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Like horror short stories and gore? This one is for you!

“The World of Horror is a short horror story collective for children and adults which features shocking, spooky, and grotesque artwork and monsters from around the world.  This collective was assembled by (Reign of Vengeance/Rebirth) frontman Marshall Beck. It features story contributions and tales from Beck as well as many musicians and authors from different cultures around the world. Each different story utilizes a different culture’s monsters or boogeymen to tell shocking, mysterious, and interesting tales. Conjuring the old school nostalgic vibe many of us older Horror and Metalhead fans are familiar with from childhood… this collective is definitely nothing short of odd, interesting, fun, and entertaining.”

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(column) Why Graham Masterton should be a must read for every horror fan.

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I love horror literature, I love to read. Also, I love war books and occult literature and history, but horror novels and stories are still my number one love. I don´t know how I could have missed Graham Masterton and his works, but I am now trying hard to make that mistake right by reading his intense horror novels one by one.

The Devils Of D-Day is the first one that I have read. The story starts in 1944.when 13 black painted tank broke through the German lines and wreak havoc on their soldiers killing whole companies in most horrible ways. No one knew who came in that tanks, who drove them and how they disappeared afterwards. Now, the story takes us to 1970-ies when we find out that one of the tanks was left in France and sealed with cross not to be returned. Strange things happen if you pass that tank in the night, you can hear the crew whispering, milk curdles and animals die. As it usually happens with stupid people, they open the tank and weird things happen and the battle for the future of humanity starts…

Not to spoil everything, this is all I will tell you from that story, the rest you must read yourselves. The book is easy to read, very intense, makes you go more and more and the killing gore scenes are nicely done mixed with scary spooky atmosphere and parts which made goosebumps on my skin and that is not an easy thing to do nowadays, when I have watched hundreds of horror movies and read hundreds of stories and novels. This one is a keeper. The names of the 13 demons and their boss are really powerful and the incantations in this book are realistic, so grab this one and treat yourself with horror.

(book)James Herbert-48

Do you love your horror in written form? I sure do! I love the movies, the tv series, horrorpunk but the best for me are still horror short stories and novels. The late legendary James Herbert happens to be one of my favorite horror writers of all time, so I read his books with joy and fear.

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48 is one of Herbert´s more sf and fantasy and less horror novels. As the title implies the story takes place in 1948. At the end of Second World War, defeated Reich in its death throes shot rockets with deadly virus and the whole world became ravaged place. In empty London, full of corpses, lunatic survivors, American pilot Hoke tries to survive and escape the army of British nazi blackshirts who want his blood to make an andtidote to the sickness. Sounds familiar? Richard Matheson´s I Am Legend first came to mind with some segments of this story, but insted vampires, here we have lunatic nazi soldiers. But, there is enough of action, excitement and breathtaking turning of pages to make this one interesting novel. It is not one of my favorite Herbert´s books that I read, by far not, but it is a decent one to make your winter evening great reading. The ending is okay, the story evolves nicely page by page, so worth your reading, but if you would love to check some of Herbert´s stuff, better read couple of his better works before this one.