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Books From The Back Log #21 ~ Jenny Pox

Posted: September 12, 2019 in horror, Paranormal or fantasy, YA
Tags: Books From The Back Log, Horror, paranormal, YA

If you’re like me, you have a pile of books beckoning to you from your lists. Carole hosts this fun feature where you can share some of those older books and perhaps nudge you to finally read them. If you want to join in on the fun, head over to Carole’s Random Life In Books and leave a link to your post.

Jenny Pox

The Paranormals #1

by J.L. Bryan

Genre: YA/ Paranormal / Horror

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Jenny Morton has a horrific secret: her touch spreads a deadly supernatural plague, the “Jenny pox.” She lives by a single rule: Never touch anyone. A lifetime of avoiding any physical contact with others has made her isolated and painfully lonely in her small rural town.

Then she meets the one boy she can touch. Jenny feels herself falling for Seth…but if she’s going to be with him, Jenny must learn to use the deadly pox inside her to confront his ruthless and manipulative girlfriend Ashleigh, who secretly wields the most dangerous power of all.

Amazon / B&N

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I added this book back in January of 2015. I can’t believe I haven’t read this yet. His other series, Ellie Jordan Ghost Trapper, is one of my favorites and I’m curious to see how I feel about this one.

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A Parliament Of Crows by Alan M. Clark ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Posted: September 2, 2019 in crime thriller, giveaways, horror
Tags: giveaway, Horror, southern gothic crime

A Parliament of Crows

by Alan M. Clark

Genre: Southern Gothic Crime, Horror

In A Parliament of Crows, the three Mortlow sisters are prominent
American educators of the nineteenth century, considered authorities
in teaching social graces to young women. They also pursue a career
of fraud and murder. Their loyalty to one another and their need to
keep their secrets is a bond that tightens with each crime, forcing
them closer together and isolating them from the outside world. Their
ever tightening triangle suffers from madness, religious zealotry and
a sense of duty warped by trauma they experienced as teenagers in
Georgia during Sherman’s March to the Sea. As their crimes come back
to haunt them and a long history of resentments toward each other
boils to the surface, their bond of loyalty begins to fray. Will duty
to family hold or will they turn on each other like ravening crows?

Add to Goodreads

Amazon * IFD Publishing

Alan M. Clark grew up in Tennessee in a house full of bones and old
medical books. As a writer and illustrator, he is the author of
sixteen published books, including 11 novels, a lavishly illustrated
novella, four collections of fiction, and a nonfiction full-color
book of his artwork. His illustrations have appeared in books of
fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, young adult fiction and children’s
books. Awards for his work include the World Fantasy Award and four
Chesley Awards. Mr. Clark’s company, IFD Publishing, has released 42
titles of various editions, including traditional books, both
paperback and hardcover, audio books, and ebooks by such authors as
F. Paul Wilson, Elizabeth Engstrom, and Jeremy Robert Johnson.

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Saturday Screams #66 ~ One Star

Posted: August 31, 2019 in horror, reviews, Short stories and collections
Tags: Horror, review, Short story

Welcome to my Saturday Screams where I share books that thrill and chill!

Today I have a twisted nibble of a read for ya!

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After reading my review and checking out the synopsis, you might want to give this a go. It’s FREE on Amazon. Waiting for you! Click on the cover to get your copy.

One Star

by The Behrg

Genre: Horror / Short Story

My Review

I started reviewing books many years ago. A friend encouraged me to start a blog. I never looked back. When I spotted this book on a friend’s blog, I was intrigued. Anyone who writes reviews knows what a one star rating is like to write. I haven’t written one in a long time. Probably because I do more research before choosing to read a book now.

When I read the description I knew I had to read this. A blogger posts a one star review on their blog. Something horrible comes of that review. The author takes it personal.

I remember one of the first one star reviews I wrote. It was for a review book I accepted from an author. I contacted the author to let them know what my rating would be. They argued with me in several emails, saying I didn’t get what they wrote. I did, though. I explained why I gave it the rating I did but they continued to argue with me. So, that review wasn’t posted. I knew the emails would continue and I couldn’t win with the author. I’m tougher now and wish I’d published that review. It was an honest one and wasn’t mean. I just didn’t want the hassle of dealing with an author that couldn’t accept my rating.

I thought I knew what I was getting when I started reading this short story. Not what I got, for sure. In a good way though. I felt unsettled from the get go. Knew something was off. Thought I knew what that was. Boy, was I wrong. The Behrg socked it to me. What a twisted bit of fun.

