What is missing?

[Gatorman]

Michelle wrote: "I look for stories that scare me so much, I need a light on all night. Haven't found that in a very long time. Kinda sad.

I know exactly what you mean. I'm wondering if I'm just too old to scare..."

The Book of Lost Things is a great read. John Connolly is the man!

[Robert]

Bandit wrote: "You should read Ruby Jean Jensen, Tressa
she's all about killing off principal likeable characters midway just for the fun of it
and she looks like this
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MZb2WdpX5os......"

And to think, Bandit I thought my "great aunt" just watched horror films on Chiller Theatre but wrote those stories too?!? (LOL .. Ms. Jensen looks just like her, though !)
So where should I start with Ms. Jensen ? I checked Fantastic Fiction.com but it's hard to get a feel for Ms. Jensen's work from that site.
I get the feeling that Ms. Jensen is going to be my "summer discovery" for 2011.

[Bandit]

I read most of her books years ago, so I can't remember which ones I liked the best...they are all quite even, I think her later works like Night Thunder and Haunting (the ones without the super cheesy covers) were a bit more sophisticated, Smoke was pretty good too.
Here's a good article on her work I found
http://houseofmastervyle.blogspot.com...

[Lori Ann]

Tressa wrote: "I agree. That's why I turned to bizarro for a while, and while I enjoyed some that I read, the others left me cold. So not sure how much more bizarro I'm going to try.

We need more books like The ..."

Hi,

What's bizarro? That's a new one for me. But then, I'm pretty new.

[Tressa]

Lori wrote: "What's bizarro? That's a new one for me. But then, I'm pretty new. "

Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre, which often utilizes elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive works that are as weird and entertaining as possible. The term was adopted in 2005 by the independent publishing companies Eraserhead Press, Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Afterbirth Books.

[Tressa]

Dorothy wrote: "Tressa wrote: "LOL! Let's book them a tour to the ruins. The vine would love Bieber's sweet little body."

As a Canadian, I hereby give you all the right to snuff the Beebs in any gross, graphic,..."

Aw, I can't do that to that little boy. I'm a mom to a boy, myself. Maybe my son will have a spastic haircut one day.

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That was a rather impressive definition, Tressa :). Sounds way better than my definition: funky weird-ass horror :)

[Tressa]

Credit that to the geniuses at Wikipedia.

[Nora aka Diva]

M.R. wrote: "When searching for a new horror novel, what are you searching for the remains elusive?"

Something that not only frightens but is plausible.
I miss that spin tingling feeling as you read. Books that have you lying in bed wondering 'what was that?' with every little noise you hear.

[[deleted user]]

^What she said

[Michelle]

I forgot about "The Book of Lost Things"! Yes, it was amazing!