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Finally wrapped up Joe Hill's KING SORROW, and trying to decide what books to bring on our upcoming road trip to Savannah for my son's graduation. Leaning towards Philip Fracassi's THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE.
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Read Eric Higgs' THE HAPPY MAN via the recent(ish) Valancourt reprint, a book I've been meaning to read for a long time but just never got around to it. Turned out to be kind of dated, with a somewhat illogical progression of character development (or regression, actually), and so on. But interesting enough in a macabre kind of way to keep me going. Not quite what I was hoping for -- a lost modern horror classic -- but engaging enough for a few nights, I guess.
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Originally posted by brlesh View Post
Taking another break from The Mad Butterfly’s Ball to start a reread of Carrie tonight.
Want to reread the source material before Carrie’s Legacy gets here.
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Marked by a fast paced storyline and the great character work that King has been known for, it really is a great debut novel.
I’m just sorry I waited 40 years to revisit this one.
Will probably start Carrie’s Legacy tomorrow.
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Originally posted by brlesh View PostFinished up Fever House by Keith Rosson last night and really enjoyed it.
It is a complete batshit crazy story that shouldn’t work, but it does.
After Fever House it’s back to The Mad Butterfly’s Ball, which unfortunately, is becoming a drag.
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Want to reread the source material before Carrie’s Legacy gets here.
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Finished up Fever House by Keith Rosson last night and really enjoyed it.
It is a complete batshit crazy story that shouldn’t work, but it does.
After Fever House it’s back to The Mad Butterfly’s Ball, which unfortunately, is becoming a drag.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished reading the Phantasia Press LE of Phillip Fracassi's "The Third Rule of Time Travel". Enjoyed this one a ton but felt that it slightly missed the mark. It was well written, had a lot of neat science ideas, a small dose of horror, characters you can root for, and a great villain to root against, but by the time I finished, I never got that feeling you get when reading a truly special time-travel story, the feeling I got when I read Grimwood's Replay or Crouch's Dark Matter. Still, I'm glad to have read this story and added this edition to my library/fracassi collection!
Am now finally getting around to reading my PS Publishing LE of Stephen King's "Different Seasons", one of my all-time favorite books and a sure piece of nostalgia for me!
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Just finished reading the Phantasia Press LE of Phillip Fracassi's "The Third Rule of Time Travel". Enjoyed this one a ton but felt that it slightly missed the mark. It was well written, had a lot of neat science ideas, a small dose of horror, characters you can root for, and a great villain to root against, but by the time I finished, I never got that feeling you get when reading a truly special time-travel story, the feeling I got when I read Grimwood's Replay or Crouch's Dark Matter. Still, I'm glad to have read this story and added this edition to my library/fracassi collection!
Am now finally getting around to reading my PS Publishing LE of Stephen King's "Different Seasons", one of my all-time favorite books and a sure piece of nostalgia for me!
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Just started John R. Little's memoir, MY QUIRKY LITTLE MEMOIR: CONFESSIONS OF A SMALL PRESS WRITER.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished reading the Thunderstorm Limited Edition of Todd Kiesling's "Cold, Black, Infinite,". This was my first time reading Kiesling's work, and if this book is any indication of his talent, it certainly won't be my last.
This collection of stories really resonated with me. While there were a few that didn't quite hit the mark, the majority were thoroughly enjoyable. Two stories in particular, "The Gods of Our Father" and "Midnight in the Southland," stood out as truly exceptional.
If you haven't had the chance to read it yet, I highly recommend giving it a go!
Am now reading the Phantasia Press LE of Phillip Fracassi's "The Third Rule of Time Travel". Have very high hopes for this one!
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Just finished reading the Thunderstorm Limited Edition of Todd Kiesling's "Cold, Black, Infinite,". This was my first time reading Kiesling's work, and if this book is any indication of his talent, it certainly won't be my last.
This collection of stories really resonated with me. While there were a few that didn't quite hit the mark, the majority were thoroughly enjoyable. Two stories in particular, "The Gods of Our Father" and "Midnight in the Southland," stood out as truly exceptional.
If you haven't had the chance to read it yet, I highly recommend giving it a go!
Am now reading the Phantasia Press LE of Phillip Fracassi's "The Third Rule of Time Travel". Have very high hopes for this one!
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
Hope I like this one a bit more than you as I still have it in my TBR pile!
I haven’t connected with a lot of the newer authors I’ve read over the last couple of years, and Castro was no exception to that trend.
As I get older and my TBR continues to grow, I’ve become much more willing to DNF books, especially if I don’t have a track record with the author.
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Taking a break from The Mad Butterfly’s Ball and started Fever House by Keith Rosson.
This hit the ground running and hasn’t let up.
60 pages in and the pacing has been frenetic.
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Originally posted by brlesh View PostThe Pink Agave Motel by V. Castro - didn’t have enough interest in the short stories / vignettes at the beginning of the collection to tackle the novella / short novel that ended the collection. DNF. B
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Finished up None of You Shall be Spared by Brian Evenson, which was an OK collection.
Never a good impression when the longest piece in a collection / anthology was the piece you liked the least, which was the case here.
Nothing in the collection I would call an out-and-out horror story.
For the most part the stories tended to be more of the weird tale variety.
The Pink Agave Motel by V. Castro - didn’t have enough interest in the short stories / vignettes at the beginning of the collection to tackle the novella / short novel that ended the collection. DNF.
Next up, started The Mad Butterfly’s Ball, edited by Preston Grassmann & Chris Kelso.
Five or six stories in & the tone tends to be more towards the whimsical fantasy end.
Hope things get a little darker with this one.
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