Before I get to my first of this year’s reading summary posts, I’d like to share a quick bit of news…
The Cemetery Special, third and final installment in the Ambush Moon Cycle, my werewolf novella trilogy, is out now in eBook and paperback editions. Orders can be placed via Amazon or the publisher, Raven Tale Publishing, directly.
Thanks to everyone who was taken an immediate interest and shared a positive rating — I’m very grateful! It’s been a long ride getting all three of these volumes out into the world, but I’m proud of the work and thrilled this story is finding its audience.
And now, as promised…
Here are the books I’ve read, or read again, in the first four months of 2023. My favorites, as usual, are marked with an asterisk. It’s been a very good year so far and I’ve got some highly anticipated titles on tap to start soon.
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite*
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates*
Experimental Film by Gemma Files*
Split Scream: Vol. 2 by Cynthia Gómez and M. Lopes da Silva*
The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel
The Best Horror of the Year: Vol. 12 (Ellen Datlow, Editor)*
Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare by Patrick Barb*
Gargantuana’s Ghost by Patrick Barb*
Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies by John Langan*
Stories from the Attic by William Gay*
The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor*
The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson
Koko by Peter Straub*
Sisters of the Crimson Vine by P.L. McMillan*
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan*
Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale
Soft Targets by Carson Winter*
Southern Fried and Horrified by Ronald Kelly*
Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons by Keith Rosson*
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Charcoal by Garrett Cook*
Music of the Moldering & If it Bleeds by Matthew M. Bartlett*
The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale*
They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca