Content tagged with “horror” under “My Library”

There are 5 item(s) tagged with “horror” in this section.

See items tagged with “horror” across the entire site.

Other tags used by these items: fiction, classic, anthology, war

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
May 10, 2023
Words
1002

“This is an anthology of every work of narrative fiction H.P. Lovecraft wrote, in order. (I say ‘narrative fiction’ because he apparently wrote a bunch of poetry that isn’t in this book.) I had always wondered about Lovecraft. I was familiar with ‘Call of Cthulhu,’ the role-playing game. Then a few…”

Dracula
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
July 10, 2018
Words
77

“Great novel. Does not read like it was written 121 years ago. Genuinely terrifying in parts. Suffers a bit in the middle as the characters run around London, and I got a little confused as to what they were doing. It turns into a bit of a detective story. I got the main gist of what was going on,…”

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
November 19, 2022
Words
194

“So, here’s the thing – if you know the secret, there’s not much point reading the book. And everyone knows the secret by now – ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ has become a common idiom. But back when this was published in Victorian England, no one knew the twist, and it was probably a hell of a surprise in the…”

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
August 27, 2025
Words
723

“I don’t normally read horror, but this book has a fascinating format: it’s a fictional ‘oral history’ of a war against a zombies virus that took place about a decade prior. The main character is an unnamed reporter or journalist or documentarian who compiles a set of interviews with people who…”