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Darkly The Thunder, by William W. Johnstone -- Claiming to be as old and powerful as Satan himself a dark force takes a hold of the small town of Willowdale, Colorado. Retired police Chief Al Watts decides to take back his town, and finds help from the unlikeliest of sources.
He is aided by a super smart 11 year old, and his feisty little sister, and Sand, the local town rebel who Al Watts killed nearly 30 years before...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett) 
Bloodstone, by Nate Kenyon -- Ex-con Billy Smith feels drawn to the town of White Falls. He also feels compelled to kidnap a Miami hooker on his way.
But the unlikely pair soon find that they have been sharing the same horrifying dreams about the small Maine town. Together they delve into the town’s sinister history, and uncover an ancient evil that has been stalking the innocent residents for generations...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
The Starrigans of Little Brook Bottom, by Harold Davis -- A chance encounter in the woods on a snowy afternoon forever links the fate of a little girl with the Starrigans. This band of furry woodland little people usually shun the humans who share Little Brook Bottom with them, but when the evil Crunnocks come and lure little Penny away from her mother they know they must help her get back home...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
When Gravity Fails, by George Effinger -- Marid Audran is a hard boiled private investigator right out of a classic pulp crime novel, but his home is a dark utopia of transvestites, drug dealers, and assorted outcasts that make Frank Millers Sin City look like a nice place to bring your family. Madrid prides himself on his independence from the cities crime lord ‘Papa’, and staunchly remains ‘unwired’. This common surgical procedure allows users to plug in different personalities and abilities on a whim. But when first his client, and then his friends, start to die in excruciating ways Marid must give up his personal freedoms to catch a killer who switches himself between a calm James Bond style assassin, and a sadistic torturer named Kahn. ...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
 The Dark Horse, by Patricia Simpson -- Claire Coulter is given the chance of a lifetime. Her fabulously wealthy employer has offered to pay for the surgery that will save her brothers life, help to get them both green cards, and is giving her the chance to prove her college thesis. They head off on an adventure through the Southwest to find the elusive Fountain of Youth. Just before leaving for her trip Claire’s best friend is murdered after intrusting her with a mysterious deck of ancient tarot cards.
The murder only the beginning of more bad things to come, Claire must fend off the unwanted sexual advances of her employer, while trying to attract the attention of their gruff trail guide, even as they are being stalked by a dying Egyptian god.
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
 The Physics of Superheroes, by James Kakalios -- Look, up in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane…?
No, it’s a scientific paradox!
Or so asserts James Kakalios, author of The Physics of Superheroes. And if anyone should know, it’s him. Kakalios, a professor of Physics at the University of Minnesota, not only teaches a course called “Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from reading Comic Books,” but also owes his love of science to super heroes and their often implausible powers (His comical spins also that earned him a People magazine spot, and airtime on NPR and BBC Radio).
~more: review (Keith Olexa )
 Orphans of Chaos, by John C. Wright -- Five orphans, Colin, Quentin, Victor, Vanity and Amelia are the sole occupants of a creepy English boarding school/orphanage. Unsure of even their ages, or their true names, they soon begin to discover that they, and the school, are not what it seems at first glance.
After eavesdropping on a meeting of the Board of Directors they discover that they are actually prisoners in a strange war being carried out by ancient Gods, they have been taken from their parents, their memories erased, and their own powers stolen from them. ...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
 States of Grace, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- Rich exile and five thousand year old vampire, Saint Germain finds himself in the midst of political and religious intrigue as the Reformation takes hold in 16th century Europe. He and his mistress are hounded by spies as Saint Germains publishing interests bring him under the scrutiny of the Church. Saint Germain finds himself on a cross continent trip trying to protect his business interests, and hide his true Vampiric nature, even as he is being slowly embezzled from, and accused of heresy, kidnapping and murder. ...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
 The Town That Forgot How to Breathe, by Kenneth J. Harvey -- With no more fish to catch the once lively village of Bareneed, Newfoundland finds itself beset with all kinds of peculiar problems. Mysterious disappearances, ghostly little girls, and a bizarre respiratory disease are just the beginning. Soon the ocean starts to spit out wild creatures, things of rumor and myth.
Odder still, the bodies that begin to float to the surface, amazingly well preserved even when they seem to be hundreds of years old. Joseph Blackwood and his young daughter soon discover that they have picked the wrong place for their family vacation. ...
~more: review (Renee A. Mallett)
 The Colorado Kid, by Stephen King -- At first blush, The Colorado Kid has a few strikes against it: It’s written by Stephen King, but there’s no horror nor even any gruesome passages; It’s pulp fiction copycat cover leads you to believe that perhaps it’s a tale of hardboiled gumshoes and devious dames, but it’s really just a standard murder mystery — and a talky one, at that.
Don’t let any of that deter you. The Colorado Kid is a quirky, Maine-centric tale centering on two crusty old newspaper men and their young female cub reporter as they all try to solve the long-cold case of the dead “Colorado Kid” found dead in their cozy town some years back. ...
~more: review (Staci Layne Wilson)
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