Citizen_Tallee
Living Dead
Reged: 02/23/02
Posts: 2441
Loc: Toronto
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I'm just starting to re-read 'The White Hotel'... and I know there must be some D. M. Thomas fans around here! Let's see a show of hands now! 
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Keep it bloody, keep it sick, and keep the gore flowing!
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Ginger_Snaps
Risen from the Grave
Reged: 06/06/05
Posts: 26
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Yeah, D.M. Thomas!
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"B, I just got the curse."
"Ew."
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Hellraiser_
Flesh Eater
Reged: 12/03/03
Posts: 1314
Loc: Maine
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Where Serpents Lie
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We'll tear your soul apart.
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EdgarAllen
Living Dead
Reged: 09/16/00
Posts: 1211
Loc: Star City
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UNDERBOSS by Peter Maas. It's a bio of Sammy The Bull Gravano who eventually testified against godfather John Gotti. That evidence finally put Gotti away after years of unsuccessful attempts by the FBI to imprison him.
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"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."
-Psalms 91:5-6
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Hellraiser_
Flesh Eater
Reged: 12/03/03
Posts: 1314
Loc: Maine
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The Coffin Dancer by Jeffrey Deaver
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We'll tear your soul apart.
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EdgarAllen
Living Dead
Reged: 09/16/00
Posts: 1211
Loc: Star City
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One of my favorite horror lit threads, lets resurrect it.
Currently reading WOLVES OF THE CALLA, DARK TOWER V.
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"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."
-Psalms 91:5-6
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Fenril
Rotting Corpse
Reged: 06/25/03
Posts: 369
Loc: Mexico City, Mexico
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Recently read ENDLESS NIGHT, by Richard Laymon... frankly, this is the first time Laymon dissapointed me, but that may have been because of the book's reputation (often heralded as one of Laymon's best). It wasn't bad at all, it's just that it was far more dark comedy than horror per se (even through it has a cult of serial killers and a very nasty ending).
Currently reading MUSEUM OF TERRORS, a series of short stories by Jinwo Ito (UZUMAKI, GYO), mostly about "Tomie", a girl who remains young and beutiful throughout years. Unfortunately for her, her admirers invariably wind up killing her. And unfortunately for them, Tomie always comes back with gory revenge in her mind...
Very good, definitely recommended for fans of japanese horror.
P. S. Nice hearing from you again, EdgarAllen, we haven't heard from you in ages... Hope your books are going allright.
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Laurie Birgham took an axe,
gave her husband forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
she gave his girlfriend forty-one.
--Joan Crawford's Strait-jacket
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Scorpio
Living Dead
Reged: 05/27/99
Posts: 2393
Loc: Chicago
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I've been keeping a list this year of everything I've read and am currently reading. I thought it would be cool to look back at the end of the year and feel a bit of accomplishment. I really started to read like a madman this year. In order:
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman (re-read)
Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
England, England - Julian Barnes
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton (re-read)
The Anna Strong Chronicles: The Becoming (Book 1) - Jeanne Stein
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemmingway (re-read)
Stardust - Neil Gaiman (re-read)
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Anna Strong Chronicles: Blood Drive (Book 2) - Jeanne Stein
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
I am Legend (and other shorts) - Richard Matheson
American Gods - Neil Gaiman (re-reading)
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And when night darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. - Milton
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Brandon
Recently Deceased
Reged: 08/31/07
Posts: 8
Loc: Boulder, Co
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I'm currently reading Caleb Carr's The Alienist. I'm only about 200 pages in, but I love the tone. Very dark and atmospheric. It reads almost like a classic.
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Don't forget to visit http://www.bloodredtales.com
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kamikaze_zombie
Rotting Corpse
Reged: 10/03/05
Posts: 927
Loc: Canada
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Tales of Imagination and Mystery by Edgar Allen Poe.
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Bruce Campbell has a P.H.D......in kicking your ass!!
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EdgarAllen
Living Dead
Reged: 09/16/00
Posts: 1211
Loc: Star City
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Poe is excellent. If you have not done so, take some time to study the man, he has quite an interesting history. As you can imagine he is often defined as a tragic figure and opium addict. Opinions vary on his addictions. Many years ago I was fortunate enough to see Jonathan Frid (of Dark Shadows/Barnabas Collins fame) in a one-man stage performance portraying Poe. Apologizes for not remembering the play's title 
Anyway, I don't quite know how this has happened, but I'm stuck in the middle of two books right at the moment, WOLVES OF THE CALLA and WORLD WAR Z. So far both have been excellent.
In the meantime, I have finished THE ASSAULT ON REASON by Al Gore and THE DaVINCI CODE by Dan Brown. Not horror, but both were excellent books. Most folks here are probably somewhat familiar with THE DaVINCI CODE. I have not seen the movie, but I'm told the book is far more satisfying. If you like stories concerning the evolution and history of religion or DaVinci conspiries this will be up your alley.
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"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."
-Psalms 91:5-6
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DanielSavage
Flesh Eater
Reged: 09/25/03
Posts: 1217
Loc: West Virginia
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Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead. One of the best zombie stories ever PERIOD!
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We won't crawl on our knees for you...
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Knifey
Flesh Eater
Reged: 06/20/04
Posts: 1255
Loc: Obamaland, Massachusetts
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Just finished The Revolt of the Masses by Ortega Gasset. He was a 20th century philosopher from Spain who had much to say about society, most notably its decline and its growing decedence in the Western world. It was written in the 30's but what is eerie is that his observations seem to ring even truer today than when this was written. Good stuff.
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"You're a gentleman," they used to say to him. "You shouldn't have gone murdering people with a hatchet; that's no occupation for a gentleman."
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