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On Writing – A Memoir Of The Craft by Stephen King

July 7, 2014 by Bob Leave a Comment

I recently downloaded a digital edition of Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft after reading the hardcover more than a decade ago. I planned on skimming my ebook edition, looking for a few pointers, but I was immediately drawn in by Big Steve’s affable style, and I wound up re-reading the book in its […]

Filed Under: Autobiography, Book Review, Essay Tagged With: memoir, near-death experience, nonfiction, on writing, Stephen King, writing advice

11/22/63 by Stephen King

December 31, 2013 by Bob Leave a Comment

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Stephen King likes to travel back in time, and the creamy, apple pie era he enjoys visiting most often is America between1955 and 1965. King himself came of age during those years, and his personal nostalgia transforms into potent prose in works like “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” “The Body”/ Stand by Me, Christine, […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Ebooks, Mystery / Suspense Tagged With: 11/22/63, JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, Stephen King

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

November 20, 2013 by Bob Leave a Comment

Stephen King brings these things upon himself. It isn’t fair to compare his latest novel, Doctor Sleep, with his landmark work, The Shining. But comparisons are inevitable — Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shining. Critics will rightfully say, “Doctor Sleep is okay, but it isn’t as good as The Shining.” But how could […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Book Review, Horror, Thriller Tagged With: Danny Torrance, Doctor Sleep, mediocre sequel, Stephen King, The Shining

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 […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Book Review, Novels, Personal Favorites, Supernatural Thriller Tagged With: bobs best books, family implosion, haunted house, Stephen King, The Shining

Desperation by Stephen King and The Regulators by Richard Bachman

May 15, 2013 by Bob 2 Comments

Sifting through old computer files, I found this November 1996 review of Stephen King’s Desperation and Richard Bachman’s The Regulators. Enjoy! — R Stephen King’s Desperation, and The Regulators — penned by King’s alter ego, Richard Bachman — feature the same cast of  characters in polar opposite roles. In Desperation, the Carver family of Wentworth, Ohio […]

Filed Under: Bestsellers, Horror, Novels, Thriller Tagged With: 1996, complementary books, Desperation, Richard Bachman, Stephen King, The Regulators, twin novels

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

The Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2012, edited by Paula Guran

April 12, 2013 by Bob 1 Comment

Veteran editor Paula Guran has put together a comprehensive “year’s best” collection that includes some true gems. All eyes will be drawn to Stephen King’s entry, “The Dune,” and Big Steve delivers a satisfying—if quaint—E.C comics-style chiller. But King’s story is far from the best in this collection. My vote would be for Stephen Graham […]

Filed Under: Anthologies, Horror, Short Story/Single Tagged With: 2012 horror stories, anthology, Paula Guran, Stephen King, year's best

Throttle by Joe Hill & Stephen King

October 9, 2012 by Bob Leave a Comment

Throttle is two master storytellers (King 2 and King 1) cutting loose and going balls-out, the way the father and son motorcycle team do in the story. Available as a Kindle single for $.99, Throttle is inspired by Richard Matheson’s classic screenplay, “Duel,” but its style owes a lot to Elmore Leonard’s fast-paced westerns. The […]

Filed Under: Ebooks, Kindle Single Tagged With: fathers and sons, Joe Hill, motorcylces, Stephen King

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Black Mad Wheel By Josh Malerman

Josh Malerman’s Black Mad Wheel is an excellent tale of a 1950s army band recruited to track down a mysterious musical weapon (and its equally mysterious owner) in the South African desert. The title could refer to vinyl records or the spin of  reel-to-reel recording decks. It might refer to the tires of an army […]

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Good for Canada! Pennies suck! You’re next, Nickel! A bloated deficit. An unbalanced budget. Enormous debt. It’s an election year, and these are the buzzwords in the air. The United States is $15 trillion dollars in debt, and the hole is getting deeper all the time. We’ve all heard stories of wasteful government spending. The […]

The Quest For Sex, Truth & Reality by Edward Lee

I love Edward Lee’s work. His extreme horror fiction is a little “wet” for some readers, but when Lee gets too “dry” and academic that’s when the trouble starts. Unfortunately the first tale in The Quest for Sex, Truth & Reality, “The Goddess of the New Dark Age ,” falls into Lee’s bone dry category. […]

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