horror

A Modern Horror Classic Author: Scott Smith Indolent, sun-soaked beach days and tequila drenched nights have lulled four tourists into a sense of enervating well-being. To spice up their adventure, they agree to accompany a newly made beach friend on a day journey to an archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle to find and retrieve his brother. Another new friend who only speaks Greek, made during the tequila nights, tags along for the journey. Spiced with a sense of adventure, the group, now six strong, struggles against vacation inertia and fights their way into the heart of the jungle and to [...]

Bad Dreams, Bad Storytelling Author: Tim Meyer Malignant Summer starts with a coming-of-age treasure-hunt-across town but ends with the Mother of Dead Dreams and a haphazard team of kids trying to save the world. As the plot slowly, slowly, slowly inches across five hundred plus pages, the kids (mostly three interchangeable boys) make dick jokes and speculate about the end of the world and their friendships. Meanwhile, a malevolent entity that may or may not have something to do with the insidious chemical plant in town is invading dreams, sending dire warnings, and claiming the town’s children with a rapid cancer, [...]