The Shroud Underground

I'm currently digging through all of the old pulp horror from the Lovecraft circle, the Cthulhu Mythos via Derleth, as much Richard Matheson as I can, and of course Stephen King's stuff every so often. Night Shift is still quite possibly my favorite short story collection.

Other than that, I admit I'm a nerd as I sift through my stacks of comics. I'm currently on a mission to collect every issue of Captain America published since the silver age. I'm actually coming along fairly well on that too.

Just finished Shattered. On my TBR pile is Laymon's Cuts, F. Paul Wilson's The Tomb, and Brian Keene's Dark Hallows. If anyone can remember a 1980's horror novel about a ouiji board, let me know. I'm trying to get that book, but I can't remember the name or the author.

Phil, sounds like you've got a lot of good reading going on. Night Shift is an excellent short collection for sure. I like his novella collection Different Seasons too.

Richard Laymon's DARKNESS, TELL US was published in '91 and it prominently features a ouija board.

Thanks Tom, but the one I'm looking for was written in the mid-80's. Darkness, Tell Us is an awesome novel though. "Yes, yes, yes, yes!"
Loved the black bus scene. The whole plot was suspenseful. Speaking of suspense, I can't wait for your next novel to hit the bookshelves!

As for the ouija novel, someone had listed it in a forum as one of the best horror novels they'd ever read and said it was in 85 or something like that. It's killing me that I can't remember the name. But then again, maybe it never existed. Maybe they're thinking about a movie or something. Seems like there was a big 80's flick starring a ouija board. Witch Craft? Can't remember. Thanks for your help though.

Just finished Loving the Undead, An Anthology of Romance ...sort of. This is by Asylum books, and it's pretty good.

Lovecraft Tales, edited by Peter Straub, Duma Key (haven't opened the cover yet), and Blaze (almost done), and finally my latest airplane paperback, Volume One of Clive Barker's Books of Blood (he is one disturbed dude). I have a bad habit of reading a couple books at once unless one absolutely grabs me.

I have several going at once:

1. Choir of Ill Children, Piccirilli;
2. Fires Rising, Laimo
3. The Story of Noichi the Blind, Chet Williamson;
4. Several periodicals (HP Lovecraft's, Tabard Inn, F&SF, Necrotic Tissue)
5. Many books for review in Shroud
6. Many many many submissions (still plugging away gang!)

I'm currently reading Reggie Oliver's brilliant collection of stories, The Masques of Satan, from Ash Tree Press.

David

I try and read a book a week but as of now my schedule has cut that down to 1 every two weeks. I should be back on schedule in the summer.

Just a few that I read within the last four weeks:

1. Twilight by William Gay
2. Sword of God by Chris Kuzneski
3. Off Season by Jack Ketchum
4. The Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore *** Have owned this book forever and just now got to it.

These are the books that are next on my list:

1. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
by Brock Clarke
2. Dark Hollow by Brian Keene
3. A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli
4. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski *** One that I've been waiting to read for a long time. Just now getting to it.

rsmccoy wrote:Lovecraft Tales, edited by Peter Straub,

I love that Library of America publication. Seeing his name alongside the likes of Mark Twain and historical US Presidents. Ol' Howard's finally starting to get some respect!

watchman83 wrote:

rsmccoy wrote:Lovecraft Tales, edited by Peter Straub,

I love that Library of America publication. Seeing his name alongside the likes of Mark Twain and historical US Presidents. Ol' Howard's finally starting to get some respect!

I agree. I received that edition from a good friend and was happy to see Lovecraft receive the acknowledgment he deserves as a writer.

I'm reading Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson, part of his Malazan Book of the Fallen series, which is amazing.

On my bedside pile:
The Collected Fantasies Of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 2: The Door To Saturn
Choir of Ill Children, Tom Piccirilli
1 Dead in the Attic, Chris Rose

As usual, I too have several going at once:

BLAZE by King...oh sorry, I mean Bachman.
CRUEL POETRY by Vicki Hendricks
THE INTRUDERS by Michael Marshall (Smith)
& rereading Ken Bruen's incredible AMERICAN SKIN

I'm just finishing up King's "Song of Susannah" and will probably dive right into Dark Tower: Book 7. From there, my next few books will be: "Barefoot In the Head" by Brian Aldiss, "Duma Key" by Stephen King, "Red Earth and Pouring Rain" by Vikram Chandra, ""The Beans of Egypt, Maine" by Carolyn Chute, "Ozone" by Paul Theroux, "Snuff" by Chuck Palahniuk, and nonfic includes: "Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl" by Mary Mycio, "Food of the Gods" by Terence McKenna... not to mention a three foot stack of comic books in desperate need of catching up on!

I'm currently chewing into Ray Garton's RAVENOUS. Great stuff.

Steve Vernon wrote:I'm currently chewing into Ray Garton's RAVENOUS. Great stuff.

Funny, me too Steve... thanks to Leisure...