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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

1. Toplin - Michael McDowell
2. Death's Door - John Wooley & Ron Wolfe
3. Kathe Koja - Skin
4. Brian Hodge - Nightlife
5. Dennis Etchison - Shadow Man

Thanks Dr.

I remember having read these back when they first came out, but it's hard to remember much about them. At the time, I remember reading some Kathe Koja, but now feel she's just a lot of hot air. (Too, I think I read all of her books published by Dell Abyss.)

I have Cipher in paperback and the synopsis sounds interesting. But the reviews make me think it probably isn't for me. Hateful characters. Pretentious writing... I don't know. Maybe I'll still try it. I just don't see myself rushing to do so.

John Wooley and Ron Wolfe's book: I interviewed him for (I think?) the Arkansas Gazette (or the Arkansas Democrat Gazette or the official newspaper at UALR. Or the independent newspaper at UALR). I think this was their first book together. I still have my autographed copy (by one of them).

Their book, Death's Door, doesn't appear to be available as an ebook. But they do have another collaboration: Old Fears. I'll put it on my list. It does sound good.

Michael McDowell was a great writer of Southern Gothic.

McDowell is an author I've heard praised for YEARS. I really need to give him a go.

Brian Hodge - I may be confusing the title above with another one of his books - a book of short stories that I loved. What he writes now doesn't much interest me.

Brian Hodge is an author I was looking into before this whole Abyss bug bit me. He's probably the one I'll try first. I'm looking at Dark Advent, Nightlife or Deathgrip.

Mark Morris is not on my list, but I had his Dell Abyss book for years and never read it.

Mark Morris - NOT Dell Abyss: I have a digital copy of The Winter Tree, his first novel.

I also have Toady, which was published in a [shorter ?] from called The Horror Club. (In the intro he mentions the cost of stamps to mail out the "Three thousand six hundred pages of white A4 typing paper.") --- I look forward to reading both versions, when I can locate a copy of The Horror Club.

I didn't realize Mark Morris had a book published by Abyss. I've read his novel Deluge a while back. I wrote a review of it here.