Here are articles on lydiapeever.com about books; ones I read, wrote, enjoyed, reviewed, and more!
The Rising: More Selected Scenes From The End Of The World by Brian Keene January 2025 Death’s Head Press 120 pages Horror / Survival Horror… Read More »The Rising: More Selected Scenes From The End Of The World: A short recon mission
I found this book all at once unsettling, entertaining, hilarious, depressing and thoroughly well written.
Strange Stones Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni January 2005 Clash Books 140 pages Horror / Cosmic Horror / Comedy Professor Everard could be named simply;… Read More »Strange Stones by Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni: A romp through Lovecraft’s space and time
The new year brings new books so here we are with the January installment. Is there a secret cabal of popular horror authors who decided to all release in the first month?
To anyone, three men sitting around a restaurant discussing the books in hand may not be so striking. To know they are preparing for readings… Read More »Reprint: Dark Side Tour – Pobi, Pyper and Cutter in Ottawa
Remember, going into this, that I am a very big fan of Richard Laymon.
I was quite pleased with this crossover of his earlier work in this series where the woebegone visit Hell, and his Lovecraft fascination; which comes to full fruition in this book
If the Gathering of the Juggalos took place in the prelude to In The Pines by Karl Edward Wagner, it would be the birthplace of Carni.
Horror takes a holiday in the winter – but then, don’t we all? Publishing agents, editors, bookbinders and print shops are no exception.
There is gripping tension, ample weapons, and the threat of a white-out blizzard… and then it goes sideways in the best possible way.
Gone to see the River Man by Kristopher Triana 179 pages Released in 2023 from Bad Dream Books, Released in 2020 from Cemetery Dance, and… Read More »Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana: The darkest waters
Halfway through reading this book something changes. It is not subtle, and you will absolutely know what I mean when you get there.