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[mc]

Yes, I do remember that, Kyle. Growing up, one of my favorite cousins was very much into horror movies, and boy, I saw a lot of them, a lot of those John Carpenter epics. I liked them more then, than the rather gory and explicit ones they have now. Pyschological fear stories are more effective that all than blood and gore (for me).

On the book front, I remember reading Shirley Jackson's The Lottery for the first time. THAT was scary.

[Josh]

Kyle wrote: "mc wrote: "TracyG, are they 'horror' scary? Or ghost scary? Strange is very good, however."

I LIKE SCARY STORIES. EVER HEAR OF THE MAN WITH ONE HOOK FOR A HAND THAT TERRORIZED LOVERS LANE? GREAT..."

Whadya mean URBAN LEGEND. That totally happened to a friend of my cousin!!!

[Josh]

Or what about the step-sister with the golden arm?

[mc]

THAT, I've never heard of - and google is not helping me, either.

[mc]

I feel like I should get a flashlight and shine it up my face.

It's interesting to me how many people are afraid of clowns, actually.

[K.Z.]

This collection, The Mysterious, is perfect for Halloween. For me, it rated "just right" on the Eerie Scale. It includes stories by JL, Alex Beecroft, and Laura Baumbach.

If you like touches of humor with your paranormality, you can't go wrong with Frank Tuttle. I'm wild about his Markhat series to the point of being an age-inappropriate fangirl. :)

[mc]

Thanks, KZ. I'll check those out.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Have you ever heard about the hitchhiking girl to which my best friend's brother lent a jacket and then he dropped her at an unknown place and when he got back to visit her the day after, it was a cemetery and there was her tomb and his jacket on top of it?

[Tracy]

Despite the fact that none of us (I hope!) are 12YO girls, this whole conversation for some reason is reminding me of that scene in Troop Beverly Hills when they're telling ghost stories... LOL :D

[Jordan]

It's been so long since I've visited this thread... but I was wondering if any of you had read Flight of the Sparrows by Laura Baumbach and what you thought of it. It doesn't seem to be a romance book at all. While the story is good, it's making me wonder what it's ultimately about.

... and I think MLR press could have found her a better editor. I've seen a few grammar mistakes that should have been caught. Never mind the head hopping that's driving me nuts on occasion.

[K.Z.]

I think the best ghost story EVER is "The Monkey's Paw." You can find the whole thing online. (Gives me the willies to this day!)

[Jordan]

Oooohhh, the Mysterious is on my to-read list! If we ever decide what we're reading next month, maybe I'll get that along with it. I love Alex Beecroft's writing too.

[Tracy]

Kyle wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Despite the fact that none of us (I hope!) are 12YO girls, this whole conversation for some reason is reminding me of that scene in Troop Beverly Hills when they're telling ghost stor..."

Yes. Yes, she was. There were a ton of crazyfunny cameos, also, which I didn't appreciate as a kid, but do now that my own daughter is watching it...

[Ayesh]

Am gonna avoid the piquorist word for now :/
So any of u read the new Warder book by Mary Calmes?? Just now Mary told me it's the last in the series; am so sad :[ but thankfully there'll be some christmas stories in future :D

[Calathea]

Jordan wrote: "... and I think MLR press could have found her a better editor. I've seen a few grammar mistakes that should have been caught. Never mind the head hopping that's driving me nuts on occasion."

Err, isn't she the owner of mlr?

[Jordan]

I have no idea if she is or not... Not something I'd even thought of.

[Calathea]

Lou wrote: "My favorite spooky Hitchcock is Rear Window. That first moment when Raymond Burr looks straight into the camera (i.e. at the voyeur Jimmy Stewart/viewer) makes you jump in your seat."

I love this one! And it has about as much suspens/scare factor as I can take. I was totally rattled after watching "Vertigo" as a 12yo. It gave me the creeps. I'm still easy to scare with anything fiction. Not so in RL, though. :)

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Calathea wrote: "Err, isn't she the owner of mlr?"

Checked their website, yes, she is.

[Calathea]

Jordan wrote: "I have no idea if she is or not... Not something I'd even thought of."

I looked it up. Here.

[Calathea]

Josh wrote: "Holy moly. Okay. Let's get back on track. WHAT ARE YOU ALL READING? ;-D"

I've been reading some shorter pieces the last few days:


, which I liked.

, which I loved first and got irritated by later.

, which despite the unlikely circumstances in the story made me laugh.

, which I finished today after having it lying around half read for weeks. I've not decided on this one.

[[deleted user]]

, which I just downloaded from Riptide and is great so far.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Kate Mc. wrote: ", which I just downloaded from Riptide and is great so far."

Good to know! I got all the books released today and didn't know where to start.

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Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Kate Mc. wrote: ", which I just downloaded from Riptide and is great so far."

Good to know! I got all the books released today and didn't know where to start."

This is set in the same story line as , which I thought was hilarious. It isn't quite as crude and is maybe less superficial smut? So far so good.

[Jordan]

ok, guess that explains some of it. Thanks for looking that up guys.

[Tracy]

Cleon wrote: "mc wrote: "Kaje, I'd never read either before, if you can believe it - given my appreciation of both genres, it's kind of sad.

I hope that when wrestling your daughters, you won first dibs. With ..."

Oops tried to reply to the wrong post.

[Tracy]

MC, Both, although more strange than ghost--but he has had a few of those as well. There are so few of the free books that I really like so it was a pleasant surprise to find these.

[[deleted user]]

Kate Mc. wrote: ", which I just downloaded from Riptide and is great so far."

Oh good to know! Will read this next!

