author who churned out—who still churns out!—reliably gruesome and fast-paced horror novels, presents a tale about a cult of enormous
with some fanfuckingtastic cover/stepback art by comic book artist Bob Larkin, Feast is today one of
the more sought-after books of its era, usually going for close to $100, alas. Graham Masterton, an author who churned out—who still churns out!—reliably gruesome and fast-paced horror novels, presents a tale about a cult of enormous
July 18, 2019
Horror Fiction Help XX
Wow, the 20th post in my quest to help horror fans find forgotten books and stories! These descriptions have me stumped, so can anyone help ID these works? Thanks in advance y'all!
1. Paperback, cover mostly black, front cover illustration of an evil or feral-looking naked woman lying on grass, glaring angrily up at the us, the viewer. She was on her side in a semi-foetal position, so no NSFW
1. Paperback, cover mostly black, front cover illustration of an evil or feral-looking naked woman lying on grass, glaring angrily up at the us, the viewer. She was on her side in a semi-foetal position, so no NSFW
July 5, 2019
Koko by Peter Straub (1988): Born Down in a Dead Man's Town
In a way the Vietnam War was an Eighties war, much as we revisited it in
that decade and as its after-effects began to be confronted in our most popular culture. After 1975, people weren't eager to talk about it; the wound still fresh, the stitches still in place. Of course
there had been books and movies in the previous decade, like The Deer Hunter and Dispatches, Going After Cacciato
that decade and as its after-effects began to be confronted in our most popular culture. After 1975, people weren't eager to talk about it; the wound still fresh, the stitches still in place. Of course
there had been books and movies in the previous decade, like The Deer Hunter and Dispatches, Going After Cacciato
