I've always been a huge fan of horror books, but I'm inevitably disappointed by whatever I pick up. About 10 years ago you just couldn't find much out there on mainstream bookshelves that weren't written by Koontz or King.
Lately, however, the shelves are full of Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books or Sookie Stackhouse books, and variations on a theme:
Sexy girl has conflicted relationship w/ some sort of monster that's male and good looking, and they proceed to have freaky monster sex on every other page. Hey I love freaky ass sex just as much as the next guy, but there are websites for that.
Fuck that. I want to crack into a book, get sucked into some sort of post-apocalyptic scenario and be scared shitless. So where to look?
Lately I've been Kindle-ing (did I just really say that? Yeah I did) and I've found a couple good ones of note. Let me share them with you.
If a) anyone reads this blog, and/or b) has any additions to the following list, please let me know!
Some oldies but goodies that are relatively recent:
The Terror: Dan Simmons
Drood: Dan Simmons
Among the Living: Timothy Long
The Missing: Sarah Langan
The Taken: Sarah Pinborough
Off to bed right now, but I might update w/ synopses later. No guarantees though!
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only 2 postings for 2009? shimmy...you're slacking there...
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