[[deleted user]]

Lauraadriana wrote: "Oh good to know! Will read this next!"

Still has sound effects. lol.

[[deleted user]]

Kate Mc. wrote: "Lauraadriana wrote: "Oh good to know! Will read this next!"

Still has sound effects. lol."

LMAO I just opened up the file :O) We shall reconvene at the review thread!

[Charming]

Kaje wrote: "Reading After Midnight http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11... which for some reason the add book function won't find for me. "

I have figured this one out. If it is a really popular book name (like After Midnight), type in the book name and the least common part of the author's name, like this: "after midnight sonny" and it comes right up.

[Candice]

OK, wait just a minute, because I have been unable to join y'all for a few days and have my own 2 cents to put in re Halloween stuff. My favorite, scariest book of all time: Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. The original movie, same name, w/Julie Harris is wonderful, spooky.

Another fave Halloween-y movie, Tom Hanks in The Burbs. I love that movie.


Just finished (or rather quit on) Men in Space. 3 Novelettes. Just awful, IMHO.

Now reading, Heart of Oak by M. Kei, M/M Horatio Hornblower or Capt and Commander type. Boy, is it fun.

[Oco]

Kate Mc. wrote: "Lauraadriana wrote: "Oh good to know! Will read this next!"

Still has sound effects. lol."

But does it have a long list of new euphemisms? That's what *I* want to know.

[[deleted user]]

Eve wrote: "Kate Mc. wrote: "Lauraadriana wrote: "Oh good to know! Will read this next!"

Still has sound effects. lol."

But does it have a long list of new euphemisms? That's what *I* want to know."
No thank god! So far no straining cannons or tickled pickles :0)

[[deleted user]]

Eve wrote: "But does it have a long list of new euphemisms? That's what *I* want to know."

No. He either used them all up or is saving the rest for his Hot Head series. :D

[Ayesh]

Finished Different Senses by Ann Sommerville. Like the title it was a different yet intriguing story :D

[[deleted user]]

Finished Interesting premise, long winded. I wish editors would edit.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Lauraadriana wrote: "Finished Interesting premise, long winded. I wish editors would edit."

I am at 50% and i'm liking the slower pace. It's like reading an historical but in the future, it's difficult to explain. I hope i'll find the right words by the end of the book :-)

[[deleted user]]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Lauraadriana wrote: "Finished Interesting premise, long winded. I wish editors would edit."

I am at 50% and i'm liking the slower pace. It's like reading an historic..."
It felt like Old Man and the Sea to me. I wish I could gotten to know the characters better. That kind of didn't happen for me. I don't mind slow pace, I just didn't get that much out of the middle of the book. He writing style, I like very much though.

[Jordan]

I'm over halfway done with Flight of the Sparrows. It's a good book, almost too good to put down. But I still say she needs a proofreader for it. I keep finding at least 1-2 spelling errors/missed words/punctuation errors in each chapter which is a little distracting. That, and I was surprised that there doesn't seem to be a romance in it, or even a single gay character, even though they're all men. I almost put this in the teen LGBTQ section at the library. I'm glad I stopped to read it first... anyway, on to reading the rest now! ttyl.

[Josh]

mc wrote: "THAT, I've never heard of - and google is not helping me, either."

I remember my visiting cousin from the midwest telling me that one. I still have a perfect terrifying image of that girl in my head.

[Josh]

Kyle wrote: "Josh wrote: "Or what about the step-sister with the golden arm?"
IT HAS HAPPENED. EVER HEAR THE ONE ABOUT THE CLOWN IN THE OUTHOUSE? SCARE THE PANTS OFF YA!"

:-D

[Josh]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Have you ever heard about the hitchhiking girl to which my best friend's brother lent a jacket and then he dropped her at an unknown place and when he got back to visit her the day after, it was a ..."

LOL YES! That happened to my cousin too!!!

[Josh]

mc wrote: "I feel like I should get a flashlight and shine it up my face.

It's interesting to me how many people are afraid of clowns, actually."

Yes! Remember those old tin jack-in-the-boxes? Different clowns on each panel? And the scariest one was the clown with the black background.

[Josh]

K.Z. wrote: "This collection, The Mysterious, is perfect for Halloween. For me, it rated "just right" on the Eerie Scale. It includes stories by JL, Alex Beecroft, and Laura Baumbach.

If you lik..."

Thanks, KZ. Yes, a weird collection of spookiness -- but weird in a good way, I hope!

[Josh]

K.Z. wrote: "I think the best ghost story EVER is "The Monkey's Paw." You can find the whole thing online. (Gives me the willies to this day!)"

I remember reading that in junior high. HORRIFYING.

Or what's the one about the statue in the graveyard? All I remember is the woman who dies and there's a broken marble finger clutched in her hand. YEEEESH!!!

[Josh]

Candice wrote: "OK, wait just a minute, because I have been unable to join y'all for a few days and have my own 2 cents to put in re Halloween stuff. My favorite, scariest book of all time: Haunting of Hill House ..."

Carnival of Souls? Anyone remember that movie? It's short but very creepy.

[Josh]

Kyle wrote: "HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE!!"

Is it??? Already???

[Cleon Lee]

Josh wrote: "Kyle wrote: "HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE!!"

Is it??? Already???"

It's Sunday morning here my time. :p

[Becky]

Does anyone remember the movie Something Wicked This Way Comes? That one scared the crap out of me as a kid. I don't even remember for sure if I managed to get all the way through it.

[Ayesh]

Cleon wrote: "Josh wrote: "Kyle wrote: "HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE!!"

Is it??? Already???"

It's Sunday morning here my time. :p"


Here too :P