Baal by Robert McCammon The first Robert McCammon book I ever read was Swan Song, a post-apocalyptic horror story about the choices people make when there are no rules. Baal, published in 1978 and reissued by Subterranean Press, explores many of the same themes. I expected this book would have some historical interest for me, […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds´s rating: 3 | Robert McCammon | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Bethany’s Sin by Robert McCammon Robert McCammon originally published Bethany’s Sin in 1980. Subterranean Press is reissuing it just in time for Halloween. This horror novel covered familiar territory even in 1980, with its “perfect little village with a dark secret,” but McCammon’s good characterization managed to make it fresh, and there are a few […]
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The Night Boat by Robert R. McCammon The Night Boat was Robert R. McCammon’s third published novel, first appearing in 1980. Now Subterranean Press has brought it back as a (sold out) limited edition, and also made it available in e-book format for the first time. It betrays some of the faults of a then-new […]
Read MoreTerry Weyna´s rating: 3.5 | Robert McCammon | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Wolf’s Hour by Robert McCammon As the Allied forces plan for D-Day, rumors surface within covert operations that the Nazis may have a final, deadly ace in the hole. With so much depending on the Allied invasion, the very best agent must be sent deep into enemy territory to thwart whatever it is that […]
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The Hunter From the Woods by Robert McCammon Robert McCammon’s werewolf WWII British spy, Michael Gallatin, is back in a collection of short stories that surround the events in McCammon’s best-selling book, The Wolf’s Hour: “The Great White Way” — Young Michael Gallatin has left the Russian forests and his pack. He finds refuge with […]
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I Travel By Night by Robert McCammon Trevor Lawson is a vampire, made by a scavenger on a Civil War battlefield. Now, more than 20 years since he was turned, he continues to fight his nature as hard as he can. It is becoming progressively more difficult for him to look at a crucifix or […]
Read MoreTerry Weyna´s rating: 4.5 | Robert McCammon | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
The Listener by Robert McCammon Robert McCammon’s The Listener (2018), a finalist for this year’s Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, takes us to New Orleans during the Great Depression. There we meet: Pearly, a good-looking huckster selling over-priced fakely-engraved Bibles to poor and grieving widows Ginger LaFrance, a sexy and completely unscrupulous grifter who […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4.5 | Robert McCammon | Audio, Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Issue 9 of Nightmare opens with “The House on Cobb Street” by Lynda E. Rucker. There is a long italicized quotation from a purported learned treatise about the house at the top of the story, reciting the history of so-called Cobb Street Horror, but noting that the witnesses have refused to speak to the author. […]
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Matthew Cheney’s “How Far to Englishman’s Bay” leads off the eleventh issue of Nightmare Magazine. Max, the protagonist, impulsively decides to close up his bookshop and permanently leave his home on the day he turns 50. Max drives miles away from his home, finally deciding he’s lost and stopping to ask directions. It’s here that […]
Read MoreTerry Weyna | Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Robert McCammon | Horror, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury edited by Sam Weller & Mort Castle Thanks to our recent book chats here, I’ve reread a bit of Ray Bradbury lately, so I was well primed to pick up the 2012 tribute anthology edited by Sam Weller and Mort Castle, entitled Shadow Show: All-New Stories in […]
Read MoreBill Capossere´s rating: 4 | Audrey Niffenegger, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Kelly Link, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Robert McCammon | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
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