Bark At The Ghouls

Follow my blog with Bloglovin The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi, Horror Fiction First the birds disappeared. Then the insects took over. Then the madness began . . . They call it Wanderer's Folly--a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out the human race. After two years of creeping decay, David Arlen woke up one morning thinking that the worst was over. By midnight, he's bleeding and terrified, his wife is dead, and he's on the run in a stolen car with his eight-year-old daughter, who may be the key to a cure. Ellie is a special girl. Deep. Insightful. And she knows David is lying to her. Lying about her mother. Lying about what they're running from. And lying about what he sees when he takes his eyes off the road . . . I'm giving this a 4 1/2 out of 5, here's why: Set during the onset of an apocalypse in the form of a plague, The Night Parade is part road trip, part survivalist thriller, part emo...

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A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean, Historical Romance What a scoundrel wants, a scoundrel gets... A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London’s most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain his inheritance—including marrying perfect, proper Lady Penelope Marbury. A broken engagement and years of disappointing courtships have left Penelope with little interest in a quiet, comfortable marriage, and a longing for something more. How lucky that her new husband has access to such unexplored pleasures. Bourne may be a prince of London’s underworld, but he vows to keep Penelope untouched by its wickedness—a challenge indeed as the lady discovers her own desires, and her willingness to wager anything for them... even her heart. I'm giving this a 3 out of 5 and this is why: I listened to this book as an unabridged audiobook read by Rosalyn Landor. She d...

Failure by John Everson, Horror Fiction Raymond is such a failure, he can't even kill himself and get it right. Cindy just plain doesn't care; she'll get on her knees for anyone beneath the football field bleachers to score a nickel bag hit. And Sal is a frustrated goon with a hook nose and an attitude so sour he can't nail a girl even with the lure of free dope and a getaway car. When these three desperate teens meet Aaron, a failed practitioner of the dark arts who offers them the best high they've ever smoked in exchange for some kinky sexplay inside his pentagram, things can only go from bad to worse. Aaron hopes to ensnare and re-birth the spirit of a late witch, to capture her power from beyond the grave for his own. Soon, they'll all learn the darkest, bloodiest, most terrifying definition of Failure. I'm giving this one a 3 1/2 and this is why: I received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher/author/narrator via Audio Book Blas...

Ordeal by Wol-vriey, Horror Fiction Jack is a merciless serial rapist and murderer. He chooses his female victims carefully. But tonight, he's selected the wrong woman. Now, for Jack, it's all downhill from here on. Download 'Ordeal' free here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... [Explicit Content Warning: This is a work of dark erotica/extreme horror fiction, one depicting acts of explicit sex and violence. This book is not recommended for the squeamish reader.] I'm giving this one 3 out of 5 and here's why: So I see the words “Ordeal” and “Extreme Horror” and, most importantly, “Free” and somehow figure this would be the perfect little story to read in between longer books. It had been over a year since I read “Sadie the Sadist” , after all, and I was overdue for something nasty. Once I started to read I could do nothing else but follow the words along until the end. Take this as a warning. Now that I’ve finished Ordeal, I c...

Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk (#1 in the Whyborne & Griffin series ) Some things should stay buried. Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man. So when handsome ex-Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty approaches him to translate a mysterious book, Whyborne wants to finish the job and get rid of the detective as quickly as possible. Griffin left the Pinkertons following the death of his partner, hoping to start a new life. But the powerful cult which murdered Glenn has taken root in Widdershins, and only the spells in the book can stop them. Spells the intellectual Whyborne doesn’t believe are real. As the investigation draws the two men closer, Griffin’s rakish charm threatens to shatter Whyborne’s iron control. When the cult resurrects an evil sorcerer who commands terrifying mons...

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984: the year a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. The year he became friends with the devil. Sal seems to appear out of nowhere - a bruised and tattered thirteen-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, assuming he's a runaway from a nearby farm town. When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him and tensions rise, along with the temperatures as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, riled by the feverish heat, some in the town start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be. While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town ...

I read almost everything but when it comes to my tv time I prefer something with some sort of horror/creepy/sadistic bent. I don’t care if it’s old, new, quiet or in your face. If it sounds remotely horror-ish I’m up for it. The Broken has a slightly bizarro cover with the tagline, “Face Your Fears” . Umm, kind of difficult when Lena Headey’s missing an eyeball and her entire brain but, hey, what do I know? The cover made me pick it up . . . The Broken (Released March 2009) The life of a successful radiologist spirals out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. While attempting to uncover who the imposter could be, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that her family and closest friends are somehow involved in, leaving her with no one to trust. Sounds mildly intriguing, if not mind-blowingly amazing, no?  A nefarious doppelganger, perhaps a devious family member or two keeping terrible secrets, what’s no...

Hung Hounds by Donald Armfield,  Bizarro Fiction When earth is attacked by the hung hounds, ravenous trans-dimensional mutts with HUGE penises, it’s left to cool-headed Humphrey (who has no idea what’s going on), the super-sexy and feisty Dawn (who does), a retired porno actor, and a monkey in a wedding dress to save the planet! Only thing is . . . Glinda, the mermaid queen who has the key to unlock the mystery isn’t letting go of it, unless . . . I'm giving it a 4 and this is why: Imagine this, if you will, you don’t feel so hot and step into the rest room to take care of business. While you were away, the earth has been plagued by demonic hounds. You probably shouldn't have eaten so many hot wings but it looks like they may have saved your life this time around. As these hounds are busy eating faces and humping legs (and other things) with their giant doggie parts, you are left stumbling about trying to figure out exactly what the hell happened. Fortunately you...

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Paranormal Young Adult Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.  Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.   In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything. I'm giving it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars and this is why: Beautiful Creatures is a young adult fantasy novel about a sweet boy named Ethan who wants nothing more than to graduate high school and leave his small town life far be...

3 Stars I know a secret. If you have too much stuff and it’s bugging you then get rid of it. All of it. Well, nearly all of it. Save a few things but only the things you absolutely love, the things that spark joy within your being (you’ll know it when you feel it, says the author) and don’t bring more things into the house unless you love and/or need them. Don’t think you can do that? Well, never mind then. This author wants you to be absolutely ruthless with your possessions and do it in one fell swoop. Don’t dilly-dally and put certain unpleasant things off. Absolutely do not waste money buying “storage solutions”. Just get rid of your stuff and you won’t have to store it or dust it or leave it there to feel bad for itself. Now, none of this is a bad thing (though the last might be a wee bit kooky) and honestly I’m all for it. I had way too much crap lying about and it was driving me crazy. Broken crap, ugly crap, gifted crap, crap that had been there so long it was invisi...

        DNF There's nothing more to say here really. I'm throwing in the towel. I am on disc 3 and have been so completely zoned out I feel like I may have to go all the way back to the beginning. I don't know if I'm just distracted, completely humorless or falling into another slump but this book could not entertain me and I have far too many others sitting here to force it upon myself. The angel is indeed stupid as promised but so are most of the other characters (and there are MANY of them) and it's all a little too wacky/zany for my current pissy mood. I probably won't pick it up again because that never seems to work out for me. Have you ever DNF'd a book and picked it up again later and NOT regretted it? View all my reviews