Book Chain 16: White Trash and Recycled Nightmares by Rebecca Rowland

Book Chain Campaign: BookChain16: Tracking Log for:

White Trash and Recycled Nightmares by Rebecca Rowland:

i. Bought on Amazon, September 15, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Ken MacGregor at StokerCon, June 14, 2025

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: "A workaholic splits his time between home and hotel rooms until an anonymous cryptic message arrives, setting off a wrinkle in the time continuum and slowly shredding his sanity. Elsewhere, a woman's jealousy over her spouse's connection with their only child boils over, leading her to see monsters everywhere except the mirror. University fraternity brothers discover that a cruel prank has dire consequences but the full extent of their punishment is yet to come, while an intrepid hiker explores an abandoned Cold War facility hidden within a Massachusetts mountain only to realize that military secrets aren't the only things buried within. From witches, wendigos, and werecats to sirens, sadists, and serial killers, Rebecca Rowland serves readers a twenty-tale meal of cosmic, creature, and quiet horror in platters heaping with unsettling trepidation. In Rowland's long-awaited follow-up to The Horrors Hiding in Plain Sight, a lighted room provides no safe haven, and in the darkest corner of the basement waits a ravenous dread. The most sinister objects of fear are never truly discarded… just repurposed. Includes a foreword by Mary SanGiovanni."

(pub. Dead Sky Publishing, October 10, 2023)

Available here: https://deadskypublishing.com/portfolio-item/white-trash-recycled-nightmares/

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/White-Recycled-Nightmares-Rebecca-Rowland/dp/1639511202/

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/white-trash-and-recycled-nightmares-rebecca-rowland/1143024617?ean=9781639511204

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98657775-white-trash-and-recycled-nightmares

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Book Chain 15: Double Jack (The Crime Files of Katy Green #1) by Gene O'Neill

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Double Jack (The Crime Files of Katy Green #1) by Gene O'Neill:

i. Bought from Dark Moon Books, September, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Marielle Horst, January 21, 2025

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: Book #1 in the series, THE CRIME FILES OF KATY GREEN

The novella that started it all!

It’s night, Sacramento, and single female drivers who break down on the side of Interstate-5 are relieved to see the highway safety CalTrans truck arrive to give assistance… until they realize that’s not what the 400-pound ex-boxer who gets out has in mind…

Such is the M.O. of serial killer, Jack Malenko, who preys on women in distress in full sight of passing traffic. Assigned to the notorious case are homicide detectives Katy Green and Johnny Cato, dubbed by the press as Sacramento’s “Green Hornet and Cato.” However, from the beginning of this case, the two detectives seem to continually be one step behind their huge killer… and each day that passes brings worse news and fresh victims.

How fast can they track down the predatory monster to save further lives, and if they do find him, can they save their own lives in the violent encounter?

With Introduction by John Palisano

and Interior Illustrations by Greg Chapman

Discover why readers have been applauding this stark, fast-paced noir series by multiple-award-winning author Gene O’Neill! Read each volume and then continue with the other shocking case files of Sacramento’s “Green Hornet and Cato”!

·         THE CRIME FILES OF KATY GREEN #1: DOUBLE JACK (a novella)

·         THE CRIME FILES OF KATY GREEN #2: SHADOW OF THE DARK ANGEL
·         THE CRIME FILES OF KATY GREEN #3: DEATHFLASH

·         THE CRIME FILES OF KATY GREEN #4: A STICK OF DOUBLEMINT.

(pub. Dark Moon Books, October 1, 2017)

Available here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/double_jack.html

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Jack-Crime-Files-Green/dp/194949120X

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/double-jack-gene-oneill/1127136395?ean=9781949491203

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36387441-double-jack

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Book Chain 14: California Bear by Duane Swierczynski

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California Bear by Duane Swierczynski:

i. Given from Duane Swierczynski to Eric J. Guignard at StokerCon, May 31, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Rebeca Gonzalez, January 21, 2025

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: “KILLER”: Jack Queen has been exonerated and freed from prison thanks to retired LAPD officer Cato Hightower. But when guilt gnaws at Jack, he admits: “I actually did it.” To which Hightower responds: “Yeah, no kidding.” You see, the ex-cop has a special job in mind for the ex-con…

THE GIRL DETECTIVE: Fifteen-year-old Matilda Finnerty has been handed a potential death sentence in the form of a leukemia diagnosis. But that’s not going to stop her from tackling the most important mystery of her life: Is her father guilty of murder?

