Archive for June, 2010
Live Girls by Ray Garton – Book Review
June 28th, 2010 by Randy Ray | | 1 Comment »
Ray Garton's Live Girls is an erotic, scary, suspenseful, often-gruesome vampire novel that's like having a really interesting nightmare you can't wake from. The characters in Live Girls are your friends and neighbors, the people about whom you start dinner conversations with the words, "Did you hear about...?" Imagine From Dusk Til Dawn with more sex, less action, and believable characters, and you'll begin to have an idea of what kind of novel Live Girls is.
The high concept for the novel is simplicity itself: A spineless magazine…
Great Horror Writing on the Internet
June 24th, 2010 by Randy Ray | | No Comments »I'm always in a state of awe at the amazing writing about horror that I'm able to find on the Internet. Here's a list of some of the better horror related articles I've seen just today:
The Crazies Blu-ray Review - Matt Fini reviews the release of the recent remake of George Romero's The Crazies on Blu-ray. I'm not as big a fan of the original movie as the reviewer, but he makes some good points about how the new version could have been improved. His review of the actual quality…
The 7 Best Selling Zombie Books
June 23rd, 2010 by Randy Ray | | 3 Comments »I enjoyed Bookgasm's post about 7 Current Zombie Books with Brains so much that I decided to write a post about the 7 best selling zombie books that we carry at our store. These aren't necessarily the most current zombie books we have in stock, but our customers love them.
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks - Even though it came out in 2003, The Zombie Survival Guide is still a best seller. Do my customers know about an impending zombie apocalypse or something? Probably not. The popularity of this…
Fred’s Downtown Philly – Allen, TX Philly Cheesesteaks
June 23rd, 2010 by Randy Ray | | No Comments »I'm going to end my long blogging hiatus here by writing about a totally off-topic subject. (It's not totally off-topic though, because if you're in Wylie, TX, and you're looking for good Philly cheesesteaks, then Fred's Downtown Philly in Allen, TX is worth the drive.) Fred's Downtown Philly is located on the northwest corner of Bethany and Greenville in Allen, Texas. The actual address, if you need it, is 740 S. Greenville Ave., #400, Allen, TX 75002. And their phone number is (972)359-0958. Fred's Downtown Philly is closed Sundays, but they're…