Week of October 1st in Books – Horror

the fallThe Fall (Strain Trilogy #2) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

Last week they invaded Manhattan. . . . This week they will destroy the world.

The vampiric virus is spreading and soon will envelop the globe. Amid the chaos, Eph Goodweather—head of the Centers for Disease Control's team—leads a band of survivors determined to put an end to these bloodthirsty monsters. But it may already be too late. Powerless and vulnerable, caught in the middle of a war between Old and New World vampires, humans find themselves no longer the consumers but the consumed. And an ancient text containing the vampires' darkest secrets will control the fate of us all.

· ISBN-13: 9780062195548

· Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

· Pages: 480

· Series: Strain Trilogy , #2

voices from the other sideVoices from the Other Side by Brandon Massey

From the untamed wilderness of ancient times to the concrete jungles of today, these sixteen excursions into nightmares will keep you awake long past the midnight hour--and praying for daylight. . .

Beyond The Shadows. . .

. . .they linger, showing themselves only to those brave enough to perceive them. . .willing to see beyond human existence and into the heart of darkness. Feel the racing pulse in the primal desire of werewolves. Embrace the aura of two gifted women as they unleash power beyond imagining. Savor the aroma of otherworldly flora planted in a unique patch of earth.

They Walk The Night. . .

. . .prepared to face terrors humans were never meant to confront. Chant with an African mystic as he protects his people from an entity of unbridled malice. Ride the dusty trails of the Old West in pursuit of monstrous legends. Sail on a ship of damned souls as it languishes in the depths of forbidden waters.

· ISBN-13: 9780758212337

· Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation

· Format: Mass Market Paperback

· Pages: 304

the weepingThe Weeping by O'Dell Hutchison

Twenty years ago, Catherine Whitley was the victim of a horrible crime. Betrayed by her friends, including the boy she loved, she was left to die when the Rock Harbor Opera House caught fire, taking a disturbing secret with her to her grave.

Seventeen-year-old Heath Ingram was driving the night his Jeep careened off the road, killing three of his closest friends. Once a popular, outgoing athlete, Heath now suffers from severe depression and crippling anxiety. His parents decide to send him to stay with his uncle in Rock Harbor, Oregon for the summer, praying that by getting away he will be able to put this awful tragedy behind him.

When Heath starts working at the newly renovated Rock Harbor Opera House, he meets Molly, a young dancer who awakens in him a desire to start over and move on. But, when he begins having visions of a half-burned girl in a white dress, he starts to think he may be slipping even further over the edge. As the apparent hauntings become more intense, Heath begins to fear for his safety. With the help of his friend Josie, Heath discovers an unsettling secret that ties the mysterious girl to both their families. When two of their friends die unexpectedly, Josie and Heath realize that something, or someone, is after the children of those who wronged Catherine...and they are next.

· ISBN-13: 9780984903993

· Publisher: H,C & B Publishing

· Pages: 322

this book is full of spidersThis Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It by David Wong

Fan favorite David Wong takes readers to a whole new level with this blistering sequel to the cult sensation John Dies at the End, soon to be a movie starring Paul Giamatti

Originally released as an online serial where it received more than 70,000 downloads, John Dies at the End has been described as a "Horrortacular", an epic of "spectacular" horror that combines the laugh out loud humor of the best R-rated comedy, with the darkest terror of H.P. Lovecraft. The book went on to sell an additional 60,000 copies in all formats.

As the sequel opens, we find our heroes, David and John, again embroiled in a series of horrifying yet mind-bogglingly ridiculous events caused primarily by their own gross incompetence. The guys find that books and movies about zombies may have triggered a zombie apocalypse, despite a complete lack of zombies in the world. As they race against the clock to protect humanity from its own paranoia, they must ask themselves, who are the real monsters? Actually, that would be the shape-shifting horrors secretly taking over the world behind the scenes that, in the end, make John and Dave kind of wish it had been zombies after all. 

