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~post by Joe T. Dan Simmons is a man who has made a strong name for himself in both the worlds of horror and speculative fiction. His Hyperion Cantos series has won numerous Locus awards, a Hugo, and has been nominated multiple times for the Nebula awards. His horror fiction career has spanned from … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 9 “Dan Simmons”
~post by Joe T. On June 23rd of this year, Richard Matheson died. He probably ranks up there with H.P. Lovecraft as being one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. On his death, Stephen King wrote: “He fired my imagination by placing his horrors not in European castles and Lovecraftian universes, … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 8 “Richard Matheson”
~post by Joe T. It’s Sunday and things are a little slow around the haunted house. So, after writing about Clive Barker yesterday, I’m gonna take a little break and share a couple of cool links that have got me excited this week. I’ll be back tomorrow with some Guillermo Del Toro curated books. Happy … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 6 “Sunday Links”
~post by Joe T. From October to October is a 12 month period that defines the Horror Year. Halloween is a holiday that can act as both Christmas and New Year: some people only read nightmarish fiction during that one month, others use it as a celebration to kick-off a whole new list of books … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 3 “Bestselling Horror”
~post by Joe T. Ahhhhh, Day 2 of our 31 Days of Halloween continues our exploration of The Nightmare Factory Bookclub. Meeting the third Tuesday of every month, we journey into the heart of terror. Yesterday we gave you the books we read from January through June and now we close out the list with … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 2 “The Nightmare Factory”
~post by Joe T. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." - H. P. Lovecraft The Nightmare Factory is a horror-centric book club I started back in 2011 with my pal Steven Warren. Named after the collection of stories by … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day One “The Nightmare Factory”
~post by Joe T. We’re ever closer to Halloween so that means there’s another seven horror books to talk about. This time around, we’ve got some of my very favorite books, one of which is truly one of my top ten and is not generally considered a horror novel. Another book is a comic book … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Week 3
Little ghouls and goblins! Looking for something fun and not-too-spooky to do this Halloween? Gather at BookPeople on Wednesday, October 31 at 6pm for a storytime filled with our favorite type of treats – new books! Storytime will be in our amphitheater starting at 6pm, featuring stories full of monsters, ghosts, and witches (but none … Continue reading Trick or Treat for Books!
~post by Joe T. Okay, so, due to a vacation, I have missed a week of terror. But do not fear (or, perhaps, fear!), you will get your 31 books of Halloween. For this week, we have selections that haunted The Nightmare Factory book club over the last twelve months. Dracula finally enters the stage, … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Week 2
~Post by Steven Does your skin recoil from the dread crispness that has invaded the atmosphere this Autumn? Can you feel the intermittent raindrops mocking your petty existence? Has the stinking crush of humanity in Zilker Park sent you fleeing in a blind panic to the nearest bookstore for a calming tincture of familiarity? As … Continue reading An Apple a Day Keeps the Nightmares Away
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