The Influence

Author	David Seltzer
ISBN	0451219422

”...And then shall arise a contemptible one whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come by counterfeit means and obtain the Kingdom of flatteries. Armies shall be swept away before him and broken...and he shall act deceitfully and he shall become strong with a small people. Without warning...

Author	Dan Simmons
ISBN	0446362662

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers...

Author	Richard Laymon
ISBN	0747235503

This is the first book I've read by the author, and it was pretty good, if a little insane. Okay, more than a little insane.

There are so many crazy people in this book - it was difficult to determine who was the craziest, though I think it was Lander Dills.

A pair of back-packers; Neala and...

Author	Jessica Hamilton
ISBN	1557850011

Elizabeth thought that she was a young girl like any other girl - until the day that she looked into the mirror and saw the truth. Her family wouldn't have believed it even if she had told them - which she had no intention of doing. Elizabeth had far different plans for them - and only God could help them. He...

Author	Ken Greenhall
ISBN	0671421611

CHILDGRAVE is a beautifully written quiet horror story, with a sketchy small town lurking in the background. By the time the secrets of the town are revealed, it's too late for the reader to turn back.

As I get older, I find myself more and more drawn to quiet horror. I can do without gore and torture...

Author	Ken Greenhall
ISBN	0890833036

"What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? ... What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway?"

Baxter is a sociopathic bull terrier who is on the hunt for his perfect...