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BOO! - What Halloween Scaries are you reading this 2022?
...and, if so, what do you recommend?
I'm ready to start Johnny Halloween, by Norman Partridge. Has anyone read this one? |
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Here's a bunch of Halloween reads.
The one I'd recommend most is Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge. I have Johnny Halloween, but haven't read it yet. Pulp master David Robbins wrote three Halloween-themed horror novels (Prank Night, Spook Night and Hell-O-Ween). I read Spook Night and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately he is more interested in getting e-versions of his western and men's adventure stuff out. Only Hell-O-Ween is available digitally. (I'm sure it is good too. I just really liked Spook Night.) Al Sarrantonio has a series of stories and novellas about the town of Orangefield, the pumpkin capitol of the world. Sarrantonio's not a great writer, but I remember the stories really evoked the feeling of a Ray Bradbury Halloween. You can get a collection> The Orangefield Cycle Omnibus. One last Halloween horror I read was Lisa W. Cantrell's The Manse. It was a good book, not great. Sadly no digital edition. |
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I read the first Orangefield title and enjoyed it, but haven't read the other two. I own the omnibus edition. Here's some interesting information located on the copyright page, about the original version of the first novel: "Portions of this novel first appeared, in a different form, as “Hornets,” copyright © 2001 by Al Sarrantonio; “The Pumpkin Boy” copyright © 2005 by Al Sarrantonio; and Orangefield, copyright © 2002 by Al Sarrantonio." I'm always interested in different versions of an author's work. William Faulkner comes readily to mind. (See my reply to your message.) |
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I have never enjoyed the Horror Genre. They just don't scare me (movies either). If I want that kind of scare, I will just have to watch the news.
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I have a number of books from the Spooky Spectacular collection at Storybundle in 2019 still unread, so will randomly choose one of those as soon as I'm done with current murder mystery. I also have several anthologies on Audible. The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 4 edited by Ellen Datlow is the only one I'm likely to get done. I also have Great Classic Ghost Stories: Sixteen Unabridged Classics by Charles Dickens , Mark Twain , Edgar Allan Poe and narrated by John Lee and Bronson Pinchot (both very good narrators).
I did just get Hell-O-Ween from Kindle Unlimited. Last edited by Tarana; 10-07-2022 at 11:12 AM. |
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I plan on reading Shadowland by Peter Straub. I wanted to read this since I haven't read anything of his before and his passing. It is just a coincidence that it is close to halloween.
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I'm reading our two hardcover omnibus editions of Cullen Bunn's Harrow County comic.
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For me, I'm interested in horror for the same reason I'm interested in folk tales and urban legends. |
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Interesting. I don't have the Leisure edition or even the standalone first book as a digital copy. It's been years since I read that first book, but my digital copy increments the chapter count and lists the stories as 'Part xx, etc.' I read your review and found it very helpful. |
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