[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Horror October 2008
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- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:14:34 -0400
New and Recently Released!
Vampyres of Hollywood - by Adrienne Barbeau and Michael Scott
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 7/8/2008
ISBN: 9780312367220
ISBN-10: 0312367228
B-movie actress and producer Ovsanna Moore is one tough cookie--perhaps because
she's also a vampire. What's more, she's not the only one: Hollywood is
full of the undead, who have infiltrated the film industry in order to
disseminate false information (for example, that they only hunt at night),
thereby
ensuring their survival. When a killer begins targeting Osvanna and her vampire
colleagues, detective Peter King is assigned to the case and Osvanna must
help him solve the mystery while keeping her true identity secret. Horror-film
fanatics will want to sink their teeth into this debut novel, which Publishers
Weekly calls "briskly paced and full of fang-in-cheek humor."
The Grin of the Dark - by Ramsey Campbell
Publisher: Tor
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Pub Date: 7/8/2008
ISBN: 9780765319395
ISBN-10: 076531939X
"Good scares delivered with class" (Publishers Weekly) distinguish this latest
tale from horror veteran Ramsey Campbell. Film critic Simon Lester is out
of work--but not out of luck, or so he thinks when he receives an offer to
write the biography of forgotten silent-film star Tubby Thackeray, whose
mysterious
disappearance is the most prominent aspect of his strange and scandalous
career. But between hearing disembodied laughter and seeing a sinister, grinning
clown wherever he goes, Simon quickly begins to lose his grip on sanity. If
you're looking for a creepy story where nothing is what it seems, be sure to
check out this book.
The Academy - by Bentley Little
Publisher: Signet
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Pub Date: 8/5/2008
ISBN: 9780451224675
ISBN-10: 0451224671
When Principal Jody Hawkes turns Tyler High into a charter school, the faculty
initially embraces the change. Soon, however, they're singing a different
tune. The formerly laid-back Hawkes becomes a stern taskmaster while the
student body becomes collectively cruel and sadistic, tormenting those who do
not fall in line with the new rules. Meanwhile, eerie and inexplicable
phenomena occur on school grounds, prompting much of the staff to refuse to work
after hours. When people start disappearing, it's clear that the school has
taken on a life of its own in this "tightly allegorical piece of horror"
(Publishers
Weekly).
Faces of Fear: A Novel - by John Saul
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Pub Date: 8/12/2008
ISBN: 9780345487056
ISBN-10: 0345487052
When 15-year-old Alison Shaw's mother marries cosmetic surgeon Conrad Dunn,
Alison gets a whole new life, which includes a Beverly Hills mansion to call
home and admission to an exclusive prep school. Yet beneath the glamor lurks an
ugly secret: her new stepfather's first wife died young, and her tragic
demise was fueled, in part, by her husband's obsession with physical
perfection. When Dunn convinces Alison to undergo a series of cosmetic
surgeries,
she realizes that he has a sinister hidden agenda. For a story that delivers
creepy suspense as well as social commentary, check out this truly disturbing
book.
First Chapter
Really Scary Stories
The Exorcist - by William Peter Blatty
Publisher: HarperPaperbacks
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Pub Date: 2/1/1994
ISBN: 9780061007224
ISBN-10: 0061007226
Not long after Jesuit priest Father Lankester Merrin unearths a small statue of
the demon Pazuzu at an archeological dig, 11-year-old Georgetown resident
Regan MacNeil begins acting strangely. Regan's mother, worried that her
daughter is psychologically disturbed, invites Father Damien Karras to counsel
the girl. Father Karras is initially reluctant to admit that Regan is the
victim of demonic possession, but soon he admits that there's no other
explanation
for what's going on. When the bishop appoints Father Merrin to perform an
exorcism, Father Karras becomes his reluctant assistant in one of the scariest
books of all time (later made into one of the scariest films of all time).
First Chapter
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves - by Zampano; with introduction and notes
by Johnny Truant
Publisher: Pantheon Books
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Pub Date: 2/1/2000
ISBN: 9780375420528
ISBN-10: 0375420525
Narratives fit inside one another like a Russian nesting doll in this
post-modern, multilayered chiller. Tattoo artist Johnny Truant finds a
manuscript
by the deceased Zampano, an eccentric blind man whose academic treatise The
Navidson Record concerns a (fictitious) documentary film about Will Navidson's
strange house. The house, as the Navidson family discovers, is larger on the
inside than it is on the outside--thanks to mysterious rooms and hallways
that appear and disappear without warning. Intricately crafted layers of story,
unconventional typography, and creepy atmosphere make this contemporary
horror masterpiece an unforgettable read.
The Haunting of Hill House - by Shirley Jackson; introduction by Laura Miller
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Pub Date: 11/28/2006
ISBN: 9780143039983
ISBN-10: 0143039989
An 80-year-old mansion harboring dark secrets comes to menacing life in this
spine-tingling tale from Shirley Jackson. Anthropologist and ghost hunter Dr.
John Montague invites four strangers, whose only link is that each has
experienced paranormal phenomena, to stay in haunted Hill House for the summer.
One of the guests is 32-year-old Eleanor, for whom three months in a haunted
house is preferable to caring for her invalid mother. Soon, Eleanor begins
to see and hear things that the other guests cannot. Is it all in her
imagination, or is she the only one who can perceive the evil that lurks in Hill
House? Prepare to be scared by this expertly crafted novel.
Pet Sematary - by Stephen King
Publisher: Pocket Books
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Pub Date: 12/30/2005
ISBN: 9781416524342
ISBN-10: 1416524347
When the Creed family's beloved cat, Churchill, dies, Dr. Louis Creed--on the
instructions of his elderly neighbor--buries the animal not in the "Pet
Sematary"
where local children inter their deceased pets, but rather in the haunted
Indian burial ground behind it. The next day, Churchill comes back--although
now, instead of being a friendly pet, the cat is a vicious predator.
Nevertheless, when Louis' young son Gage dies in a tragic accident, the
grieving Creeds
decide to bury the boy in the same spot, hoping for similar results. You'll
sleep with the lights on after reading this terrifying tale by horror master
Stephen King.
First Chapter
Phantoms - by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Berkley Books
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Pub Date: 2/1/2002
ISBN: 9780425181102
ISBN-10: 0425181103
When Dr. Jenny Paige arrives in tiny Snowfield, California (population 300),
she finds everything as it should be, with one exception: the townspeople have
disappeared, seemingly in the middle of their everyday activities. The lights
are on and dinner is on the table, but not a single soul can be found. With
her sister Lisa, Jenny explores the town and discovers a number of dead bodies,
but can find no apparent cause of death. There are no signs of violence
and no symptoms of disease. So what happened to the people of Snowfield? Read
this book to find out!
Ghost Story - by Peter Straub
Publisher: Pocket Books
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Pub Date: 10/1/1994
ISBN: 9780671685638
ISBN-10: 0671685635
In a small town in upstate New York, the elderly members of the Chowder
Society--a group dedicated to fine wine and good ghost stories--meet regularly
to
swap creepy yarns. They have something else in common as well: ever since one
of their members died wearing an expression of pure terror, they have all
suffered from recurring nightmares in which they see their own deaths. The
Society invites into their circle the dead man's brother, a writer penning a
Night of the Living Dead-style book about spirits who walk undetected among the
living. Soon, life imitates art as the dead begin to run amok, murdering
townspeople and sending everything into chaos. Don't miss this supernatural
page-turner.
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