South African Christian, husband, Software Developer, and author of the urban fantasy novella, Memoirs of a Guardian Angel.
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It begins with disease.
A brain-rotting virus, which leaves its victims disoriented and hyper-violent, rages out of Cuba into the …
Orphaned and left to fend for themselves, three teen brothers must learn how work together to survive in the American …
In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the …
Originally published over 115 years ago, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has captivated readers of all ages with its remarkable …
Built by a madwoman during the Victorian era, Lake House is a 160-room mansion in the Adirondacks with stairways that …
Hovern Bog. People live in terror of it—especially the residents of Fenchurch St. Jude, the little village located at its …
Margot Adler (National Public Radio journalist) described it as one of the very best vampire …
As a self-confessed vampire prude (I developed most of my beliefs about vampires from the old Ravenloft sourcebooks), I'm always nervous to read a different take on the creatures of the night. I'm afraid that if something is too different to the canon I have in my head, I'll get upset. And to be honest, that's happened in the past.
But this... this book was GOOD! It's familiar enough that it doesn't feel like a betrayal of everything I hold dear about vampires, but at the same time it's a different take. Some things are different to what you may have grown up believing, but that doesn't offend you because it's all internally consistent, and it makes perfect sense why they're are different.
It's a good story too, set in late 1800s England, Italy, and France (although it was published in 1982).
I don't know if I'd call this the …
As a self-confessed vampire prude (I developed most of my beliefs about vampires from the old Ravenloft sourcebooks), I'm always nervous to read a different take on the creatures of the night. I'm afraid that if something is too different to the canon I have in my head, I'll get upset. And to be honest, that's happened in the past.
But this... this book was GOOD! It's familiar enough that it doesn't feel like a betrayal of everything I hold dear about vampires, but at the same time it's a different take. Some things are different to what you may have grown up believing, but that doesn't offend you because it's all internally consistent, and it makes perfect sense why they're are different.
It's a good story too, set in late 1800s England, Italy, and France (although it was published in 1982).
I don't know if I'd call this the BEST vampire story I've ever read, but it's up there. If you're a fan of the genre, I highly recommend it.
Only the rich and the ruthless survive.
Upon discovering a rock bearing ancient microfossils, exobiologist Dr. Miguel Hernandez seeks to …
Chaos has descended on Egypt, and the people are revolting against their immortal king. Little do they know the wrath …
Deep in the Australian bush, something dark is stirring.
When wildlife ranger Lisa Thomas finds a pile of animal entrails …
For centuries, the Great Bell was silent...
It remained undisturbed, nearly forgotten by history, hidden away in the ruins of …
If all the women in New Stepford are AI, and their husbands keep testing them, then who will lead the …
Encounter frightening people and witness bloodcurdling phenomena
Seven short horror stories await you. In each chilling tale, someone ends up …
It's a short story. Only 46 pages (in the ebook version I read, anyway).
I'd imagine they extrapolated quite a bit to make it into a feature-length movie. Maybe I should watch it at some point.
Margot Adler (National Public Radio journalist) described it as one of the very best vampire novels.
