Spring into Terror is here!!!

Welcome to Spring into Terror 2010!

Spring into Terror is our annual spring collaborative horror book review project. This year we are partnering with HorrorWorld, Horror Fiction Review, and Dark Scribe Magazine in reviewing various horror titles for spring time reading.

I would like to thank Darlene Wanglund for this year's delightfully creepy bunny to bring us into a frightfully fun spring.

For our contribution to Spring into Terror we have:

In our Horror Anthologies and Collected Works sections:
David Agranoff reviews The Anthology of Dark Wisdom edited by William Jones and In Concert: The Collected Speculative Fiction of Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem.
Rhonda Wilson reviews When the Night Comes Down edited by Bill Breedlove and In the Closet, Under the Bed by Lee Thomas.
Kelly Fann reviews Hopeful Monsters by Jenny Ashford.

In our adult Supernatural horror section:
Erik Smith reviews The Butcher Bride by Vince Churchill.
David Agranoff reviews The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton.
Kelly Fann reviews The Last Church by Lee Pletzers.
Rhonda Wilson reviews Symptoms of a Broken Heart by Cory Cramer

In our adult Zombie section:
Erik Smith reviews Xombies: Apocalypticon by Walter Greatshell and Night Of The Living Dead novelization by Christopher Andrews.
Colleen Wanglund reviews Revolution of the Dead by Anthony Giangregorio.

In our adult Werewolf section:
Kelly Fann reviews Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook.

In our adult Vampire section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Predatoress by Emma Gabor.

In our adult Apocalyptic/Post Apocalyptic Horror section:
Kelly Fann reviews Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill.

In our adult Killer Animal section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Dweller by Jeff Strand.

In our adult Urban Fantasy section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Shift by Rachel Vincent.

In our adult Graphic Novel section:
Bob Freeman reviews Hellblazer: Pandemonium by Jamie Delano, ill. by Jock.

In our young adult Urban Fantasy section:
Bret Jordan reviews Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide by William Hussey.

In our Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Ink Drinker by Eric Sanvoisen, ill by Martin Matje, trans. by Georges Moroz.

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March 2nd: New reviews, new author interviews, and more

In this update we have:

In the adult Zombie section:
The Monster Librarian reviewing Pallid Light: The Walking Dead by William Jones
Colleen Wanglund reviews Resurrection by Tim Curran
Michele Lee reviews U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills edited by Cole Louison
In honor of the upcoming release of the movie Alice in Wonderland, Rhonda Wilson reviews Alice in Zombieland by Lewis Carroll and Nicholas Cook!

In the adult Supernatural horror section:
In a take two review both Jennifer Lawrence and Colin Leslie review Brian Keene's latest Darkness on the Edge of Town
Erik Smith reviews Skin Medicine by Tim Curran
Rhonda Wilson reviews The Gray Zone by John R Little

In the adult Vampire section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Blood Bar by Norm Applegate

In the adult Human horror section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Scissors by Ray Garton and also interviews Ray Garton as well.

In the adult horror Non-Fiction section:
Michele Lee reviews Writers Workshop of Horror edited by Michael Knost

In the adult Apocalyptic horror section:
David Agranoff reviews The Day Before by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow

In the adult horror Anthologies section:
David Agranoff reviews The Bleeding Edge edited by William F. Nolan and Jason V. Brock and Coach's Midnight Diner Volume 1 Jesus vs. Cthulu Edition and Volume 2: Back from the Dead

In the adult horror Graphic Novels section:
David Agranoff reviews Dark Entries by Ian Rankin

In the young adult Vampires section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Blood Ninja by Nick Lake
We are still running our Blood Ninja giveaway contest.
Michele Lee interviews P.C. Cast co-author of the House of Night series

In the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
Jennifer Lawerence reviews The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
We are still running our The Iron King giveaway contest.

In the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

We have started a new feature this month, book recommendations based upon horror movies that have just come out. It is a new effort to help librarians to take advantage of current horror movies to promote their horror books.

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2/1/10 Winter Chills book review project 2010!

"Winter Chills" is a collaborative effort to give readers of horror fiction a virtual guide to horror titles for your winter reading.

For librarians, “Winter Chills” is an opportunity to get reviews and information you need to recommend appropriate titles for readers and make informed decisions about collection development. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Winter Chills” highlights participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. This year participating sites include Hellnotes, Horrorworld, and Horror Fiction Review. Come visit our Winter Chill's home page!

As part of Winter Chills we are reviewing:

In the adult Zombie section:
Erik Smith reviews Dead Tide by Stephen A North
Rhonda Wilson reviews Zombie Bastard by Jerrod Balzer.