GENE JEANIE: Jeanie Hightower mends family trees for a living, but the genealogist is unable to repair her own marriage. And her soon-to-be ex may have entangled her in a scheme that has drawn the bloody wrath of…

THE BEAR: A prolific serial killer who disappeared forty years ago, who is only now emerging from hibernation when the conditions are just right. And this time, the California Bear is not content to hunt in the shadows…

From two-time Edgar nominee Duane Swierczynski, California Bear is clever, moving, and surprising as it takes aim at the true crime industry, Hollywood, justice, and the killers inside us all.

(pub. Mulholland Books, August, 2023)

Available here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/duane-swierczynski/california-bear/9780316382977/?lens=mulholland-books

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/California-Bear-Novel-Duane-Swierczynski/dp/0316382973

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/california-bear-duane-swierczynski/1142902652

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75593495-california-bear

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Book Chain 13: Bleak Houses by Kate Maruyama

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Bleak Houses by Kate Maruyama:

i. Bought on Amazon, August 25, 2024

ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to Wendra Colleen, October 22, 2024

iii. Mailed from Wendra Colleen to Brenda King, December 24, 2024

iv. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: An omnibus of two novellas.

SAFER: Los Angeles is in lockdown, "Safer at home," so Soledad, a college student, jumps at the opportunity to be live-in caretaker for Story, the son of an A-list celebrity. Solid pay and a change of scene are just what she needs in the pandemic. The parents are high maintenance, but she and Story form a quick bond. The dazzling lifestyle shows its dark underside when unsettling occurrences mount. Now it turns out the job that would set Soledad up for college might derail her life entirely if she decides to keep Story safer.

FAMILY SOLSTICE: The Massey family has a secret and Shea, the youngest, will be the last to find out exactly what's in the basement. She's been training hard for her 13th year when it will finally be her turn to perform the family duty of fighting. Her older siblings won't tell her anything, but she's excited and ready to take all comers. Even if they had, nothing could truly prepare her for what she has to face.

These compelling explorations of dark family secrets fearlessly delve into some of today's most relevant and troubling issues. In Safer, Maruyama explores what parents will do for a child, and what happens to outsiders in unsafe houses, while Family Solstice addresses the dangers of tradition, inheritance and the sins of the father.

(pub. Raw Dog Screaming Press, August, 2023)

Available here: https://rawdogscreaming.com/books/bleak-houses/

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bleak-Houses-Consortium-Anomalous-Phenomena/dp/1947879596

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bleak-houses-kate-maruyama/1143403631

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/141319641-bleak-houses

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Book Chain 12: The City by S.C. Mendes

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The City by S.C. Mendes:

i. Mailed from S.C. Mendes to Eric J. Guignard, September 13, 2024

ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to Rebecca Rowland, November 27, 2024

iii. Given from Rebecca Rowland to Gevera Bert Piedmont at Colony Pizza in Stamford, December 14, 2024

iv. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: Chinatown, 1910.

A series of ritualistic murders are discovered six months after Max Elliot turned in his badge.

Victims of the media-dubbed “Chinatown Surgeon” are little more than piles of flayed skin. The bones of each body were stolen. This torturous method of execution had only been seen once before and that case remained unsolved.

Confident of a connection between the grisly crimes, police turn to the one man they believe can help.

With the allure of closure to his own personal tragedy, Max Elliot agrees to reinstatement for one last case. But the clues lead the unstable detective down a path he never could have imagined.

Follow Max as he penetrates a supernatural world of drugs, violence, and an ancient race of chemists whose hidden influence shaped human civilization.

(pub. Blood Bound Books, January, 2023)

Available here: https://www.amazon.com/City-S-C-Mendes/dp/1940250560

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/City-S-C-Mendes/dp/1940250560

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35107124-the-city

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Book Chain 11: When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan

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When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan:

i. Bought on Amazon, August 25, 2024

ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to S.C. Mendes, September 5, 2024

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: Don't awaken what sleeps in the dark.

In a future ravaged by fire and drought, two climate refugees ride their motorcycles across the wasteland of the western US, and stumble upon an old silver mine. Descending into the cool darkness of the caved-in tunnels in desperate search of water, the two women find Lavinia Cain’s diary, a settler in search of prosperity who brought her family to Nevada in the late 1860s.

But Lavinia and the settlers of the Western town discovered something monstrous that dwells in the depths of the mine, something that does not want greedy prospectors disturbing the earth. Whispers of curses and phantom figures haunt the diary, and now, over 150 years later, trapped and injured in the abandoned mine, the women discover they’re not alone . . . with no easy way out.

The monsters are still here―and they’re thirsty.

(pub. CamCat Books, October, 2022

Available here: https://camcatbooks.com/Books/W/When-the-Night-Bells-Ring4

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-Night-Bells-Ring-Kaplan/dp/0744306159

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-night-bells-ring-jo-kaplan/1140923071

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60172285-when-the-night-bells-ring

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Book Chain 10: Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny by KC Grifant

Book Chain Campaign: BookChain10: Tracking Log for:

Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny by KC Grifant:

i. Mailed from KC Grifant to Eric J. Guignard, August 22, 2024

ii. Mailed from Eric J. Guignard to Christi Nogle, September 5, 2024

iii. Given from Christi Nogle to Candice Azalea Greene at Boise Library Book Faire, October 5, 2024

iv. Given from Candice Azalea Greene to Whitney Martin in Idaho, January 13, 2025

v. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: From the bowels of NYC to the farthest regions of space, Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny feature people encountering the unseen terrors hovering at the edge of everyday life. Whether it’s a glimpse of a malicious creature lurking behind your reflection or an unusual thunderstorm heralding a needy stranger, oddities loom, ready to reveal themselves.

With hints of The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and Black Mirror, this collection of short horror stories—the cosmic, the weird, and the fantastical—will settle into the back of your head and under your skin. They will make you wonder what hidden horrors lie there, just beyond the curtain of reality.

(pub. Dragon’s Roost Press, July, 2024

Available here: https://splattertheatre.com/products/shrouded-horror-tales-of-the-uncanny

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shrouded-Horror-Uncanny-KC-Grifant/dp/1956824324/

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shrouded-horror-kc-grifant/1145663047?ean=9781956824322

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211055621-shrouded-horror

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Book Chain 9: His Unburned Heart by David Sandner

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His Unburned Heart by David Sandner:

i. Given from David Sandner to Eric J. Guignard at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale, August 25, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Vanessa Lanang at The Writers Coffeehouse, Vroman's Bookstore (Pasadena), September 8, 2024

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: His Unburned Heart, tells the story of Mary Shelley's quest to retrieve her husband's heart from his publisher. History tells us that Percy Shelley was cremated, though his heart failed to burn, but the rest of the details are lost to time. Sandner has channeled Mary Shelley herself to share the story with us. That story is paired here with a second, related, piece. The Journal of Sorrow is named after Mary Shelley's personal journal, and imagines Percy Shelley's demise.

(pub. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2023

Available here: https://rawdogscreaming.com/books/his-unburned-heart/

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Unburned-Selected-Consortium-Anomalous-Phenomena/dp/1947879766

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/his-unburned-heart-david-sandner/1145171031?ean=9781947879768

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210335899-his-unburned-heart

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Book Chain 8: Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth

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Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth:

i. Bought on Amazon, July 28, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Kate Maruyama at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale, August 25, 2024

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: In a world where the dead can testify against the living, someone is getting away with murder. Because to every generation are born a select few souls with violet-colored eyes, and the ability to channel the dead. Both rare and precious—and rigidly controlled by a society that craves their services—these Violets perform a number of different duties. The most fortunate increase the world's cultural heritage by channeling the still-creative spirits of famous dead artists and musicians. The least fortunate aid the police and the law courts, catching criminals by interviewing the deceased victims of violent crime.

But now the Violets themselves have become the target of a brutal serial murderer—a murderer who had learned how to mask his or her identity even from the victims. Can the FBI, aided by a Violet so scared of death that she is afraid to live, uncover the criminal in time? Or must more of her race be dispatched to the realm that has haunted them all since childhood?

(pub. