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[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The Hellgate: A Horror Novel Collection by Doug Lamoreux is $1 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo US.

So far, I've only read The Devil's Bed and I enjoyed it. He has another interesting book called Dracula's Demeter (not in this collection).

That's an Indie publisher, by the way . (I'm with them, too. They used to be Creativia). HOWEVER, I highly recommend Lamoreux's writing, especially Seven For the Slab.

I only had one of the four, so I picked up the collection from Amazon.

Thank you.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

That's an Indie publisher, by the way . (I'm with them, too. They used to be Creativia). HOWEVER, I highly recommend Lamoreux's writing, especially Seven For the Slab.

I only had one of the four, so I picked up the collection from Amazon.

Thank you.

Oh yeah. I knew it was an indie. But I've actually read one of the books and can recommend it. I was hoping that The Devil's Bed would be something like Tombs of the Blind Dead. But it is its own thing instead. Which is probably better for Lamoreux.

incidentally, I DIDN'T pick up the collection because I already have all four books individually, along with the already mentioned Dracula's Demeter and Seven For the Slab and Apparition Lake.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Oh yeah. I knew it was an indie. But I've actually read one of the books and can recommend it. I was hoping that The Devil's Bed would be something like Tombs of the Blind Dead. But it is its own thing instead. Which is probably better for Lamoreux.

incidentally, I DIDN'T pick up the collection because I already have all four books individually, along with the already mentioned Dracula's Demeter and Seven For the Slab and Apparition Lake.

And those individual covers, in my opinion, are so much better than the cover for the collection.

[salty-horse]

Zombie Bake-Off by Stephen Graham Jones is $2 on Amazon.com

There’s not much rumbling during the Recipe Days show at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum—except for stomachs, that is—until the professional wrestlers arrive early for their Saturday night matches. Chaos ensues when the home cooks are overrun by Xombie, the Hellbillies, and Jersey Devil Jill.

They’re not everyone’s idea of family fun . . . especially when the rowdy wrestlers descend on the free donuts brought for the security team—and are turned into brain-eating zombies. The night’s main event starts early with undead wrestlers squaring off against kitchen divas and soccer moms. And as the contagion spreads, the few survivors, armed with mixers, booth poles, and a Zamboni, must fight to keep their heads on straight—and off the menu.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Zombie Bake-Off by Stephen Graham Jones is $2 on Amazon.com

I always wondered why zombies don't gain weight, considering their voracious appetite for brains. (And they have such a playful attitude with intestines, as if weighing them for vitamin content. Or whatever.)

And if they did gain weight from over consumption, how would one cross the morass of political correctness by advising them of this fact?

"Stay away from those intestines, Bob! There's no telling where they've been."

[ZodWallop]

Revelator by Daryl Gregory is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo US.

In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. The mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family's personal god, an entity known as the Ghostdaddy.

Years later, after a tragic incident that caused her to flee, Stella—now a professional bootlegger—returns for Motty's funeral, and to check on the mysterious ten-year-old girl named Sunny that Motty adopted. Sunny appears innocent enough, but she is more powerful than Stella could imagine—and she’s a direct link to Stella's buried past and her family's destructive faith.

Haunting and wholly engrossing, summoning mesmerizing voices and giving shape to the dark, Revelator is a southern gothic tale for the ages.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Revelator by Daryl Gregory

Get it! And I'm currently reading We Are All Completely Fine.

[BetterRead]

The new Valancourt Book $2.99 deals at Amazon through November 30.

The Comeback by Bernard Taylor

Once a celebrated singer, Rosemary Paul is now an embittered woman in her sixties, forgotten by nearly everyone but her assistant, Carrie Markham, who idolizes her and panders to her every need. When Rosemary receives the unexpected news that her record company is dusting off one of her albums for a reissue, the old hunger for fame and success is reignited, and with Carrie's help she begins to plan her big comeback. But as preparations commence, long buried secrets begin to resurface, and Rosemary's quest for fame at any price will lead to murder ...

The Nightwalker by Thomas Tessier

Bobby Ives doesn't mean to kill. When his first victim ends up beneath the wheels of a London city bus, he almost succeeds in convincing himself it was an accident. Until the day he sees the jogger and a strange and uncontrollable sensation begins to course through his limbs. An animalistic urge to run, to chase, to hunt ... and to kill. Soon the city is gripped by a reign of terror, and night after night the beast will silently stalk the streets, its bloody jaws and tearing claws leaving only death in its wake.

[ZodWallop]

I could have sworn The Nightwalker was part of the Paperbacks from Hell line and I already had it. But looks like I was mixing up Tessier's Rapture and the cover of Martindale's Night Blood.

The poor befuddled horror fan...

Anyway, picked 'em both up. Thank you!

[salty-horse]

Cross-posted to SF&F.
The Warren by Brian Evenson is $2 on Amazon.com
Novella.

X doesn’t have a name. He thought he had one—or many—but that might be the result of the failing memories of the personalities imprinted within him. Or maybe he really is called X.

He’s also not as human as he believes himself to be.

But when he discovers the existence of another—above ground, outside the protection of the Warren—X must learn what it means to be human, or face the destruction of their two species.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I could have sworn The Nightwalker was part of the Paperbacks from Hell line and I already had it. But looks like I was mixing up Tessier's Rapture and the cover of Martindale's Night Blood.

The poor befuddled horror fan...

Anyway, picked 'em both up. Thank you!

OTHER INFO:

I have both the Valancourt and Venture Press editions in ebook. (I think I purchased the latter one from Kobo.)

They both have the same title. However, upon reading some of the reviews on Amazon, I noticed that some reviewers kept mentioning this story title: The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank.

Upon further investigative, time-consuming effort - a task that involved opening both ebooks - I was compelled to eat a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a large slice of chocolate cake, I discovered that the Venture Press edition contains that additional novella while the Valencourt edition does not.

Sincerely,
Mr. Know-it-all

P.S.: Rapture and Finishing Touches are both available as Paperbacks From Hell editions from Valancourt.

[salty-horse]

Shadowland by Peter Straub is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

You have been there...if you have ever been afraid.

Come back. To a dark house deep in the Vermont woods, where two friends are spending a season of horror, apprenticed to a Master Magician.

Learning secrets best left unlearned. Entering a world of incalculable evil more ancient than death itself. More terrifying. And more real.

Only one of them will make it through.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Shadowland by Peter Straub is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

You beat me too it!

Shadowland was one Straub book I just didn't get on with. But the reviews for it are great. So much so, I find myself wondering if I should re-read it.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Upon further investigative, time-consuming effort - a task that involved opening both ebooks - I was compelled to eat a bowl of vanilla ice cream and a large slice of chocolate cake...

Oh, I could do with that kind of investigative work.

[ZodWallop]

The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo US.

In general, I prefer Barker's short stories to his novels, but I did really enjoy The Great and Secret Show.

In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America. In this New York Times bestseller, master storyteller Clive Barker unveils one of the most ambitious imaginative landscapes in modern fiction and an intricately woven and meticulously constructed epic where past and future meet.

The Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of struggle between the evil spirit, Jaff, and a force for light, Fletcher. Jaffe hopes to tap into The Art's power while Fletcher wants to prevent it from being tainted. The conflict between the two men spills into the real world in a decades-long feud, distorting reality and affecting the entire human race.

Carrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Show is a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller.