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Midnight Meat Train, The

A Classic Horror Short Story Author: Clive Barker The Midnight Meat Train is my first encounter with Cliver Barker in book (ok, short story) format. It was chosen as the monthly read by one of my horror book clubs, and focuses on a famous story (The Midnight Meat Train) written by Baker in 1984 and included in his Books of Blood collection. This story garnered quite a following, and many tried to repeat its gory glory and bring it to the big screen. That finally happened, with Barker fully onboard and participating. As such, the special edition of this book includes [...]

Frances Carden2024-02-24T14:39:38-07:00February 24th, 2024|Tags: book review, clive barker, horror, read, reading, short story|

What Kind of Mother

Cannibalistic Crabs and Missing Children Author: Clay McLeod Chapman Madi Price claims that she can read your future in the palm of your hand, but she really reads your needs, your emotions. Consider her a cheap therapist. A well-meaning liar, barely making ends meet, back in the hometown she forsook, trying to stay involved in her adult daughter’s life. Her daughter, however, is more interested in her father, who after years of abandonment has suddenly found religion, an ideal family, and is sanctimoniously perfect. It seems that Madi doesn’t have much to offer anyone anymore, and so she offers hope under [...]

Frances Carden2024-02-19T10:25:01-07:00February 19th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, surreal|

Zombie Bake-Off

A Cruel, Samey Attempt at Horror Comedy Author: Stephen Graham Jones What happens when a group of Pro-Wresters arrives early to their venue, only to crash a soccer-mom style baking event? You send them to the back room . . . where they unfortunately eat infected donuts and turn into the living dead. From here, all you need to do is accidentally lock everyone in the building, block the loading dock, and scream and run around a lot. Honestly, it’s a concept that could have been cute on the big screen. Think of my all-time favorites: Zombie Strippers and Sharknado. Sometimes [...]

Frances Carden2024-01-21T17:06:17-07:00January 21st, 2024|Tags: book review, Comedy, horror, read, reading|