A Prisoner of Dreamland is truly a perfect title for this book because it makes you feel as if you are in a world that is slightly off kilter. Each story is different yet they are linked together by not just the style of writing but the unsettling feelings they invoke. I've read a lot of horror and weird fiction, but this one is unique - in a good way!
Here there be manticores!Welcome to Dreamland, where the stars are hungry and unspeakable horrors dog the dreamer’s heels.Things are seldom what they seem in Dreamland: forests are labyrinths and butterflies have teeth. Nor is there any reliable map of the twilight continent. Every oneironaut charts their own out of the whole cloth of imagination. Nor is dreaming always a private affair. Not when everyone in town shares the same dream, or a stadium full of fans participate in a Master Dreamer’s latest entertainment, or a dead sibling lures you into a haunted nightmare, or a killer leaves taunting clues in…
This book was like nothing I've ever read before. The writing style is not complex but it is captivating. And the story itself is masterful. You fall in love with the characters, and their trek down a road that shouldn't exist is like a rollercoaster ride of thrills and chills.
“A maze of crashing dimensions filled with monsters and madness.”— Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley“The narrative switchbacks along The Eris Ridge Trail are razor sharp and utterly mind-bending, so pack a compass before diving in.”— Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your EyesFrom award-winning author Larry Hinkle comes The Eris Ridge Trail, a cosmic horror road trip, with dogs.You won’t find the Eris Ridge Trail on any map. You won’t find the people who go missing on it, either.The Eris Ridge Trail has no beginning. No end. It runs forever, connecting realities across space…
I'm a sucker for any horror or sci-fi that deals with things that could very well be possible in our current world, and this one is right in my wheelhouse. A military experiment gone wrong, government cover-ups, and scientists who have to save the day despite everything going wrong around them. McBride is a master at this kind of story, and this book is no exception to that rule.
Secrets aren’t the only things that won’t stay buried.When an earthquake strikes downtown Denver, far from the nearest active fault system, the USGS dispatches Dr. Dayna Raines and an emergency response team to investigate. They discover that the epicenter corresponds to a decommissioned deep injection well once used by the U.S. Army to dispose of chemical weapons, which have eroded the earth and created the unstable cavern system responsible for the seismic activity.Their mission is to descend into the unknown depths, evaluate the fault zone, and initiate a controlled demolition of the subterranean cavity before another earthquake strikes, causing a…
When Roger Brenner leaves the house because he has the urge to take a walk, no one, not even him, realizes he is about to change the world as we know it.
Roger's sudden desire quickly turns into something more as both his mind and body begin to change. He is consumed by his need to keep walking, and soon he is leaving the small town of Rocky Point behind. By the time his family realizes he's gone, he's miles away and entering an altered state of consciousness.
As the days go by and Roger continues his unnatural journey, his body begins to deteriorate. He also attracts followers, all of them murmuring the same chilling words. The growing horde travels down the East Coast, growing in size every day.
In less than a week, the phenomenon spreads across the world, causing religious and political upheaval. The governments fear it's a disease. Religious leaders claim it's a sign of the apocalypse. And scientists say it's nature correcting overpopulation.
