Jim Musgrave: 12 books

Stephen King commented in one of his books-sorry I don't remember which one-that the popularity of short story compilations has lost favor with contemporary readers, and I guess he should know. If that is indeed the case, I would ask that you make an exception and consider reading Jim Musgrave's The...

In a short story collection of Musgrave's caliber, the dilemma becomes which tale to review from The Mayan Magician and Other Stories. With "The Mayan Magician," this compilation's lead story and namesake, Musgrave weaves a mystical tale of love, courage and resolute faith in the great Mayan...

Evil is not cured, only held at bay. Jim Musgrave's novel Lucifer's Wedding is a scary and at times disturbing portrait of the darker sides of all of us. Mr. Musgrave has written a frightening, complex and disturbing book of the darker sides of life, the occult and the unknown recesses of our minds....

Zombie teens in this book can talk, and they can fight, and they join forces with breather teens who want to make their own mark in this battle to the death with the Zombie Apocalypse. Since we are dead, we can infiltrate the old school zombies and find out the source of the plague. With the help...

Natalie Wood's death has just been re-opened by the Los Angeles Police Department. What does Natalie's ghost have to say? You'll find out by reading "Natasha and the Captain," a story that uses information gathered at the scene by eye-witnesses."Pearl Zane Grey" tells the story...

Fifteen-year-old former slave, Chip Jefferson, is recruited into a conspiracy by seven adults to fake the famous battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack in order to sell more monitor-class ships to the Union Government. Chip leaves his old life behind as he learns how to fight for his freedom aboard...

Should children be seen with zombies? Should zombies be children? What kind of a demented mind would want such a thing to happen? Horror on the Installment Plan’s premier issue wants to explore this theme in order to give you a few thrills, a few moments of fear, and perhaps even gross you out a...

Were you ever left home alone? McCauley Culkin made a career for himself out of the experience, but perhaps you were less enthusiastic. There are always sinister shadows lurking about, windows that bang open, and creaking floorboards that echo when you walk.This week's theme brings you four stories...

A friend and fellow teacher of mine used a favorite movie to fascinate his students. It's called Freaks, and it's by Todd Browning. It takes place in 1932 (gee, another Depression-era feel- good movie), and it tells the story of some sideshow folks who are part of the carnival's attractions. One of...

American CIA Agent, Dr. Abby Soloman, pursues a dangerous killer and Moscow detective who are plotting to murder the president of the new Russian democracy.Russian Wolves traces the creation of a serial killer and how one man’s desire to get his family to America causes him to use this killer as...

From the PublisherWhere were you on 9/11/01? Wherever you were, the city suddenly became an international focus of terror. The giant Twin Towers of finance were specifically chosen by terrorists for their symbolic power. It was almost as if they could destroy our symbols; then they could also...

What happens when you go into the woods? Are you transfixed by the natural beauty all around you? Do you wish you had your loved one to share all that glorious pastoral beauty?This issue does not show that side of nature, however, even though it is out there. No, you are about to find out that the...