I had a friend ask me once if I believed in ghosts. See…he (my friend) is a cynic of epic proportion. If you can’t see it, touch it, or invite it over for brunch, it doesn’t exists. Religion, spirits, gut feelings (in his eyes) these are all random blabberings of uneducated minds. So when my answer to his question was a resounding yes, let’s just say his respect for my sanity plummeted a peg or two. (Or ten.) But of course me, being the stubborn mule-headed female that I am, insisted my beliefs deserved a voice. So I set out to
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Quote This… “Your soul was so new and bright. Like a firefly. I kept you close, kept you safe. And you were mine.” – Page 181 I am a rabid Stephen King fan. It’s just a fact of life in my house (kinda like breathing, or my inability to change out the garbage bag in the kitchen.) If there is a new book. I will buy it. Do not try to stop me or I will bite of your pinky toe. So when I got a catalog from Hachette in December with a book in it that said “If
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Horror is a way of life in my household. While other mothers (who, let’s face it…are probably better suited to be a parent than myself) are going over multiplication flash cards or baking cookies. I am busy teaching my children about the complexities of Cujo, or George A. Romero. See…I love being scared. I love the way the tiny hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I know something (most likely hairy and with very large teeth) is lurking around the corner. The pounding in my chest when my adrenaline kicks into high gear. The shudder that runs down my spine
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You know that old saying “Never judge a book by it’s cover?” Well…I suck at that. A few months ago (and by few I mean about 6) I got my Tor catalog in the mail. Like always (after I stopped jumping up and down and acting like a complete idiot) I saw a few things that peaked my interest. Then (cue dramatic elevator music) I saw “Anna Dressed in Blood” by Kendare Blake. To say it was love at first sight sounds a tad ridiculous, I know, but there is no denying that I was head-over-heals-googly-eyed-should-be-in-a-padded-room in cover love with
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Everyone has their reason’s for loving certain genres of literature. Maybe you are a fan of “romance” because you live for happy endings, maybe you like “paranormals” because you get enough of “reality” in your “real life.” Or maybe, just maybe…you are one of those people that like to read celebrity memoirs simply because, 9 times out of 10, they reinforce the thought that (despite not getting that new pair of Air Jordan’s in the 5th grade) you did indeed have a spectacular childhood. Me? I’m the person who loves horror novels because (more often then not) they are difficult
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One of the things I love so much about paranormal/fantasy novels is their amazing attention to detail. Worlds beyond comprehension are created and characters, with otherwise impossible abilities, are summoned up from the imaginarium of the authors mind. Now, all that being said I was pretty excited by the idea of a “paranormal-magic tracking” private investigator, unfortunately having a fantastic idea doesn’t always equal great execution. For those of you who have ever watched a film noir or noir shorts you will easily understand the format for “Tracking Magic (Max Killian Investigations)” Here was a novel that was written as
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The paranormal world is one of ups and downs…For example, you can read 6 or 7 fantastic books in a row and then BLAH you run into a swamp. You would think that over the years my love of reading and my somewhat educated mind would learn that anticipation is a horrendous habit, yet there I was 12:30am Monday morning, hopped up on caffeine and waiting not so patiently for the Kindle faeries to bring me a prize. “Light Beneath Ferns” was supposed to be a smash, I didn’t just decide this for myself, it has been splashed across the
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Everyone loves a Fairytale, it’s what we grew up on…stories of Cinderella and her glass slipper, tales of Little Red Ridding Hood and her fight to save her grandmother’s life. We relish in the details, little girls spend hours pretending that their handsome prince is right around the corner, but what happens when there is no happy ending? Well, if you have read the original “Brothers Grimm Tales” then you already know, but for the rest of you…just imagine if the handsome prince wasn’t so handsome…imagine that after 5 months in the castle Cinderella concluded her new husband was a
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What happens when we die? Do we descend to heaven? Hell? Are we stuck in some sort of everlasting parallel we refer to as purgatory? Where does our soul go? What do we remember? Who is there with us? These are the questions “Laura Whitcomb” tries to answer in “A Certain Slant of Light.” Helen is a ghost, she has spent hundreds of years following one host after another, joining in their daily activities and clinging to them as if they were her only source of life, in a somewhat clumsy attempt to find her way to heaven. She does
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