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Horror Recommendations
"A Midsummer Night's Scream : Hamlet II" by
David Bergantino
Think you know Shakespeare? Think again! Will's immortal tales often have a higher body count than a teenage slasher flick-and just as many freaky creatures. All they need is a little updating to turn centuries-old classics into modern-day fright fests! At Globe University, romance is not going smoothly. Lenore likes Dmitri who likes Mia who likes Zander who, okay, likes Mia, too. When these mismatched couples are paired off for a summer school "parenting" assignment, trouble is clearly on the horizon-even before a spooky, old-fashioned carnival rolls into town. Read more
"Scared
Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death" by
Ramsey Campbell
The subtitle speaks the truth: the 10 tales in Campbell's collection are filled with graphic, steamy sexual encounters, many of which end badly. "Dolls" is set in Puritan America, where a group of wayward churchgoers have formed a sexually free group called the coven. The group's leader, John, uses dolls to strike at his enemies until his own power is turned on him in an unexpected way. Read more
"Endangered
Species" by
Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte
Grade 8 Up-Angel the vampire and his surreal cohorts set out to save one of their compatriots from the clutches of the evil Marianna in this convoluted series entry based on the television spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The plot and characters will be of interest only to those who are already familiar with the previous books or with the television series. Read more
"The Waste Lands
(The Dark Tower, Book 3)" by
Stephen King
The third installment in the offbeat fantasy saga involving the enigmatic Roland (the last gunfighter) and his quest for the Dark Tower. While the story (inspired by Robert Browning's narrative poem ``Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came'') is entertaining, what really makes it outstanding are King's unique, multifaceted characters. This is Stephen King at his best. Read more
