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Finally getting to my TBR after a summer of it gaining heavily. Starting off with The Fisherman. Must say its a heck of a good yarn so far
Having recently finished Black House, the Talisman sequel by Stephen King & Peter Straub, my eye caught "The Fisherman" and I immediately thought you were reading Black House too! 😀
Looking forward to hearing what you think of the book when you finish!
Posted : October 3, 2026 1:01 am
I just finished a supernatural horror story - Empty Devils, by Chris DiLeo: An angry and grieving father seeks revenge on those responsible for the death of his daughter, and finds himself conversing with her ghost... gotta love a book that starts with the line:
With my daughter in a casket and my wife in a cult, I went to see the skinheads.
Now I need to decide on my next read - something relatively short so I can jump into Other Worlds Than These (King) and Killing The Boogeyman (Chizmar) when they release next week. I have a long TBR list so I'm sure I'll find something 
Posted : October 3, 2026 1:11 am
Finished Whalefall by Daniel Kraus the other night, and have to say it was a mixed bag at best.
The recent Douglas Clegg conversation got me reminiscing, so I purchased his three novella collection (none of which I’ve read before), Coming of Age.
I’m about 30 pages into the first novella, Purity, which I am enjoying so far. Has a strong Lovecraft vibe to it.
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Posted : October 3, 2026 5:00 am
Finished Purity by Douglas Clegg, which I really liked.
Usually I’m not big into psychology horror stories, but I enjoyed this quick read quite a bit.
Up next, probably starting Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson later tonight.
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Posted : October 3, 2026 10:16 pm
I polished off David Sedaris' THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE in record time...I love his work.I needed a laugh, and Sedaris provided, in spades. Started Tananarive Due's BATTLE OF THE ROUND HOUSE novella, which I have high hopes for.
On the comic book front, I started ROM: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS, VOL. 3, which is outstanding so far, definitely the best one of the trio. Sal Buscema's art is outstanding, and I've never seen Steve Ditko better than he was on Rom. Marvel really furnished him with an array of incredible inkers for this run.
Posted : October 4, 2026 5:10 pm
Started and finished Philip Fracassi's THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL over the last three days. While it was generally enjoyable and certainly compulsive reading -- as Fracassi's fiction almost always is -- I wasn't as taken with it as some other Fracassi fans. In fact, it may be my least favorite of his full-length novels that I've read (which is all of them, save for GOTHIC, which I still need to get to). I won't get into why, as I don't want to potentially color the experience for those who haven't read it, but it wouldn't be the book I'd recommend to those new to Fracassi. Looking forward to diving into GOTHIC one of these days soon.
Posted : October 6, 2026 11:22 pm
Started and finished Philip Fracassi's THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL over the last three days. While it was generally enjoyable and certainly compulsive reading -- as Fracassi's fiction almost always is -- I wasn't as taken with it as some other Fracassi fans. In fact, it may be my least favorite of his full-length novels that I've read (which is all of them, save for GOTHIC, which I still need to get to). I won't get into why, as I don't want to potentially color the experience for those who haven't read it, but it wouldn't be the book I'd recommend to those new to Fracassi. Looking forward to diving into GOTHIC one of these days soon.
I enjoyed it. I did notice that you had to pay careful attention to catch some subtle clues about what was going on. Definitely a different feel from his other books like Boys In The Valley and A Child Alone With Strangers.
Posted : October 8, 2026 11:43 pm
Started and finished Philip Fracassi's THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL over the last three days. While it was generally enjoyable and certainly compulsive reading -- as Fracassi's fiction almost always is -- I wasn't as taken with it as some other Fracassi fans. In fact, it may be my least favorite of his full-length novels that I've read (which is all of them, save for GOTHIC, which I still need to get to). I won't get into why, as I don't want to potentially color the experience for those who haven't read it, but it wouldn't be the book I'd recommend to those new to Fracassi. Looking forward to diving into GOTHIC one of these days soon.
I enjoyed it. I did notice that you had to pay careful attention to catch some subtle clues about what was going on. Definitely a different feel from his other books like Boys In The Valley and A Child Alone With Strangers.
I didn’t have any issues or confusion r.e. the storyline, which was indeed pretty imaginative…the issues that made it, for me, lesser than his other works were more fundamental than that.
Posted : October 9, 2026 6:54 am
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About 1/2 way through Richard Chizmar's Killing The Boogeyman. No slow ramp up here - things start right off the bat and the tension and creepiness continues to build. If you are a fan of the first two books (Chasing The Boogeyman and Becoming The Boogeyman) you'll like this one.
Posted : October 10, 2026 6:36 pm
Finished up Coffin Moon, which was another great read by Keith Rosson.
Rosson is three for three for me at this point.
Up next, probably starting Ancient Tracks by Josh Reynolds, a collection of English historical ghost stories. This will be the first time I’ve read anything by Reynolds.
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Posted : October 10, 2026 8:19 pm
Finished up Ancient Tracks by Josh Reynolds, which was an enjoyable collection of folk horror stories, though the second half of the collection did suffer from a serious bout of repetition.
Up next, starting Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting by Richard and WH Chizmar.
I read the original novella a couple of years ago and really liked it, so I have high expectations for this expansion of the story.
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Posted : October 12, 2026 6:12 pm
Has anyone out there read Mia Dalia's. October town yet ? I bought this on a lark and just received it yesterday.
Posted : October 17, 2026 1:34 am
Has anyone out there read Mia Dalia's. October town yet ? I bought this on a lark and just received it yesterday.
i literally just unboxed it today. I’d love to jump into it due to the season, but I just haven’t the time right now.
Posted : October 17, 2026 6:24 am
I pulled down Shivers VIII from the shelf finally. It is very hit or miss with some real stinkers so far. I'm through Spice by David Gerrold.
The highlights so far where the KPB story and surprisingly The Chair by Little.
TOC from CDs webiste:
Table of Contents:
"Squad D" by Stephen King
"Summer" by Tananarive Due
"Gamma" by Laird Barron
"Hoarder" by Kealan Patrick Burke
"The Shrieking Woman" by Bev Vincent
"A God Unknown" by Tina Callaghan
"Transfiguration" by RC Matheson
"The Blue Cat" by Keith Minnion
"Gorilla in my Room" by Jack Ketchum
"The Chair" by Bentley Little
"Eyes Like Poisoned Wells" by Ian Rogers
"Above the Buried City" by Daniel Braum
"Open Wound" by Darrell Speegle
"Spice" by David Gerrold
"Dearly Beloved" by Bruce McAllister
"Ms. Wysle and the Licorice Man" by Shane Nelson
"The Hour In Between" by Adam-Troy Castro
"Always and Forever" by Greg Kishbaugh
"Autophagy" by Ray Garton
"Sexual Exploration Is a Crime" by Alan Peter Ryan
"Lucien's Tale" by David Niall Wilson
"The Carbon Dreamer" by Jack Dann
"Red Earth" by Blu Gilliand
"A House for the Wee Ones" by Michael M. Hughes
"The Gorgon" by Lisa Morton
"The Dungeon of Count Verlock" Norman Prentiss
"Mama's Sleeping" by Brian James Freeman
Posted : October 17, 2026 11:27 pm
Has anyone out there read Mia Dalia's. October town yet ? I bought this on a lark and just received it yesterday.
I plan on starting this tomorrow.
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Posted : October 18, 2026 1:22 am