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Synopsis

Every action has a consequence. But when Li posts a one-star review of a novel on her book blog, the results are far more frightening than she could ever have imagined.

Not every story was meant to have a happy ending.

ONE STAR is a previously unpublished horror short story, being released in The Behrg’s upcoming short story collection–“The Passengers You Cannot See.” It is the author’s love letter to book bloggers and reviewers, and thus is being offered as a free download to any book reviewer in part to thank all those who have been a part of the author’s journey. And if you haven’t yet been a part, there’s no better time than now to jump in that car and ride along. Oh, the vistas you will see.

Amazon

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The Friday 56 #219 ~ Teeth In The Mist

Posted: August 30, 2019 in Fantasy, horror, The Friday 56, YA
Tags: fantasy, Horror, The Friday 56, YA

Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

This is a really fun meme!

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!

My 56 for this week is from:

Teeth In The Mist

by Dawn Kurtagich

Genre: YA / Fantasy / Retelling / Horror

There was nothing on page 56 so I used an excerpt from page 65 in the Paperback.

A gargoyle leers down at them from one corner of the ceiling. Roan shudders. Never before has she seen one so realistically sculpted, nor indoors. Used to ward off evil in holy places, they are usually placed outside the dwelling.

I can’t wait to sink my teeth into this one. It sounds chilling and perhaps a bit gothic.

And that cover!!! What do you think?

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Synopsis

Before the birth of time, a monk uncovers the Devil’s Tongue and dares to speak it. The repercussions will be felt for generations…

Sixteen-year-old photography enthusiast Zoey has been fascinated by the haunted, burnt-out ruins of Medwyn Mill House for as long as she can remember–so she and her best friend, Poulton, run away from home to explore them. But are they really alone in the house? And who will know if something goes wrong?

In 1851, seventeen-year-old Roan arrives at the Mill House as a ward–one of three, all with something to hide from their new guardian. When Roan learns that she is connected to an ancient secret, she must escape the house before she is trapped forever.

1583. Hermione, a new young bride, accompanies her husband to the wilds of North Wales where he plans to build the largest water mill and mansion in the area. But rumors of unholy rituals lead to a tragic occurrence and she will need all her strength to defeat it.

Three women, centuries apart, drawn together by one Unholy Pact. A pact made by a man who, more than a thousand years later, may still be watching…

Amazon

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Books From The Back Log #20 ~ Anyone?

Posted: August 29, 2019 in apocalypse, horror, YA
Tags: apocalyptic, Books From The Back Log, Horror, YA

Anyone?

Anyone? #1

by Angela Scott

Genre: YA / Apocalyptic / Horror

Synopsis

Young Adult, Apocalyptic, Survival, Horror

The end of the world? That’s the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters and deep philosophical exercises in school. No need to sweat it. So when sixteen-year-old Tess’s doomsday-dad builds a bomb shelter in their suburban backyard, everyone thinks he’s gone crazy….

…Until fire rains down from the sky, sinking whole cities into colossal craters and setting much of the world ablaze.

Tess’s dad gives her a few short minutes to gather her emergency bag and her freaked-out kitten, then leads her outside and into the underground shelter. Terrified, the last thing she expects is for him to leave her there all alone, but he has no choice—he must find her missing brother.

Before leaving, he makes Tess promise to keep the hatch door shut, not to open it for anyone but him, and to stay put until he returns.

But he forgot to tell her one thing: What is she supposed to do if he never comes back?

Amazon / B&N

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I added this book back in January of 2015. I loved Angela’s Zombie West series so I had to grab this. Now I’ll finally read it.

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Saturday Screams #65 ~ Abominable

Posted: August 17, 2019 in horror, reviews, Science Fiction
Tags: Horror, review, Saturday Screams, Science Fiction

Welcome to my Saturday Screams where I share books that thrill and chill!

Today I have a beast of a read for ya!

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Abominable

by Alan Nayes

Genre: Horror / Science Fiction

My Review

Here’s how it starts. A strange capsule is discovered in the ice. After some testing it’s found to have been buried there for around thirty thousand years. Impregnable and mystifying, by accident they are able to see inside. Revealed is a huge white apelike creature. Once they crack the capsule, the fun begins.

First, I can’t resist a story set in uninviting environments, especially places like Alaska. Just to survive is a daily struggle. Next, a bit of science fiction. What is the capsule’s purpose? And is the creature inside from this planet, or somewhere else? And last but not least, a rampaging creature that doesn’t belong escapes. That’s B-movie chum for me.

