Tag Archives: horror

Review of Crucified Dreams anthology

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Gene Stewart

Crucified Dreams: Tales of Urban Horror Edited by Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon, 2011, 374pp ISBN:  978-1-62696-003-2 $15.95, trade pb A Review by  Gene Stewart  Last night I re-read “Quitters, Inc.” by Stephen King, originally encountered in his first short story … Continue reading →

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“Lovecraft, Howard, and the Rest of Us, or: Is It Wong To Be Pulpy?”

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Gene Stewart

  Bailed out of DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON, 1931, with Anna May Wong and Werner Toland, which kicked off a TCM tribute to Wong, and this led to some thoughts about racism, pulp, and quality. Toland played Charlie Chan, most … Continue reading →

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Review: Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay Wm. Morrow, ©2016 hc, 1st edition, 327pp A Review by Gene Stewart Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay is a delineation of the details of a missing child from the mother’s and … Continue reading →

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Review of Helltown by Jeremy Bates

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Helltown / World’s Scariest Places:  Book Three by Jeremy Bates Ghillinnein Books, 2015, 1st ISBN:  978 0997 096 067 A Review by Gene Stewart A group of kids drive to an isolated town in Ohio to investigate legends of hauntings … Continue reading →

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A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, A Review

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Gene Stewart

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay William Morrow, 2015, 1st edition hardcover 284pp, deckled pages ISBN:  978-0-06-236323-7 A Review by Gene Stewart A layered, literary mystery/horror novel in a class by itself, likely to be an instant classic, … Continue reading →

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Bird Box by Josh Malerman, A Review

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Bird Box by Josh Malarian Ecco, 2014, 1st edition, hardcover Special cut-out dust jacket Special cover, 262pp A Review by Gene Stewart 
 Malorie and her two kids, a boy and a girl, are left alone by a deeply unnerving … Continue reading →

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My Name is Marnie by Tracy L. Carbone Shadow Ridge Press, 2014 trade pb, 245p, ISBN: 978-989-77963-0 cover design by Kealan Patrick Burke

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Gene Stewart

A mystery ghost story with oomph, crisply written, with sharply-drawn characters, this book is a one-sitter. It pulls you through seamlessly, adding layer, shadowing the tangles, and delivering you to a denouement that has you wondering how it got so … Continue reading →

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Lucky Me

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Primary voting day; puts me in mind of other votes and their supporting demographics. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, his sequel to The Shining, won this year’s Stoker Award. It is about the little boy Danny’s subsequent life in which … Continue reading →

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Some Ripping Rip Snorters True and Otherwise

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Gene Stewart

One interesting book I snagged recently at Half Price Books is Mysteries of Police and Crime: Victorian Murders by Major Arthur Griffiths. It is a facsimile of the 1889 edition. He was a prison inspector and deputy governor of Millbank … Continue reading →

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Extreme Story Alert

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Gene Stewart

What many consider my most extreme story has been published in PARAPHILIA. I wrote “Even Trade” in 2006 and could never find anyone daring enough to publish it. Was even bounced from an anthology that had asked for the raunchiest … Continue reading →

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