Saturday evening as I got ready for bed I checked the front door, opening it carefully to make sure no enraged townsfolk were still loitering outside. A box, about 9×12 (maybe larger) bumped my leg. Surprised, I took it in and opened it.
Inside were two books from the Leisure Horror Book Club and a catalog. Usually the box is much smaller — just the size to hold two mass market paperbacks side by side. But this time the Spring 2010 Catalog was magazine-sized. Hence the bigger box.
Today’s book is one I’ve chatted about briefly earlier this year. It’s Siren by John Everson. Tomorrow we’ll talk about A Gathering of Crows by Brian Keene
So . . . what came in the mail for me this month?
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SirenAuthor: Everson, John |
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Night after night, Evan walked along the desolate beach, grieving over the loss of his son, drowned in an accident more than a year before. Then one night he was drawn to the luminous sound of a beautiful, naked woman singing near the shore in the moonlight. He watched mesmerized as the mysterious woman disappeared into the sea. Driven by desire and temptation, Evan returned to the spot every night until he found her again. Now he has begun a bizarre, otherworldly affair. A deadly affair. For Evan will soon realize that his seductive lover is a being far more evil . . .and more terrifying . . . than he ever imagined. He will learn the danger of falling into the clutches of the . . . Siren |
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July 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Leisure Books)
July 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Leisure Books)John Everson’s Siren will also be published in a collector’s limited hardcover edition by Bad Moon Books, with a run of 100 copies. It’s now up for pre-order and will sell out fast.
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SirenAuthor: Everson, John |
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Music can transport you to the depths and heights of emotion. Music can make life worth living. Music can steal your soul. Evan’s soul is dead as he walks the empty Northern California beach every night. Petrified of the water all his life, he’s never recovered from seeing his son drown in the ocean’s waves. But then one night, he hears a song on the beach. A beautiful, tortuously emotional melody that leads him right to the brink of the surf. That’s when the music ends, and a gorgeous nude woman dives off the black rocks to disappear in the waves. His fears for her safety are allayed when she returns the next night to sing again . . . only this time, he’s touched by more than her song . . . He’s touched by something that won’t let him go . . . |
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Website:
John Everson has a website where you can get up to date information about his books, read his blog, sign up for a newsletter and checkout some free previously published horror short stories and articles. It’s called John Everson: Dark Arts and it has a ton of pages to explore.
BookBrowse Reader:
If you’d like to check out the first bit of Siren, try this book browser app. and read up to page 34.
- April 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Creatures of the Pool
- April 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Dweller
- May 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Bridge
- May 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Sparrow Rock
- June 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Night Souls
- June 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Joyride
- July 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Killing Kind
- July 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Wolf’s Bluff
- August 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Siren
- August 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: A Gathering of Crows
- September 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Audrey’s Door
- September 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Blood Artists
- October 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Damnation Game
- October 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Disappearance
- November 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club
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