By Forris Day Jr. I like a good action story whether it be a movie or a book. These tales are an exciting departure from my rather mundane life. I’m not complaining about mundane, mind you, but I love to escape into a great story and Anthony Bidulka crafted just […]
Book Reviews
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Doubleday, Hardcover, 1975, $25.00, 451pp ISBN: 0-385-00751-5 This review of Salem’s Lot has been a long time coming just like the one on The Shining. Of course, I wasn’t writing book reviews when the novel first came out so I should be granted a little slack […]
The Shining by Stephen King – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Doubleday, 1977, $35.00, 450pps ISBN: 0-385-12167-9 After thirty-six years, I’m finally reviewing Stephen King’s The Shining. If the readers are confused by the price of the book, I purchased one of the hardcover editions published in the nineties with an exceptional dust jacket by Peter Kruzan, […]
Nightwhere by John Everson – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Samhain Publishing, 2012, Trade Paperback, 266pps., $15.00 ISBN: 978-1-60928-922-5 First, it’s evident that Nightwhere by John Everson isn’t for everyone. The book is extremely intense, violent, sexual, and horrifying. In fact, the squeamish are not allowed into the Red Room. This is only for the readers […]
11/22/63 by Stephen King – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Scribner, $35.00, 2011, 849 pps ISBN: 978-1-4516-2728-2 Until I finished Stephen King’s newest novel, 11/22/63, I’d only cried at the end of three of his books over the last thirty-four years. I remember tears filling my eyes during the scene in The Stand where Stu Redman […]
Camping (2013) – Indie Horror Comic Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I received an offer to review an Indie comic book entitled Camping. It was a horror story written by Mike Eshelman and illustrated by Alex Levasseur. I was a little apprehensive as I had never reviewed a comic before. I have read my fair share of […]
Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
Review by Wayne C. Rogers Bantam Books, 2013, $28.00, 332pp First thing I want to do is to thank Geno McGahee for inviting me to write for his website and with his many talented team members. Though Scared Stiff Reviews deals with horror movies, Geno allows his staff to write […]
My Pet Zombie by Sherry Snider (Illustrations by Aixa Vera) – BOOK REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I enjoy sitting down with my son and reading with him. Being a horror guy, it’s great to stumble across a book that is geared towards children but incorporates a horror theme. My son “Munch,” is only 8 years-old…so he’s not exactly ready for most horror films, […]
Werepig Fever by Gregory Hall – Horror Short Stories – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. Gregory Hall is a comic, a podcaster, a writer and an all-around funny guy who has created a book of 22 short stories that will entertain you for hours. Some are horror, some are strange and some are just plain funny. “Werepig Fever” is an eclectic […]
The Angel on My Shoulder by Jolene Mercadante – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. What do you think of when you hear someone mention a “Pit Bull”? If you’re like me, you think of news headlines that tell of seemingly unprovoked attacks on humans by these dogs. Perhaps what comes to mind are two dogs locked in a fenced in […]
Whisper of Crows by Jameson Hesse – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. I have to say “Whisper of Crows” far exceeded my expectations. Let’s face it, there are a ton of books out there and many are not too well written, so I was very happy with the high quality story and writing in this novel. Written by […]
Anoxic Zone, Halocline & Black Tide by John G. Rees – Book Reviews
By Melissa Garza In the last few weeks, I’ve been engrossed in a trilogy of books written by John G. Rees. Prior to reading, I really thought that vampires had been done to death. I came from the generation that was enthralled with Anne Rice and Interview with a Vampire. […]