VAMPYRRHIC by Simon Clark - Clark takes the worn out vampire novel & does some really cool things with it. And he actually creates a couple of scenes which raised the hairs on the back of my neck a wee bit. Not at all an easy task when it comes to this jaded, lifelong genre fiction fan & voracious reader. Highly recommended.

Now if Leisure would just get around to publishing Clark’s sequel, VAMPYRRHIC RITES!

SUMMER OF NIGHT by Dan Simmons - This one has my vote for being the scariest novel ever. At least it’s the scariest novel that this particular individual has ever read. It’s also firmly entrenched within my top three favorite novels of all time in any genre.

A WINTER’S HAUNTING by Dan Simmons - Though this sequel to his SUMMER OF NIGHT isn’t quite as scary or as epic as is the earlier novel, it’s chilling in it’s own right.