With the coming of the Fall and cooler weather I always feel
the desire to read horror fiction and this year I've pulled some entertaining
choices from my shelf. I've been stockpiling novels from the big horror
publishing boom of the 1980's when the bookstores were overrun with new books
almost weekly. Not all of the writers of these writers had the success of
Stephen King - the cause of this boom- but some of them were fantastic and well
worth discovering. My favorite discovery of the past few years has been the
fiction of Tennesseenative John Farris. He is a very talented author and each of his books have
been a true pleasure to read. I'm about to finish up 1984's 'Son of the Endless
Night' and although I was initially disappointed that it was an
exorcism/possession tale it has turned out to be very good. Every now and then
I just need a big meaty slab of 80's horror and that goes for my reading as
well as my movie viewing!
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