Welcome to Reaper's Harvest Horror.
My recent reemergence into reading has given me a real feeling of identity and personality within the literary world. I've grown to love horror and enjoy many different facets of the genre. Within the past few years, I've met a lot amazing authors and fellow readers who have brought the social aspect of enjoying great books in my life. This blog will be a place to share my reviews and also talk about my book life in general.
If you are an author who wishes me review their title, I am not actively searching for books to review at this time.
If a book puts you to sleep it generally isn't a good thing, right? 30% in and just... no.
Selection #1 was a failed experiment. Time to move on!!
Rating - DNF
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The latest in my series of author interviews is with a author by the name of Charlie Morgan.
Reaper's Harvest Horror - First, what got you started in writing?
Charlie Morgan - When I was a kid, I would sit and have all day horror movie marathons with my dad. I can remember watching H.G. Lewis movies and Elvira and it all stuck with me because I loved being scared. It didn't take long for me to start making up my own stories to try and come up with something scarier. My dad and I would actually compete in "what's the scariest thing that could happen right now?"
I read Clive Barker's Rawhead Rex when I was really young and there's a part when Rawhead is buried for centuries and is tortured by this wad of spiders that keep gnawing at his head. I guess that played a part in that one.
RHH - Nice!! I was a big fan of those Saturday afternoon creature features. My favorite from back then is a tie between Peter Fonda's Race with the Devil and War of the Gargantua.
Devil's Rain is another good cult flick. Shatner vs Satan. Cheesy gold!
So, have you been writing for a while?
I've been writing most of my life. I started when I found an old typewriter when I was 8 or 9. One of my first stories was a Night of the Demons ripoff called The Halloween House.
(Autocorrect is the devil.)
CM - Yeah. Its always interested me. I mean the possibility of a species of giant creatures living in isolated areas all over the world is the holy grail for horror fans. There could be an actual monster roaming around your yard. I've spent many hours trying to see one. I've never had a sighting but I have heard numerous sounds that I can't explain. Its exciting!
We know bears exist. That's common, undisputed, knowledge. How often do you hear of someone stumbling across the corpse of a bear that has died naturally? I know people who have hunted their entire livesand never found a dead bear. They've seen plenty of live ones. Why not a dead one?
Either way it would be one hell of a match.
CM - Bloodstorm pretty much wrapped things up, but I have toyed with the possibility of another.
CM - There's a couple that are brewing. The main one is something called Mercy House. Not saying too much about that one at the moment. Gotta keep the suspense.
You can check out his Amazon page, here
Coming shortly to Reaper's Harvest Horror!!
Charlie Morgan, author of Sticks and Stones, A Cold Night in Fouke, and Carcass.
Visit his Amazon page here.
I was given a copy of this book by Sinister Grin Press in exchange for an honest review. In no way has this shaped my opinion on this book.
The Killings is a book that is cooperatively written by the two authors. Each chapter moves forward or back 100 years and is clearly indicated by adding a date before the chapter begins. Each story would do well on its own but compliment each other well.
This is a story of slavery, of revenge, of voodoo. Sable is a powerful voodoo priestess, so powerful in fact there is some evidence that she had lived to see 170 years. No one wants to talk about her, for fear her voodoo curse come into their lives. Originally, her voodoo spell was something designed for the protection of her grandson but something happened and Sable put a dark and hateful energy into her ritual and conjured forth something very dark, something that wanted to kill, maim, torture and disfigured. The scenes of torture in this book are not for everyone, but they illustrate the deep seated hate that this spirit has for the opposite sex. Our story takes place in Atlanta. Three generations since have had it's boogeyman. An unsolved series of serial murders. The killer each time wasn't found. The killings have just started again. Carmen Mendoza is a reporter who works for the oldest paper in Atlanta. She is trying to solve the case by looking into the past murders and she is getting close to answers, but will it cost her everything.
This book was a superb story. A tribute to the writing styles of both men. (RIP JF Gonzalez) The main characters from each timeline, Carmen and Robert, are fleshed out and very detailed. They really help to keep the story moving. I really enjoyed this book... until the ending. It really lost me after the garage scene. The action that takes place after that scene in the present time just wasn't in line with the rest of the book for me. It seemed forced to me. Overall, though, this story was a good example of great books coming out of Sinister Grin.
If you are a fan of horror, you will want to pick up this one!!
Synopsis:
In 1911, Atlanta’s African American community was terrorized by a serial killer that preyed on young bi-racial women, cutting their throats and mutilating their corpses. The killer was never found. In the 1980s, more than twenty African American boys were murdered throughout Atlanta. In 2011, another string of sadistic murders have begun, and this time it’s more brutal than ever.
