Horror for Halloween 2007: A Booklist

The Lair of the Undead Rat

• A New Wovel is Born
  The wovel, that great online episodic novel where you the reader get to decide what happens next, has return while I was asleep. Kealan Patrick Burked wrapped up his wovel The Living and now horror author and comic book editor Jemiah Jefferson has stepped up with her slipstream/cyberpunk offering called Firstworld.
• You’re on the Global Frequency
  "A nuke seems a bit, I dunno, enthusiastic." The Global Frequency is a civilian organization formed by the mysterious Miranda Zero with Aleph as the remote coordinator via mobile vid-phones. There are 1,001 agents, located all over the world, each with a special talent or knowledge, and each able to be dispatched at a moment's notice or give their expertise though they be thousands of miles away. The organization responds to all kinds of threats that no one else can handle.
• We’re Listed on BBAW Directory
  Last September The Arcane Rat and I participated in Book Bloggers Appreciation Week (often shortened to BBAW). It was a lot of fun and next year I plan to take a more active role in the celebration. In the meantime, the directory of all the book bloggers who participated has been published online. It is called (oddly enough) The BBAW Directory.
• The Gathering: A Quiet Horror Film
  "They came only to see, from the east and from the west, from the city and from the plain. They came not, in holy reverence to the lord, but in lust." A young woman tries to protect the boy in her charge when she sees brutal visions of death and eerie strangers.
• Meet Local Author Richard Montanari
  Where: Borders Beachwood When: Nov. 20 Thursday at 7:00pm Event: Richard Montanari, local author of The Rosary Girls, Skin Gods, Merciless and now Badlands will be reading from his lastest book -- Badlands: A Novel of Suspense -- answering questions and signing copies of his books.
• A Serial Killer Called The Surgeon
  "Today they will find her body Today they will know we are back." Former doctor Tess Gerritsen writes about a serial killer who mutilates women with surgical skill.
• A Fabled Revolution
  "Oh dear, I left my scorecard in my other pants, but wasn't poor Colin on your side? What happened? Started the inevitable falling-out phase of the Glorious Revolution already?." When Snow White takes Rose Red to the Animal Farm earlier than her scheduled visit, they stumble upon a hotbed of revolutionary action that threatens to get them both killed.
• Every Werewolf Gets His Day
  "Every month, when the moon is full, they hunt as a team. Dedicated to the kill." A squad of soldiers are tasked for a combat exercise against special forces only to find themselves facing a pack of werewolves.
• November is The Good Guy Month
  Welcome to the new look of The Lair of the Undead Rat. My plans were to roll out this new look last month but things didn’t quite work out that way. So sorry. Nevertheless, I’ve begun building the new look and style of The Lair. And as part of that new look, I’d like to turn [...]
• A Second Helping of Crow
  "So long as the spirit pursues only those responsible, the crow protects it from all harm and it is invulnerable to harm by man or beast or any other evil spirits. But should the spirit turn aside from this narrow path, the crow may be forced to abandon it and the spirit will be left to wander the living world alone, forever, as a ghost or a revenant." Happy post-Halloween my friends. My plans were to publish today's book and last week's book THE CROW: CLASH BY NIGHT together on Halloween day. My plans fell through but there is no reason not to let you get a good look at another of the novels based upon the movie — THE CROW