Michele Lee interviews zombie author Eric S Brown.

In the adult Killer Animals section:
Jim Cobb reviews Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams

In the adult Human Horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews The One-Percenters by John Podgursky

In the adult Supernatural and Occult horror section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Gord Rollo's Strange Magic,
Michele Lee reviews The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall,
Erik Smith reviews Stronger than Death by Steven L. Shrewsbury.

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Blind Panic by Graham Masterson.

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews Thomas Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco

In the adult Graphic Novel section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Blackest Night by Geoff Johns

In the adult Bizarro section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Gina Ranalli's Swarm of Flying Eyeballs, Rotten Little Animals by Kevin Shamel, and Piecemeal June by Jordan Krall.

In the young adult Vampires section:
Stacey L. Wilson reviews The Vampire Kitty-Car Chronicles by Ray Rhamey

In the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Michele Lee reviews Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

We are also hosting a giveaway contest for HarlequinTeen's latest release The Iron King in our Contest page

In the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Fear this Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things that Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirgla

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Our first update of the new year with new reviews and an interview

For our first update of 2010 we have:

For adult Horror Anthologies and Collected Works section:
Erik Smith reviews The Death Panel: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness edited by Cheryl Mullenax, David Agranoff reviews Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars by Cody Goodfellow, and The Monster Librarian reviews Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror edited by Cheryl Mullenax.

For the adult Zombies section:
KDP reviews Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection by Don Roff.

For the adult Killer Animal section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Fragment: A Novel by Warren Fahy.

For the adult Supernatural Horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews The Revelation by Bentley Little, Bob Freeman reviews Little Graveyard on the Prairie by Steven E Wedel, KDP reviews Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett, and Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Drowned Sorrows by Vanessa Morgan.

For the adult Horror Non-Fiction section:
Bob Freeman reviews Shadows Over Florida by Scott Goudsward and David Goudsward

For the adult Werewolf section:
Michele Lee does a take two review of Lorne Dixon's Snarl

For the adult Graphic Novel section:
Bob Freeman reviews The Saga of the Swamp Thing #2 by Alan Moore and North 40 issues 4-6 by Aaron Williams. The Monster Librarian reviews The Chill by Jason Starr.

For the young adult Vampire section:
Michele Lee reviews Marked, Chosen, Betrayed, and Untamed of the House of Night Series by P.C. and Kristen Cast.

For the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section:
Kakari does a take two review of Rachel Vincent's My Soul to Take.

Finally, for our Scary Books for Kids section:
KDP reviews Silver Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham.

Michele Lee interviews David Dunwoody author of zombie novel Empire.

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Final Halloween update more reviews and more author interviews

In this our final Halloween update we have:

Rhonda Wilson reviewing Wolf's Trap and Wolf's Gambit by W.D. Gagliani for our adult werewolf section. Rhonda also had a chance to interview W.D. Gagliani.

Bret Jordan reviews R.I.P by Terry Lamsley for the adult supernatural section.

In our adult horror anthologies and collected works section, Rhonda Wilson reviews Dark Jesters edited by Nick Cato and L.L. Soares and Magick & Misery by Lincoln Crisler. Erik Smith reviews Creeping Shadows by Alan Draven, Brandon Ford, and Jessica Lynne Gardner.

In our Chick Lit with Fangs section Rhonda Wilson reviews Undead and Unwelcome and Fish out of Water by MaryJanice Davidson and interviews the author!

For fans of Bizarro fiction, Rhonda reviews Cannibals of Candyland by Carlton Mellick III.

A reminder that our good friends over at Spook House Dave! are having a Halloween Special which I am told is humbly considered to be the best online Halloween special for kids and cool parents to come along since somebody uploaded "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" to the Internets.

I would also like to remind everyone to check out our partner sites who are part of Halloween Horrors! book review project. Go to the Monster Librarian's Halloween Page to check it out.

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5/20/09 Interview with Jeff Strand and reviews for all ages

In this update we have:


Rhonda Wilson interviews author Jeff Strand and reviews his latest release Benjamin's Parasite. Rhonda also reviews The Hunger of Empty Vessels .

We would like to welcome Stacey L. Wilson who reviews Melissa Strangway's 56 Water Street and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book in the Scary Books for Kids section. She also reviews young adult vampire title Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn.

Bret Jordan reviews Anthony Giangregorio's The Rage Plague.

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson, ill by Buket Erdogan in the Scary Books for Kids section.

David Agranoff reviews Clive Barker's The Adventures of Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Cricus.

