October 2013 Nominations

[Dan]

Submit your nominations for our October 2013 read here. Please include enough info about the book you're nominating to insure we get the correct book in the poll. Since I got such a late start on these, we'll keep the nominations open through September 11th.

[Felina]

I would like to nominate Halloween edited by Paula Guran. It seems to fit the bill for October pretty well. :)

It has some short stories from some very popular horror authors including Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft and Peter Straub.

[Becky]

I was trying to think of a good Halloween story collection too... But I think Felina nailed it. So for my nom how about Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King.
It's a collection of 4 novellas (5 if you get the updated edition) and they are all dark and creepy in different ways.

Edited to include the link, since it's a pain to do on my phone.

[Felina]

Oh, it has been too long since I've read a King.

[Kate]

I nominate My Mother She Killed Me My Father He Ate Me Forty New Fairy Tales.

[Diane S ☔]

The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Storiesis my nomination.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Keeping with the Halloween theme, how about Night Shift by Stephen King

[Naomi V]

I have two nominations:

Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry: Stories by Christine Sneed

and

We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter

[Jim]

Nomination: The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

[Marcia]

Sorry, I won't be submitting a nomination. I don't read horror or paranormal stories and that seems to be the theme for October.

[Crystal]

11/22/63 by Stephen King

[Kate]

I thought that was a novel?

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

It is.

[Crystal]

Sorry im new here. Is that not okay?

[Kate]

oh! welcome. :-) it's a short story book club, so all the books are short fiction anthologies/collections (unless I am unaware of an exclusion to this!).

[Crystal]

oh ok. thanks :) I guess the name makes more sense now. lmao. I guess rearing the group description would've been good lol

[Crystal]

How about The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson?

[Jim]

Crystal wrote: "How about The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson?"

I suspect you're not completely familiar with short story collections. While it's true the Shirley Jackson book is under 200 pages, it's still a novel.

Short story collections are normally by a single author, or by multiple authors writing on a common theme or genre. Most of the stories are under 40 pages long and some can be as short as 2 or 3 pages.

Take a look at the three books being read for September and you'll see what I mean.

Also, welcome to the group!

[Crystal]

ya I'm not familiar with it :/ ok will look through the other books. no more nominations from me. I'll just vote :)

[Bobby]

Crystal wrote: "How about The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson?"
Also a novel.

[Bobby]

Crystal wrote: "ya I'm not familiar with it :/ ok will look through the other books. no more nominations from me. I'll just vote :)"

Bobby wrote: "Crystal wrote: "How about The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson?"
Also a novel."

Both Shirley Jackson and Stephen King are good choices though!

[Bobby]

Felina wrote: "I would like to nominate Halloween edited by Paula Guran. It seems to fit the bill for October pretty well. :)

It has some short stories from some very popular horror authors including Ray Bradbur..."

I vote for this one.

[Dan]

Crystal wrote: "ya I'm not familiar with it :/ ok will look through the other books. no more nominations from me. I'll just vote :)"

Thanks for being involved with the group Crystal. I'll add The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson as your nomination.

[Bobby]

Anasylvia wrote: "I'm new here, so I'm not sure if The Best Short Stories by Edgar Allen Poe has been read before, but I think that in keeping with the month of October theme, that would be an a great read."

Ooooo...it's so obvious, you almost wouldn't think of it! I'd be into it!