The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards

This website is owned by Gregory "The Undead Rat" Fisher.

I blog about horror fiction and maintain book lists of horror authors, series, and themes.

Helping people find a good horror book to read and promote the horror genre is my passion.

"Fear is a renewable resource"
--Craig Spector

"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."
-- Aristotle

"Everybody is a book of blood;
Wherever we're opened, we're red."
-- Clive Barker, Books of Blood

"Never apologize for your reading tastes."
— Betty Rosenberg, Genreflecting.

"Know your genre. Know your history. Read a book."
-- Brian Keene, Roots (Keynote Speech, Anthocon 2011)

"It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost."
--Stephen King