June 6

Book/Writing Links

I’m looking for more because I lost all my links in the computer transfer. So feel free to add your own in the comments and I’ll add to this list.

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June 4

Tales from the Crypt #3: Zombilicious

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Tales from the Crypt #3: Zombilicious by Mort Todd, Marc Bilgrey, Jared Gniewek, Jim Salicrup, Allison Acton, Rick Parker, and illustrated by Steve Mannion and Exes
Papercutz, 2008
ISBN: 9781597070911
Available: New

For horror fans this is just the sweetest little book–a digest-sized hard back collection of four (new) Tales from the Crypt comic stories, a complete throwback to horror’s roots modernized with slick art and shiny packaging. This volume features four tales; “Extra Life” by Neil Klied and Chris Noeth, “Queen of the Vampires” by Marc Bilgrey and Mr. Exes, “Graveyard Shift at the Twilight Gardens” by Rob Vollmar and Tom Smith 3 and “Kid Tested, Mother Approved” by Jared Gneiwek and James Romberger.

Oddly enough, in spite of the title, none of these tales feature a zombie (though there is a vampire). If you loved the old cheesy Tales from the Crypt comics and HBO show this book is right up your alley. Its literary merit is debatable, making its place in collections lean more toward those that include comprehensive or pop-culture titles than high brow, classic-worthy tales. But if horror is your passion, this book is eye-catching, familiar, and utterly groan-worthy.

Reviewed for MonsterLibrarian.com

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June 2

Blood Bar by Norm Applegate

Trade Paperback: 9780982253014, $17.95
A patchwork collection of genre standbys, Blood Bar by Norm Applegate features an S&M loving Madame-with-a-heart-of-gold/detective/vampire called to aid her friend Rose Nichols (or possibly Nicholls), whose boyfriend Drach, a role-playing vampire, is killed in Chapter One by a cute, but psycho woman named Erin who is on the warpath against real vampires who killed her dad. Despite being busy living a life of booze and “night games” (and running an incredibly successful brothel) Kim Bennett drops everything to help Rose prove her innocence and find Drach’s killer.
But the pair are in deeper than they thought since the killer, working for a vampire herself, is after the legendary Black Testament, a sacred vampire document written by Jack the Ripper (who supposedly lived in Manhattan and founded the wickedest blood bar in town).
Spiked with crazy sex addicted women, a confusing array of vampires, random scenes of Truth or Dare between the two female leads and a need for tighter editing Blood Bar is a tale for hardcore vampire fans or horror fans. Readers beware though, the women in this book know the facial expressions of the people they are on the phone with, believe intelligence is an ugly trait and are very willing to throw plot and everything else aside for random sexual thoughts and acts.