· ISBN-13: 9780312546342

· Publisher: St. Martin's Press

· Pages: 416

little starLittle Star: A Novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist

A man finds a baby in the woods, left for dead. He brings the baby home, and he and his wife raise the girl in their basement. When a shocking and catastrophic incident occurs, the couple’s son Jerry whisks the girl away to Stockholm to start a new life. There, he enters her in a nationwide singing competition. Another young girl who’s never fit in sees the performance on TV, and a spark is struck that will ignite the most terrifying duo in modern fiction.

· ISBN-13: 9780312620516

· Publisher: St. Martin's Press

· Edition description: Reprint

· Pages: 544

deck zDeck Z: The Titanic: Unsinkable. Undead by Chris Pauls, Matt Solomon

Imagine being trapped aboard the doomed Titanic on an icy Atlantic. . . with the walking dead. This fast-paced thriller reimagines the historical events of the fateful Titanic voyage through the lens of zombie mayhem. Captain Edward Smith and his inner circle desperately try to contain a weaponized zombie virus smuggled on board with the 2,200 passengers sailing to New York. Faced with an exploding population of lumbering, flesh-hungry undead, Smith's team is forced into bloody hand-to-hand combat down the narrow halls of the huge steamer. In its few short days at sea, the majestic Titanic turns into a Victorian bloodbath, steaming at top speed toward a cold, blue iceberg. A creepy, tense page-turner, Deck Z will thrill zombie fans and Titanic buffs alike.

· ISBN-13: 9781452108032

· Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

· Publication date: 10/3/2012

· Pages: 222

skarletSkarlet: Part One of the Vampire Trinity by Thomas Emson

When a new drug starts turning users into vampires, it’s open season on the living in this action-packed thriller in the tradition of Jonathan Maberry and The Walking Dead

Fear grips London as dozens of people die after taking a sinister new drug called Skarlet. But that's only the beginning. Forty-eight hours later, the dead partiers wake up and begin butchering the living for their blood. Soon, London gives a name to its terror: Vampires. 

Jake Lawton, bitter and betrayed after the Iraq War, finds himself fighting another battle - against the growing army of immortal hunters and their human cohorts. Lawton joins forces with the journalist who brought about his downfall and the dealer tricked into distributing the drug. Together they take on the spineless authorities, the ruthless cohorts, and the hungry dead. But the vampire plague unleashed in London is nothing to what lurks beneath the streets.  Waiting to be fed ...Waiting to be resurrected ...Waiting to reign again over a city of human slaves.

· ISBN-13: 9780312621704

· Publisher: St. Martin's Press

· Pages: 384

the otherThe Other by Thomas Tryon, Dan Chaon (Afterword)

Originally published in 1971, The Other is one of the most influential horror novels ever written. Its impeccable recreation of small-town life and its skillful handling of the theme of personality transference between thirteen-year-old twins led to widespread critical acclaim for the novel, which was successfully filmed from Thomas Tryon’s own screenplay.

This edition features original artwork by surrealist artist Harry O. Morris.

· ISBN-13: 9781590175835

· Publisher: New York Review Books

· Pages: 272

moonMoon by James Herbert

The nightmare begins before you sleep

He had fled from the terrors of his past, finding refuge in the quietness of the island. For a time he lived in peace—until the "sightings" began, visions of horror seeping into his mind like poisonous tendrils; violent acts that were hideously macabre and the thoughts becoming intense. He witnessed the grotesque acts of another thing, one that glorified murder and mutilation, a monster that soon became aware of the observer within its own mind—and relished contact. The creature would eventually come to the island to seek him out.

· ISBN-13: 9780330522670

· Publisher: Pan Macmillan

· Pages: 344

daughter of evilDaughter of Evil by Nile Limbaugh

She’ll seduce you…to death! 

The quiet little town of Tollet’s Mines is becoming even quieter lately. Like a tomb. Young men and boys are disappearing or turning up dead. Cause of death remains a mystery, but witnesses reported seeing the victims in the company of a beautiful girl before they died. How can they know that she’s been dead for years? With each ghastly death, the spectral seductress comes one step closer to realizing her nightmarish goal—a vengeance that has stretched from beyond the grave.

· ISBN-13: 9781619210677

· Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Limited

· Pages: 200

night whereNightwhere by John Everson

She yearned to go beyond... but some curtains should never be opened.

When Rae broached the idea of visiting an underground sex club, Mark didn’t blink. He should have. Because NightWhere is not your usual swingers club. Where it’s held on a given night…only those who receive the red invitations know. Soon Rae is indulging in her lust for pain. And Mark is warned by a beautiful stranger to take his wife away before it’s too late.

But it’s already too late. Because Rae hasn’t come home. Now Mark is in a race against time—to find NightWhere again and save his wife from the mysterious Watchers who run the club. To stop her from taking that last step through the degradations of The Red into the ultimate BDSM promise of The Black. More than just their marriage and her life are at stake: Rae is in danger of losing her soul...

· ISBN-13: 9781609289225

· Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Limited

· Pages: 272

house of skinHouse of Skin by Jonathan Janz

Myles Carver is dead. But his estate, Watermere, lives on, waiting for a new Carver to move in. Myles’s wife, Annabel, is dead too, but she is also waiting, lying in her grave in the woods. For nearly half a century she was responsible for a nightmarish reign of terror, and she’s not prepared to stop now. She is hungry to live again…and her unsuspecting nephew, Paul, will be the key.

Julia Merrow has a secret almost as dark as Watermere’s. But when she and Paul fall in love they think their problems might be over. How can they know what Fate—and Annabel—have in store for them? Who could imagine that what was once a moldering corpse in a forest grave is growing stronger every day, eager to take her rightful place amongst the horrors of Watermere?

· ISBN-13: 9781609289218

· Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Limited

· Pages: 312

the red hotelThe Red Hotel by Graham Masterton

Sissy Sawyer, an unredeemed hippy, has an uncanny ability to read the future – and the lives of those she holds dear may soon depend on it . . . - One afternoon, shadows started to flicker along the corridors of The Red Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and both guests and staff heard persistent grinding noises that gave them “the freesons” – or goosebumps. Months later, Sissy Sawyer’s step-nephew Billy drops by with his new girlfriend, T-Yon. Sissy has an uncanny ability to read the future using her special Tarot cards, and T-Yon wants her help. She’s been having terrible dreams about her older brother, Everett, ever since he’s started restoring an old hotel in Baton Rouge . . .

· ISBN-13: 9780727881892

· Publisher: Severn House Publishers

· Pages: 224

tortured spiritsTortured Spirits: Book Four in the Jake Helman Files Series by Gregory Lamberson

Rife with sex, violence, and gore, this fourth installment of the Jake Helman Files follows the New York PI on his ongoing quest to save his best friend Edgar Hopkins who’s been transformed into a raven by a powerful witch doctor. In his pursuit through the streets of New Orleans, the nightclubs of Miami, and the jungles of Pavot Island—where undead slaves harvest narcotics for a ferocious dictator named Ernesto Malvado—Jake is joined by beautiful NYPD homicide detective and Edgar’s former partner Maria Vasquez, who is determined to learn Jake’s secrets. With no backup and limited resources, Jake and Maria battle voodoo overlords, military troops, and an army of zombies to liberate a political prisoner from Malvado’s torture chamber.

· ISBN-13: 9781605424064

· Publisher: Medallion Press, Incorporated

· Pages: 344

the darkThe Dark by James Herbert, Brian Hodge (Introduction)

The Dark is an ambitious novel, with solid characterization and excellent suspense, here reprinted with a fine new introduction by Brian Hodge, a cover by Gustav Klimt, the original Signet paperback art, a bonus short story by James Herbert, and a long interview with Herbert from 1984. All copies signed.

· ISBN-13: 9781933618678

· Publisher: Centipede Press

· Pages: 428

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