What are you currently reading?

 I started reading Becky Siegal Spratford's WHY I LOVE HORROR last night. The first essay, by Brian Keene, was a lot of fun. I've read all about Keene's childhood, and his love for comics in general, and Horror in particular, many times before, but he tells the story so well that I didn't mind another go-round. The introduction by Editor Becky Siegal Spratford made me take an immediate dislike towards her, though. What an ego! She repeatedly refers to herself as the most accomplished and most famous in her field, and says that there is "no one more qualified" to create a book like this and recommend Horror to readers. 

 Ooooookay.

 Her suggestion that new readers to Brian Keene start with THE COMPLEX kind of put the lie to those claims, in my eyes. THE RISING, please.

 Anyway, aside from her ego-fest, I'm enjoying the essays by various Horror authors so far.

Finished up Joey Leonard’s Last Horror Movie Marathon by Kevin Lucia, which was an absolute blast.

Then picked up The Man in the Black Suit, the CD chapbook by Stephen King.  After three or four readings this story still holds up.

Up next, probably starting A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck.

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Posted by: @dannyboy121070

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 I started reading Becky Siegal Spratford's WHY I LOVE HORROR last night. . . .  The introduction by Editor Becky Siegal Spratford made me take an immediate dislike towards her, though. What an ego! She repeatedly refers to herself as the most accomplished and most famous in her field, and says that there is "no one more qualified" to create a book like this and recommend Horror to readers. 

 

I've been in this small-press horror scene for almost forty years. I've never heard of her. Imagine what she would think of that.

@ronclinton Well, that's clearly a YOU problem, lol! (And a me problem....)

Finished up A Short Stay in Hell, which pretty much summarizes the reading experience I had with this short novella by Steven Peck.  

Up next, probably knock out a few more stories in the Classic Horror Stories anthology.

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Finished up A Short Stay in Hell, which pretty much summarizes the reading experience I had with this short novella by Steven Peck. 

 Thank you for my first big laugh of the day! And thank you for the heads-up about the book, lol.

 I'm about 40 pages into Subterranean's edition of Tananarive Due's THE REFORMATORY, and...WOW. What a horrible book. "Horrible" in a sense of "How could things like this happen?" Obviously, the horrible racism that Due is depicting was commonplace in the past, but it's just heartbreaking to read it happening to characters that I've already bonded with. 

 This is the kind of Horror novel that would be just fine without the supernatural elements. Due is one hell of a writer. 

Posted by: @dannyboy121070

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 I'm about 40 pages into Subterranean's edition of Tananarive Due's THE REFORMATORY, and...WOW. What a horrible book. "Horrible" in a sense of "How could things like this happen?" Obviously, the horrible racism that Due is depicting was commonplace in the past, but it's just heartbreaking to read it happening to characters that I've already bonded with. 

 This is the kind of Horror novel that would be just fine without the supernatural elements. Due is one hell of a writer. 

I read The Reformatory this last summer and it took me a while to warm to it, but once I did, I thought it was amazing. How is the Sub Press edition? Is it worth the price point?

I didn't see that it came with a slipcase until right now, which makes the price a little easier to swallow. I'd love a lettered edition but a grand is way too steep for me.

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Posted by: @dannyboy121070

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 I'm about 40 pages into Subterranean's edition of Tananarive Due's THE REFORMATORY, and...WOW. What a horrible book. "Horrible" in a sense of "How could things like this happen?" Obviously, the horrible racism that Due is depicting was commonplace in the past, but it's just heartbreaking to read it happening to characters that I've already bonded with. 

 This is the kind of Horror novel that would be just fine without the supernatural elements. Due is one hell of a writer. 

I read The Reformatory this last summer and it took me a while to warm to it, but once I did, I thought it was amazing. How is the Sub Press edition? Is it worth the price point?

I didn't see that it came with a slipcase until right now, which makes the price a little easier to swallow. I'd love a lettered edition but a grand is way too steep for me.

 

 If you know Sub Press, you'll know what to expect. Very high-quality book, nicely bound, nice paper, GREAT cover and illustrations (The artist really hits a sweet spot for me!), and the slipcase is nice and sturdy. It's a big, chunky book.

Taking a break from Classic Horror Stories and started Other Worlds Than These by King & Straub.

Forty pages in and really enjoying this return to the Territories.

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