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3/5/09 New reviews of horror and interview with Gord Rollo

In this update we have a treat. Two of our reviewers, K.D. Payne and Rhonda Wilson, review Gord Rollo's Crimson in the adult Supernatural horror section and K.D. Payne also interviews Gord Rollo in our author interview section.

Michele Lee reviews Unspeakable Horror edited by by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder in the adult Horror Anthologies and Collected Works .

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Drood by Dan Simmons in the adult Supernatural horror section.

K.D. Payne reviews Eden by Tony Monchinski in the adult Zombie section.

K.D. Payne reviews The Midnight Eye Files: The Sirens by William Meikle in the adult Horror Themed Adventure section.

Bret Jordan reviews Mother Puncher by Gina Ranalli in the adult Bizarro section.

Finally, Bret Jordan reviews Nightmares & Fairy Tales: Dancing with the Ghosts of Whales by Serena Valentino and Camilla A’Errico in the young adult Graphic Novel Section.

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12/16/08 New reviews and an interview with Melissa de la Cruz

Happy Holidays from all of us at MonsterLibrarian.com!

In this update, Michele Lee reviews Suzy McKee Charnas's The Vampire Tapestry in the adult Vampire section and Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by James and Deborah Howe in the Scary Books for Kids section. The Monster Librarian reviews David Wellington's Vampire Zero: A Gruesome Vampire Tale in the adult Vampire section, Hard Way Studios' Morbid Myths in the young adult Graphic Novel section, Kim Paffenroth's Dying to Live: Life Sentence in the adult Zombie section. Bret Jordan reviews Horror Library Volume III edited by R.J. Cavender. K.D. Payne reviews Ben Larken's Pit-Stop in the adult Supernatural section. Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Tonya Hurley's ghostgirl in the young adult Supernatural section.

In addition, we have an interview with Melissa de la Cruz, author of the young adult vampires series Blue Bloods!

In January, please visit us for our first winter horror review project titled Winter Chills, where we will be reviewing books that will be having you shiver with fear with other horror review sites!

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Halloween Horrors! Update

The Halloween Horror Book Review Project has a new name "Halloween Horrors!" . Dark Scribe Magazine's review of Covenant by John Everson as part of Halloween Horrors! while Horrorworld reviews Masks by Ray Bradbury . In addition, Horror-Web reviews Meat by Joseph D'Lacey as part of the Halloween Horrors! project.

We also have additional reviews and a book list up at our MonsterLibrarian.com's Halloween Book List for Kids .

In addition, The Angry Princess reviews Sudden Victims by Dennis Latham and Bob Freeman reviews The White Hands and Other Weird Tales by Mark Samuels and Strange Tales edited by Rosalie Parker in the adult Horror Anthologies section. The Monster Librarian reviews Tales From The Crypt #1: Ghouls Gone Wild by Don McGregor and Mark Bilgrey in the young adult graphic novel section and Jesus Hates Zombies created by Stephen Lindsey and Zombies Calling! by Faith Erin Hicks in the adult Graphic Novel section. Kirsten Kowalewski adds a review of They’re Coming For You: Scary Stories that Scream to be Read by O Penn-Coughin in the Scary Books for Kids section.

10/1/08 Halloween Horror Book Review Project Launch

Tonight we launch the 2008 Halloween Horror Book Review Project. This year MonsterLibrarian.com, Horrorworld, Horror-Web, Hellnotes, FearZone, Horror Drive-In, and Dark Scribe Magazine will be offering up reviews of horror titles, many set on or around Halloween. Reviews will be posted throughout the month, so please check back here for the latest Halloween fun. The Monster Librarian reviewed Ghost Walk by Brian Keene in the adult Supernatural page and Bound for Evil edited by Tom English in the adult horror anthologies page. Horror Drive-in has contributed a review of Miranda by John Little in the adult Something Different section. Hellnotes already has posted their review of Night Country by Stewart O"Nan. We will have additional reviews and goodies all through October.

We have also started the final update of the 2008 Coming Horror Fiction Releases page for October, November, and December and will have part 2 of the update next week

For teens and to help with YALSA's Books with Bite program we have put together the latest list of young adult vampire fiction.


For the 12 and under readers we have started our own Halloween Book List for Kids page

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5/15/08 Books with undead teens, vampires, and ancient demons

In this update Larry Oathout reviews both Nate Kenyon's Bloodstone in the adult Supernatural section and James A. Moore's Blood Red in the adult Vampire section. Michele Lee reviews
Thomas F. Monteleone 's Serpentine in the adult Supernatural section. The Monster Librarian reviews Generation Dead by Daniel Waters in the newly minted young adult Zombie section. Michele Lee interviews with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro in the Book Ends section. In our Contests section there is a large Generation Dead T-Shirt that we are giving away.

