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‘We Are Here To Hurt Each Other’ – Paula D. Ashe (Nictitating Books)

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  Page Count: 131 Pages I’m still not a hundred percent sure how I feel about it but it’s like someone told my phone that I like horror fiction and now it likes to recommend stuff to me. Which is nice of it, don’t get me wrong, it just feels a little disconcerting to be reading some horror, only to have my phone beep and suggest that I read something else instead. I’m not ready for this kind of interaction with my phone; in the words of Murtaugh, I’m too old for this shit ;o) Anyway… The other day, my phone beeped and pointed me at an article on The Quietus, their list of ‘The Best 25 Pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st Century (So Far)’ . For the hell of it, I thought I’d have a read. I added a few books to my Amazon wishlist (because of course I did) but when I read that Paula D. Ashe is a ‘self-confessed Hellraiser obsessive’, I ordered ‘We Are Here To Hurt Each Other’ straight away. I'm a bit of a Hellraiser obsessive too (all of them, even that one). It’s only 131 pages long ...
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Books for the TBR Pile... 'Starting The Christmas Shopping Early(ish)' Edition

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I'm going to try and make this the last 'Books Bought' post this side of Christmas, lets see how that pans out shall we...? Anyway :o) I've been stuck inside the flat for the last couple of days (well, more like 'panicking about being around people', lets be honest) and yesterday, I thought that if I don't get out then I'll just go stir crazy. So, I talked myself into doing a little Christmas Shopping and off I went :o) I know there are people out there who are well into that already but I'm pretty pleased with myself. And of course, I came back with a few bits for myself... Not much but somehow more than enough, all at the same time ;o) Lets take a look. Yep, there was a quick stop at the Bromley Warhammer store to see what was new on the shelves. I've had half an eye open for 'Darkness Eternal', for a while, so that was an easy purchase. I don't normally go for Black Library hardbacks, as a rule, but 'Abraxia: Spear of the Everc...
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‘The End and the Death: Volume 2’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 737 Pages I’ll tell you what, I know it sounds really dumb but I didn’t realise just how much I was struggling with my reading until I got new lens’ in my glasses… :o) Just seeing words suddenly come back into focus was just the best feeling and gave me a little boost to finish off some books where the bookmark has stayed on the same page for far too long. And there was only one book that I could go to first… With its small, blurry font, ‘The End and the Death Volume 2’ has been a nightmare to get to grips with but that all changed yesterday when another visit from insomnia gave me some unexpected time to finally finish the book. Terra is besieged. Humanity’s salvation lies on a knife edge. The Warmaster Horus’ bloody seven-year crusade has led to this: the cradle of mankind, where he is to kill his father, the Emperor. With the war at this critical juncture, Sanguinius, primarch of the loyalist Blood Angels, braves the horrors of the Warmaster’s flagship, The Vengefu...
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‘Unicorn Academy: Olivia and Snowflake’ – Julie Sykes (Nosy Crow Ltd)

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  Page Count: 103 Pages Because ‘Lord Samper’s Library’ has a couple of shelves for children’s books, you’ve already seen a few feature here over the last few years. Or is it because my youngest daughter got me to read a ‘Unicorn Academy’ book and then suggested, with my ex-wife, that I post about it here? A little bit of ‘A’ and a little bit of ‘B’… Drunk with happiness at having new lens’ in my glasses, and a ‘soft touch’ when it comes to my daughters, I figured I’d go for something very different, to my normal reading, and see how it all went. Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island. Olivia is so happy to be at Unicorn Academy. She hopes her sweet unicorn, Snowflake, will discover her magic before graduation day! Everyone is busy decorating Unicorn Academy for the graduation ball, but it looks like someone is trying to ruin the party. It's up to O...
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'Wormtown' - Trailer

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I'm feeling pretty rough today so am going to sit in my comfy chair and read; I've got my glasses back so now, reading has suddenly become a lot easier, hopefully today will see me finally finish 'The End and the Death Volume 2' (two hundred and something pages left, I fancy my chances). In the meantime, have a trailer for 'Wormtown', coming to digital platforms on November 7th. I don't normally do this but feel like I should say... If you have a thing about eyeballs, eye sockets or parasitic worms being in the vicinity of these, maybe bear that in mind before clicking on the trailer below...  I freak out if I get a stray eyelash stuck in my eye, so of course I'm going to watch 'Wormtown' ;o) One year into a plague of flesh-eating, mind-altering worms, the nocturnal town of Ashland, Ohio, has embraced the parasites’ rule. Under cult-like Mayor Joshua, zealous Ranchers spread their gospel—by persuasion or by force. A trio of uninfected women cling...
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‘Killer On The Road’ – Stephen Graham Jones (Titan Books)

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  Page Count: 278 Pages I had to take a slight detour, from the intended route, but I’ve made it to Halloween having read a decent chunk of horror and supernatural fiction, go me :o) The plan was to round October off with a little Edgar Allan Poe but ‘Killer On The Road’ has been sat on the table for too long, all lonely and unread, so I resolved to do something about that yesterday (and the font size was just right for my eyes, can’t wait to pick my glasses up later today) . And that’s exactly what I did, even though I had a few things that I should have been doing instead. Time well spent? Let me tell you about it. Sixteen-year-old Harper has had another blow-out argument with her mother and decides to hit the road, again. However, her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend all stop her from hitch-hiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming by joining her on an intervention disguised as a road trip. What they don’t realize is that Harper has been marked by a very unique seri...
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‘Something Strange’ – Kingsley Amis

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  Page Count: 19 Pages Damn I’m getting old now. Here’s a sentence I never saw myself having to write… I’m waiting for my glasses to come back from the optician, with a new set of lenses, and this has rather limited what I’ve been able to read this week; that and the ongoing stuff that has seen me signed off work. I need to be reading though so I’ve been dipping in and out of a few short story collections this week. I’ve never read anything by Kingsley Amis so when I saw his short story ‘Something Strange’, I had the opportunity to do something about that and read another horror short story at the same time. ‘Something Strange’ was originally published in 1960. I found ‘Something Strange’ in ‘The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories’ but if you’re after reading it yourself, you can also find it in Amis’ ‘Collected Short Stories’. Bruno, Clovis, Lia and Myri are the only occupants of a small outpost in space, carrying out their duties whilst waiting for the message from Base tha...
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