The basis for both the 1951 movie The Thing From Another World and John Carpenter’s much more faithful adaptation, 1982’s The Thing, (the less said about the 2011 remake/prequel the … Continue Reading Who Goes There? – John W. Campbell, Jr.
“This is how it will be when you drown.” Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder is about a ghost ship and the horror that befalls shipwreck survivors who board … Continue Reading Dead in the Water – Nancy Holder
A review is really unnecessary here. Just go buy/check out/borrow/steal Furiously Happy and get to reading. It is incredibly funny, incredibly moving, and really, really, REALLY funny. Did I mention … Continue Reading Furiously Happy – Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess)
Shirley Jackson’s last full length novel is a startling and unsettling peek behind the curtains of the house at the end of the street that is always dark. The one … Continue Reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson