Horror writer G. Wells Taylor (his new book,
The Night Once More is a genre-bending, phantasmagorical noir-horror-thriller), hit an absolute home run with
Bent Steeple, a stand-alone vampire book set in the Canadian north woods. If you like Stephen King (and I do, a lot), you will LOVE this book. The characterizations are absolutely first rate, from a doctor who sees what's happening before anyone else, to a disabled kid. (Fergus will break your heart.) this is another vampire book that is for readers who prefer their horror to be just that--horrific. Taylor is also the author of the
Dracula of the Apes trilogy, a masterful mashup of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Bram Stoker. (You'll never look at Tarzan the same way again.)
Bonus: I love this cover. Stark. Graphic. Eerie-looking. So much subtler than the usual black and red with creatures.
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