Straub is really good at that brand of horror. His novel 'The Throat' and the related semi-sequels are some of my favorite books.

Straub is really good at that brand of horror. His novel 'The Throat' and the related semi-sequels are some of my favorite books.

Man, that story…Ellison may be a litigation-happy nut job sitting on the finest collection of sci-fi ever put together, but the man can write. I can't think of anything else that gave me a feel for the horror of utter despair than "I Have No Mouth…"

Man, that story…Ellison may be a litigation-happy nut job sitting on the finest collection of sci-fi ever put together, but the man can write. I can't think of anything else that gave me a feel for the horror of utter despair than "I Have No Mouth…"

No reason it can't be both. The Illuminati is funny that way.

No reason it can't be both. The Illuminati is funny that way.

Yes, the lights will keep you safe. Perfectly safe. Nothing bad can happen when the lights are on…

Yes, the lights will keep you safe. Perfectly safe. Nothing bad can happen when the lights are on…

Doesn't everyone know that on long drives in the cold Nodak nights what you need to worry about is the Wendigo, not aliens/demons?

Doesn't everyone know that on long drives in the cold Nodak nights what you need to worry about is the Wendigo, not aliens/demons?

I read that and thought it was interesting, but for some reason the bit where someone (was it the dad?) is outside and looks up and sees the son in the famous windows with the demonic pig behind him creeped me right out.

I read that and thought it was interesting, but for some reason the bit where someone (was it the dad?) is outside and looks up and sees the son in the famous windows with the demonic pig behind him creeped me right out.

I thought the scene with the thing in the snowed-in cement tube very creepy. Following it up with the 'chase' scene with the topiary pushed it to another level.

I thought the scene with the thing in the snowed-in cement tube very creepy. Following it up with the 'chase' scene with the topiary pushed it to another level.

'The Haunting of Hill House' disturbed me when I read it, and that was just a few years ago. The atmosphere she engenders with her prose was amazing.

'The Haunting of Hill House' disturbed me when I read it, and that was just a few years ago. The atmosphere she engenders with her prose was amazing.

That's what that was! I knew it looked familiar. That bumps her up in my book.

That's what that was! I knew it looked familiar. That bumps her up in my book.

I don't know about win, but I was thinking that, like 80% of the ladies would have been in trouble if Willam had been in the mix.

I don't know about win, but I was thinking that, like 80% of the ladies would have been in trouble if Willam had been in the mix.