I went into this expecting a bit of fun and I had a lot of it. I watch a lot of movies with this kind of plot and drew on them for some great visuals. Am I morbid that some of those bloody scenes made me laugh? Maybe, but that’s part of the fun.

Several years ago I read Smilodon, another book by Alan Nayes. It had giant sabre-toothed cats. Abominable was every bit as good.

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Synopsis

A mysterious unidentifiable object is discovered buried deep in an isolated glacier in Alaska’s rugged Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is composed of materials unknown to science and the mystery only deepens when the large unidentified object is determined to be twenty-eight thousand years old. Who left it there so many thousands of years ago? Why?
Dr. Shelby Hollister, a specialist in primatology, is consulted when bones dug from the ice alongside the object are found to belong to an unknown species of prehistoric primate.
The story explodes in magnitude when the object begins a physical transformation revealing what is inside—a perfectly preserved giant ape!

ABOMINABLE. What happens when a giant Ice Age ‘Abominable Snowman’ escapes into the twenty-first century?

Amazon

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Smilodon

by Alan Nayes

Genre: Horror / Science Fiction

My Review coming soon!

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Synopsis

Jason Bristol, ex-prize fighter and expert animal tracker, and part-time drunk, teams up with beautiful wildlife biologist Norah Phelps as they pursue a man-eating predator that threatens to derail her father’s prize real estate development project in north central Idaho.

Against the majestic pristine backdrop of Idaho’s Bitterroot Wilderness Area, the adventure unfolds. Jason, with Norah’s assistance, soon discovers the ghosts of his past are nothing compared to the battle he’s undertaken.

Smilodon. A saber-toothed cat. He’s angry, he’s frightened, he’s hungry, and he’s 12,000 years from home!

Amazon

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The Darkest Lullaby by Jonathan Janz ~ Hang on to something!

Posted: August 16, 2019 in horror, reviews
Tags: Horror, review

The Darkest Lullaby

by Jonathan Janz

A Contemporary Horror

My Review

I’m always thrilled to read another book by Jonathan Janz and he got me once again with The Darkest Lullaby.

Talk about scary. If it’s not one thing driving this family to the brink, it’s another. The story gets creepier, things come out of the dark to haunt and terrorize, and there’s no letting down your guard. I almost did with one character. Learned my lesson. LOL

If you like crazy, very unpredictable and downright creepy stories and an author who doesn’t flinch at killing off their characters, this is just the book for you.

Thanks so much to Flame Tree Press and Author Jonathan Janz for my complimentary copy. My review is voluntarily given.

Amazon / Flame Tree Press / Jonathan Janz

Goodreads

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Synopsis

The old house waited. For years there had been rumors that the owner, Lilith Martin, had been part of an unholy cult. People spoke of blasphemous rituals, black rites filled with blood, sex…and sacrifices. Then Lilith died and the house sat empty. Until now.

Lilith s nephew, Chris, and his wife, Ellie, are moving in. Ellie isn t happy about living in such a dark, foreboding place, but she wants to get pregnant and this house has a lot more room to raise a baby than their apartment. Unfortunately, she and Chris will soon learn that Lilith has other plans.

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About Author Jonathan Janz

Jonathan Janz

Jonathan Janz grew up between a dark forest and a
graveyard, which explains everything. Brian Keene named his
debut novel The Sorrows “the best horror novel of 2012.”
The Library Journal deemed his follow-up, House of Skin,
“reminiscent of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House
and Peter Straub’s Ghost Story.”
Since then Jonathan’s work has been lauded by writers like Jack Ketchum,
Edward Lee, Tim Waggoner, Bryan Smith, and Ronald Kelly. Novels like The
Nightmare Girl, Wolf Land, Savage Species, and Dust Devils prompted
Thunderstorm Books to sign Jonathan to an eleven-book deal and to give
him his own imprint, Jonathan Janz’s Shadow Side.
His novel Children of the Dark received a starred review in Booklist and was
chosen by their board as one of the Top Ten Horror Books of the Year
(August 2015-September 2016). Children of the Dark will soon be translated
into German and has been championed by the Library Journal, the School
Library Journal, and Cemetery Dance. In early 2017, his novel Exorcist Falls
was released to critical acclaim.
Jonathan’s primary interests are his wonderful wife and his three amazing
children, and though he realizes that every author’s wife and children are
wonderful and amazing, in this case the cliché happens to be true. You can
learn more about Janz at www.jonathanjanz.com.

