Greetings, all, and Happy New Year. Apologies for not posting more frequently of late, but I’ve been buried with work – both writing projects and of the “day job” variety – but there are some exciting developments ahead that I can’t wait to share with you as soon as possible.
That being said, as promised, today I’m sharing my final list of books I read in 2021. Again, my particular favorites have been marked with an asterisk.
Thanks for reading and your patience during my temporary radio silence. I promise more frequent posts this year (I won’t exactly call it a resolution, but it’s definitely moved up on my priority list). Take care and stay safe out there.
Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr*
(This volume collects the first three of Kerr’s Bernie Gunther novels – March Violets, The Pale Criminal, and A German Requiem)
DJStories: The Best of David J Schow by David J Schow*
Familiar Spirit by Lisa Tuttle*
A Day at the Beach by Geoffrey Wolff
San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories by Tom Reamy*
Cutting Edge by various (Dennis Etchison, Editor)*
The Earth Wire by Joel Lane
Skin by Kathe Koja*
Viator by Lucius Shepard*
Gabriel by Lisa Tuttle*
Occultation by Laird Barron*
The Town by Bentley Little
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Warlock by Jim Harrison*
Get In Trouble by Kelly Link
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Three By Cain by James M. Cain*
(This volume collects three of Cain’s novels – Serenade, Love’s Lovely Counterfeit, and The Butterfly)
After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones*
Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
The Turquoise Lament by John D. MacDonald*
The Charles Bowden Reader (Ed. Erin Almeranti and Mary Martha Miles)*
Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison
The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald*
Scar City by Joel Lane*
Unforgivable Stories by Kim Newman
Beast of the Heartland by Lucius Shepard*
The Last Detail by Darryl Ponicsan*
North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud*
The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral by Robert Westall
The Pugilist At Rest by Thom Jones*
Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates
Colonel Rutherford’s Colt by Lucius Shepard*
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty*
The Great Leader by Jim Harrison*
The Big Seven by Jim Harrison
If The River Was Whiskey by T.C. Boyle*
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk*
Bloodchild & Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler*
R Is For Rocket by Ray Bradbury
Color Scheme by Ngaio Marsh
Blindsight by Peter Watts*
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix*
I Sing The Body Electric! by Ray Bradbury
The Best of Michael Michael Marshall Smith* by Michael Marshall Smith
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West*
Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
Cold Snap by Thom Jones
Observed While Falling: Bill Burroughs, Ah Pook, and Me by Malcolm Mc Neill
Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt*
The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley*
Wicked Things by Thomas Tessier
In that Endlessness, Our End by Gemma Files*
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Between Time and Terror (Edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Oziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg)*
Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham*
Booked To Die by John Dunning
Mapping The Interior by Stephen Graham Jones*
Silver Scream (Edited by David J. Schow)*
My Planet: Finding Humor In The Oddest Places by Mary Roach
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron*
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones*
From Here To Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty*
Blood Sugar by Daniel Kraus*
The Final Case by David Guterson
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom*
Trick Or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton*
When Things Get Dark (Edited by Ellen Datlow)*
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw*
Something More Than Night by Kim Newman*
Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer
The Last House On Needless Street on Catriona Ward*
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake*
Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt*
To Be A Man by Nicole Krauss
The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson*
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz*