#scary books
More awesome horror paperbacks published in the 1980s!
Horror paperbacks published by Fawcett in the 1970s and ’80s. Gorgeous covers that you just don’t see anymore!
A random assortment of vintage horror paperbacks from the 1970s and ’80s—they don’t make ’em like this anymore!
Ruby Jean Jensen horror paperbacks from the 1980s, published by Zebra Books. They don’t make ’em like this anymore!
The Dead Circle by Keith Varney
I was tricked into reading another zombie book. What’s the adage? “Trick me once, shame on you, trick me twice, shame on me for not giving zombie books a chance?” I read The Dead Circle in 48 hours and spent the next week attempting to reconcile my inability to stomach cannibalism (yes, I went there) with my desire to share the best page-turners with my fellow bibliophiles.
Of all of the books that I’ve read about supernatural post-apocalyptic infestations, this book serves as the most practical guide to how my spouse and I could survive the apocalypse. And perhaps that’s what makes it the most disturbing zombie selection: it could possibly be recategorized amidst “non-fiction” or “survival guides” sometime in the future.
Until now, I thought a layperson like myself would be among the first to fall in the zombie apocalypse, but this book gives me hope. So many times, the people that survive are strikingly attractive, never need to go to the bathroom, and are facile with a semi-automatic. I am none of these.
The Dead Circle is gruesome, quirky, familiar, and terrifying. Don’t eat while reading. That’s all I’m saying. Probably avoid drinking as well.
I’ll admit, there was a moment about two-thirds of the way through when I thought, Maybe it’d be better to turn into a zombie so I wouldn’t be eaten by one. That’s a truth I didn’t want face.
I’m not sure if Varney is planning a sequel, but based on the unconventional ending of the first, I’d pick it up tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ll keep this title on my nightstand in case I need some undead tips – and I plan on stocking up on bottled water tomorrow.
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Days to Halloween: 8
Put up my purple lights today to decorate for Halloween! Here’s a haunting book recommendation for Halloween week
The gods and monsters series by Kelly Keaton is a new take on the classic Greek legend of Medusa folowing one of her decendants. The cursed orphan Ari, dives into the underworld of New Orleans and teams up with a colourful band of vampires and Warlocks to fight the gods and her fate.
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