Horror Most Human
Novels by horror writers where the evil is human and the horror hits too close to home are listed here. Many of these novels fall into a gray area between suspense/thriller genre and horror with both sides claiming them. This continues the list from Horror all too Human.
(This list is alphabetical by title.)
 Hero |
HeroAuthor: White, Wrath James and Gonzalez, J. F. |
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Adelle Smith has lived her entire life for the betterment of mankind. A Civil Rights Activist in the Sixties and Seventies, she has spent most of her adult life attending marches, giving speeches, and lending a hand to anyone in need. But on the very evening she is to be acknowledged with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her humanitarian efforts, a stroke leaves her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Now Adelle’s in the care of a ruthless hospice nurse, who sees not a hero before her, but the cause of her many hardships growing up as a child of interracial parents, someone who decides to give Adelle her very own brand of “Physical Therapy” consisting of pain and suffering, mental cruelty and torture. And now, after a lifetime of helping others, Adelle needs help, quickly, before another round of brutal treatment snuffs out her life. This is #6 in Bloodletting Books novella series. |
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 The Home  |
The HomeAuthor: Nicholson, Scott |
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From the Author: Little does Freeman know that his transfer was made at the request of Dr. Richard Kracowski, whose research into the brain’s electrical properties is revealing new powers of the human mind. Kracowski is working for a secret society called the Trust, but also has his own agenda in exploring the nature of the soul. His experiments have an unexpected side effect, though. The electromagnetic fields used in his experiments are summoning the ghosts of the patients who died at Wendover back when it was a psychiatric ward. Freeman simply wants to survive, take his medicine for manic depression, and deceive his counselors into believing he is happy. When he meets the anorexic Vicky, who may also be telepathic, he’s afraid some of his darkest secrets will be uncovered. But when the other children develop their own clairvoyant abilities, and insane spirits begin haunting the halls of Wendover, he can’t safely hide inside his own head anymore. Meanwhile, the Trust is installing sophisticated equipment in the home’s basement, aggressively probing the threshold between life and death. And they’ve brought in another scientist who doesn’t share Dr. Kracowski’s reluctance to push the limits. This scientist is a pioneer in ESP induction, and he performed most of his work on a very special subject: his son, Freeman Mills. |
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 Mama’s Boy |
Mama’s BoyAuthor: Friel, Fran |
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Nominated for the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction. Deep within the confines of Penn’s Asylum waits a scarred and broken man with a seemingly non-existent past. Found burned and unresponsive twenty years prior, Frank Doe’s dark secrets have remained locked away in mute silence. That is until Rebecca, a beautiful young doctor newly assigned to the wards of the asylum, steps in to unlock and scour Doe’s psyche for answers about his past. Shocking revelations bring about the doctor’s own troubled history, opening a long-closed set of wounds that she herself must face. A novella of deep, dark and disturbing images, Mama’s Boy is a story you won’t soon forget. Perhaps it will even unleash your own wounds lying just below the surface. Will you withstand the demons inside? Rat’s Note: Fran has reported that this sold out novella is scheduled for republication in an upcoming collection of short stories tentatively titled: Mama’s Boy and Company. Please remember that all information is subject to change. |
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The Rosary Girls (A Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano Thriller #1)Author: Montanari, Richard |
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From the Editors of Barnes and Noble: Kevin Byrne has years of experience with the Philadelphia Homicide Unit, a reputation for working a case for as long as it takes to solve it, and a nasty gift that sometimes gives him a vision of the perp he’s after. Now that his longtime partner is sidelined by a heart attack, he has someone new riding shotgun, and it remains to be seen how she’ll deal with his less-than-orthodox methods. At least Jessica Balzano is no rookie detective . . . but three years of experience in Auto isn’t the same as a stint in Homicide. But as Kevin sees it, she’s earned her chance to prove herself. She’s as eager as he is for a case that will push her to the limit and beyond. Jessica doesn’t expect to get her big break the first day out, but that’s what happens when she and Kevin are called to the scene of the murder of a parochial school student. The dead girl, clasping a rosary, has been mutilated in a way that shocks even the hardened medical examiner. And when a second teen’s body is discovered and a task force is formed, Jessica is determined to make sure that she stays on the case. And if that means going the extra mile and risking her own life and sanity by immersing herself in the dark, dangerous mind of a serial killer, that’s what she’ll do to close the case of the Rosary Girls. |
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Summary:
Title List:
1. Hero by Wrath James White and J. F. Gonzalez
2. The Home by Scott Nicholson
3. Mama’s Boy by Fran Friel
4. The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari
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