Finally, the staff reviewers of Monster Librarian are a talented group of authors/reviewers/artist. Here is an update of some of the projects they are working on outside of the site:

An update on the comings and goings of the Monster Librarian staff:

Bob Freeman – Bob has two exciting project coming out this year Cairnwood Manor II: Keepers of the Dead by Black Death Books and has contributed to Dark Harvest an anthology produced by the Indiana Horror Writers Association

David Agranoff – David co-edited The Vault of Punk Horror with Gabriel LLanas it can be found at http://punkhorror.com/

Bret Jordan - Bret has an online novel Plague at http://plague.gravesidetales.com/

Michele Lee - On top of reviewing for both Monster Librarian and her own Book Love review site at http://micheleleesbooklove.wordpress.com/. In addition, Michele has various other exciting projects that she is working...stay tuned.

The Angry Princess - Our Angry Princess reviews not just for our site but also for other horror related sites including: www.thisisomescene.com www.bumscorner.com www.horrorsociety.com www.horror-fanatics.com www.thezombiereview.com www.roguecinema.com www.pretty-scary.net www.uhmn.com



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5/7/08 Reviews of Vampire, Werewolf, and Zombie titles.

David Agranoff reviews Paul Cave's Cold Light of Day in the adult Vampire section. Michele Lee reviews Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Lost Prince in the adult Werewolf section. Bret Jordan reviews Andrzej Sapkowski's The Last Wish in the adult Horror Adventure section. The Monster Librarian reviews David Dunwoody's Empire in the adult zombie section. Finally, there is a review of Walter G. Klimczak's The Oak Hotel: The Chronicles of Burnam Tau’roh: Book One in the young adult dark fantasy section. We have updated the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page for June and July.
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4/16/08 Demon Queen, Vampires, and Zombies

In this update: Bob Freeman reviews Ramsey Campbell's The Grin of the Dark in the adult Supernatural section. The Horror Master reviews John S. Hornsby's zombie novel Every Sigh, The End in the adult Zombie section. The Monster Librarian reviews Demon Queen by Richard Lewis in the young adult Supernatural section and London, 1850 (Vampire Plagues I) by Sebastian Rooke in the young adult Vampire section.

Stop by your local library and help celebrate National Library Week which is April 13-19, 2008 and check out a book.

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4/1/08 New reviews, site updates, and more

In this update, Bob Freeman reviews A Whisper of Southern Lights by Tim Lebbon and new reviewer Horror Master reviews Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher in the adult Horror Adventure section. Bob also reviews Paul Cave's Something of the Night and Michele Lee reviews Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Saint-Germain: Memoirs in the adult Vampire section. The Monster Librarian reviews Conrad Williams's The Unblemished which can be found in the adult Zombie section.

In the attempt to make the growing amount of content accessible to our visitors we have added a search box to the main page, if you can't find what you are looking for on the site give it a try. We have also added a page for Horror Fiction News which is found on the main page, which will contain press releases and news items we get from various authors and publishers. Finally, we have set up a page for the Stoker Awards, 2007 in the Book Ends section. If you are a librarian who is looking for some noteworthy horror titles take a look.

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"Spring into Terror" horror review project!

We are excited to announce the Spring into Terror horror book review project. Spring into Terror is a collaborative effort presenting reviews of horror fiction that will be available for your reading pleasure this Spring. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Spring into Terror” will highlight participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. Collaborating review sites include: Horrorworld.org, Horror-Web.com, Hellnotes.com, DreadCentral.com, Fearzone.com, HorrorDrive-in.com, MonsterLibrarian.com, and Dark Scribe Magazine. Visit the Spring into Terror to see a list of the titles reviewed at participating sites.

MonsterLibrarian.com has reviews of The Unwanted by Diablo, Mark Michaels, Juan Romera, and Jason Arthur in our adult Graphic Novel section. Bob Freeman reviews Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations ed. by William Jones in the Cthulhu Mythos section and The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff in the adult Something Different section. Michele Lee reviews The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem in the Something Different section. All these reviews are part of the "Spring into Terror" project.

Michele Lee also reviews J.W. Coffy's A Wager of Blood in the adult Supernatural section. The Monster Librarian reviews Peadar O Guilin's The Inferior in the young adult Dark Fantasy section. Finally, for the kids there is a review of Damien Graves's The Midnight Library: The Cat Lady in the Scary Books for Kids section.
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