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A Head Full Of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

May 26, 2017 by Bob Leave a Comment

Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full Of Ghosts is a beautiful novel, a post-modern tale of demonic possession that leaves you questioning where truth lies in our surreal/unreal world. Publisher William Morrow sums up A Head Full Of Ghosts: The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Book Review, Horror, Literary Fiction, Novels, Personal Favorites, Religious horror, Supernatural Thriller, Thriller Tagged With: demons, pop culture, possession, reality TV, sisters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

August 30, 2015 by Bob Leave a Comment

 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is funny, wise, and as close to a perfect novel as you’re likely to find. Protagonist Ignatius C. Reilly is a bloated buffoon, a man-baby who lives with his mother, has a troubled digestive valve that causes him to burp and fart with great frequency, and possesses […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Book Review, Literary Fiction, Novels, Personal Favorites Tagged With: A Confederacy of Dunces, book review, comedy, farce, funny, John Kennedy Toole, love story, mother vs son, perfect novel, Pulitzer Prize, sadness

Header and Creekers by Edward Lee

May 25, 2015 by Bob Leave a Comment

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There is something beautiful and poetic about  the splatterpunk redneck fiction on display in Edward Lee‘s novella Header (1995) and the long-form novel Creekers (1994). Lee’s redneck horror pays homage to Richard Laymon‘s novels of backwoods terror as well as James Dickey‘s classic, Deliverance. Lee’s work is violent and nasty, but his pacing and dialogue are […]

Filed Under: Book Review, Ebooks, Horror, Novellas, Novels, Personal Favorites, Supernatural Thriller Tagged With: book review, Creekers, Edward Lee, Header, redneck horror, splatter punk

The Book of Paul by Richard Long

October 23, 2014 by Bob Leave a Comment

 I didn’t know what to expect when I dove into Richard Long’s debut novel, The Book of Paul, other than Stephen King endorsed it and the novel was billed as “ a paranormal thriller.” Based on the cover, I figured The Book of Paul was a mythology-based tale of pirates for young adult readers. The skeleton […]

Filed Under: Book Review, Fantasy, Novels, Personal Favorites, Series, Supernatural Thriller Tagged With: action adventure, big dick, Book of Paul, Clan Kelly, labia piercings, muscle head, mythology, paranormal thriller, realism, Richard Long

Short Stories: The Mystery and Men’s Magazines by Richard Laymon

August 17, 2014 by Bob 1 Comment

These stories are a throwback to a simpler time; a time when people drove around in faux wood panel station wagons, wore bell bottoms, and read fiction magazines for entertainment. That’s right. People used to read. Fiction. For fun! In magazines! The first Richard Laymon story I ever encountered was “The Champion” published in an […]

Filed Under: Book Review, Crime Fiction, Horror, Mystery / Suspense, Personal Favorites, Short Story Collection / Single Author, Short Story/Single, Thriller Tagged With: Amish furniture, literary style, magazine reprints, mystery, Richard Laymon, short stories, suspense

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida

January 7, 2014 by Bob Leave a Comment

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism (2007) by Naoki Higashida KA Yoshida (translator) David Mitchell (translator) The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida is like a Rosetta Stone, a secret decoder ring for autism’s many mysteries. Author Naoki Higashida is a non-verbal […]

Filed Under: Autism, Autobiography, Personal Favorites Tagged With: autism, autism explained, autobiography, inside out autism, naoki Higashida

The Shining by Stephen King

October 12, 2013 by Bob Leave a Comment

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I re-read Stephen King’s The Shining recently in preparation for the release of its sequel, Doctor Sleep. I’m glad I did. The Shining is a beautifully written novel, simple, elegant, and powerful. There are only four main characters: Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, his son Danny, and the Overlook Hotel itself. At its core, The […]

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The Cellar by Richard Laymon

August 2, 2013 by Bob Leave a Comment

Some people dismiss the late Richard Laymon as a hack horror writer. Those people should go fuck themselves. An originator of the early splatterpunk movement, Richard Laymon was an unsung artist who made the job of “novelist” look easy with his literary virtuosity and prolific output. But, like Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Laymon got no respect. He […]

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20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

May 13, 2013 by Bob 3 Comments

Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts is good. Very good. Like, Books of Blood good. Like, Night Shift, and Skeleton Crew good. Even the stories in this collection that don’t aim to deliver more than a plot twist and a good scare are polished gems. And some pieces qualify as priceless masterpieces. “Best New Horror” asks […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Book Review, Ghost Stories, Personal Favorites, Short Story Collection / Single Author Tagged With: best fiction, good shit, great writing, incredible stories, Joe Hill, real deal, Stephen King

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

November 24, 2012 by Bob Leave a Comment

This novel doesn’t have the same bare-knuckled emotional wallop of The Road, but it still qualifies as a modern masterpiece. Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is an old West cowboy novel, full of strange-yet-authentic language and characters. Like good concrete poetry, McCarthy’s work reflects the world he creates. A long ride […]

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a hard man to love. Since taking the state’s top office in January, Christie has managed to tick off state workers at all levels. His “tough-love” budget cuts and ultra-conservative fiscal approach has raised the ire of teachers, school employees, public servants, police officers and elected officials, including some […]

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I’m Not Sam by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee What if you awoke one morning to find your wife — your soulmate, the love of your life, the person you know better than anyone else — is no longer herself? Instead, she insists she’s a seven-year-old named Lily. This is the simple-yet-effective premise that drivesI’m […]

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