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Books From The Back Log #18 ~ Sawfish

Posted: August 15, 2019 in horror
Tags: Books From The Back Log, Horror

Sawfish

by Rick Chesler

Genre: Horror

Synopsis

Marine biologist Dr. Mason Rayman is experimenting with gigantism in sea creatures when he accidentally creates a monstrously large sawfish. When it grows so big he can no longer keep it in his Miami lab, he is preparing to have it destroyed when he learns he is being terminated from his position. By way of revenge, he dumps the oversized shark relative into the ocean, where it soon roams out of control, slaughtering bathers at nearby trendy South Beach.

Dr. Rayman doesn’t let on that it’s his fish responsible for the killings, but someone knows what he did, and she’s blackmailing him. He plays along for a while but then decides she needs to be eliminated. Breaking into a lab at his former workplace, he deliberately creates more monster sawfish and releases them into the local waters.

Rayman then attempts to get his job back by stepping forward as the expert on how to stop the scourge of gigantic predators now ravaging swimmers and water sports enthusiasts on South Florida beaches. But his blackmailer will not let up, leading to an ultimate confrontation between woman and beast, and finally, woman and man.

Amazon / B&N

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I added this book back in February of 2016. I find loads of scary books through other people’s suggestions and two people I go to often for new ones both read this and gave it very different ratings. That made me curious to try Sawfish. Now I’ll finally get to it.

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My Monday Minis #54 ~ Fire Devil

Posted: August 12, 2019 in Fantasy, horror, Monday's Minis, reviews, YA
Tags: fantasy, Horror, My Monday Minis, review, YA

Welcome to My Monday Minis where I share short reviews about books I’ve read.

Today I’m sharing a book from one of my favorite series!

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Fire Devil

Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #11

by J.L. Bryan

Genre: Horror / YA / Paranormal

My Review

I’ve been loving this series and the character’s from the very first book. This final showdown was a long time coming and I was excited and a bit sad to read it.

So, I settled in, prepared to read about half the book and then go to sleep. Ha! I read this, no, devoured this, in one sitting. There’s very little let up in action when it begins and the scary parts were very scary. I feared for the lives of many of these character’s. Ellie’s nemesis is frightening and would do anything to tear her down, before then destroying her.

Talk about edge of your seat reading and hair raising scenes. It’s a race across the country and against time and the suspense over what was coming what kept me up til the wee hours, having to know. Wish I could tell you how it ended.

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Synopsis

Ellie’s pursuit of a possessed friend and her own worst enemy takes her across the United States into forgotten corners of the countryside through haunted hotels, ghost towns, and strange highways, and toward the site of a horrific fire haunted by hundreds of spirits.

Together with her team, plus help from an eccentric exorcist from Texas, she prepares for the fight of her life, a fight destined since her own childhood.

Ellie’s past and present collide in a final confrontation that will give her a chance to finally be rid of her most dangerous personal demon—if he doesn’t kill Ellie first, along with the people she cares about the most.

Amazon

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Books From The Back Log #17 ~ Megalodon

Posted: August 8, 2019 in horror
Tags: Books From The Back Log, Horror, Short story

Megalodon

by Eric S. Brown

Genre: Horror

Synopsis

Dr. Leia Carpenter arrives aboard Sonar Platform 1 as the biggest storm of the season is closing in on the top secret research facility. Her job to confirm or debunk the results of the experiments being conducted there quickly becomes a desperate battle for survival. Carpenter finds herself pitted against not only the raging storm and enemy agents but against a prehistoric creature that should not exist- a giant Megalodon with an equally large appetite and a burning desire for vengeance against those who have held it captive.

Amazon

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I added this book back in June of 2016. I’ve read a bunch of Eric’s books and had so much fun. Can’t believe I overlooked this! I’ll take care of that immediately. This is a short story series like some of his Bigfoot ones. If I enjoy this, I’ll read the rest.

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Archive for the ‘horror’ Category

Books From The Back Log #21 ~ Jenny Pox

A Parliament Of Crows by Alan M. Clark ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Saturday Screams #66 ~ One Star

The Friday 56 #219 ~ Teeth In The Mist

Books From The Back Log #20 ~ Anyone?

Saturday Screams #65 ~ Abominable

The Darkest Lullaby by Jonathan Janz ~ Hang on to something!

Books From The Back Log #18 ~ Sawfish

My Monday Minis #54 ~ Fire Devil

Books From The Back Log #17 ~ Megalodon