Carmen Mendoza, an investigative reporter working forAtlanta’s oldest newspaper. has uncovered a link between the three murder cases
suggesting an unending series of murders going back more than a century. If she can solve the murders, she may find the key to ending the violent curse grippingAtlanta’s Black community. If not, she might just become the next victim.
From J.F. Gonzalez and Wrath James White comes a novel of hatred, prejudice, extreme violence and bone-chilling terror.
Go to Sinister Grin Press to purchase this book or use this Amazon link.
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Another nightmare from the mind of Edward Lorn. The horror this time is twofold for our characters. The first is being stranded in the middle of a big snowstorm. The second is what else is in that storm with them. It's a nightmare for a woman and her son who have just escaped a horrific situation of their own. Short enough for a lunchtime but filled with intensity. If you are a fan of E, you will enjoy this story.
You will find this book on Amazon, here.
This 728 pgs monster just made it onto my 2015 TBR. I would be lying if I said I wasn't stoked for this one. A little out of my genre but I'm up for the challenge. Wish me luck.
I was given an ARC by the publisher, Bearded Scribe Press. You can visit them here and purchase your own copy on Amazon here.
This title is my first by Caroline Gebbie and coincidentally will also be my first title reviewed for Horror After Dark. I was invited by a very dear friend to join and review for them.
If you have an interest in checking out the site, you can find the website here.
The synopsis on Amazon warns of gore and extreme violence, so be warned.
The book can be bought here.
I'm not getting a warm fuzzy feeling. Things will not end well, I fear.
Happy Valentine's Day!
I am pleased to announce that my newest novella, Loving the Goat, will be appear in forthcoming horror anthology Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love.
Check out the complete table of contents below:
Love Lies In Eyes by Evans Light
Cinder Block by Edward Lorn
Eleanor by Jason Parent
Panacea by Adam Light
Loving the Goat by Gregor Xane
Release Date for hardcover, paperback, and eBook editions:
March 16, 2015
Signed limited edition hardcover and paperback editions are now available for pre-order. Signed edition orders include the eBook.
Pre-Order a Signed Edition of Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love!
This title from Sinister Grin Press is a fun ,nasty, little book. Now is yoir chance to experience it for yourself. It's currently $2 on Amazon. Grab it here.
This book took me an abnormal amount of time to read. When I say abnormal, I mean over a year. That is no fault of the book or the author, Louis Tridico. (I can't rightfully explain it at all... really.) Truth being told Trudico writes an amazing book based in the bayou. He gives his story a lot of depth. So much depth you almost need a diving board and pool floaties. There is a lot going on in this book, but Tridico handles it like a superhero of the plume. Truth be told, I'm surprised that he isn't more widely known. The man has the chops to be on the best seller list in your Sunday paper. A book like this is a rarity, for me at least.
I love a book with great atmosphere and the atmosphere is so thick within these pages you feel as if you are in the swamp yourself, swatting mosquitoes and dodging alligators. You can hear the sound of peepers with each turn of the page. The swamp is almost an additional character. I love settings that are this fleshed out. I mean here it is middle of winter as I finished the book and I could feel the thick humidity in the air like I was in the swamp in the dead of summer.
Fort St. Jesus Bait & Tackle has been a real reader's delight. Within its pages, there is the perfect storm of three separate storylines. Drug dealers from the big city come to collect their stash while a big storm (hurricane) is on the horizon... and then there is the monster that is eating people in the swamp, looking for his mate. It sounds like a lot, but all three come together in the last few pages flawlessly. The author does a superb job of giving the reader just enough to hold on to with one before he moves to the next.
I highly recommend Fort St. Jesus Bait & Tackle. It is a trip that will stay with you.
My latest book is a great title, The Killings written by the amazing collaborative talents of JF Gonzalez and Wrath James White. I started this last night and was surprised by the images this title leaves with the reader. The Killings is well written, brutal, and mean. I'm really looking forward to this book.
You can find this title here.
A thank you goes out to Sinister Grin Press. Check them out online here.
My newest short story is now available on Amazon.com.
"Trailer" is $0.99, or you can borrow through Prime or Kindle Unlimited.
Reviews are welcome, but not needed.
Click on the links below to grab your copy today.
This had an opportunity to be something great. Two epic monsters, the new world their battleground,battling out for supremacy. The victor would be apex predator. Alas, none of this happened. It was just a garbled mess in the form of diary entries.
The writing was decent, I just had next to no interest in it, although I did finished it. (That's a plus, I guess.) Maybe this story would work for someone else, it just didn't work for me.
This is only 40 pages but just goes on and on and on. I don't feel me finishing this book have a great outcome.
To paraphrase the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "it isn't the recipe, it's gotta be the cook."
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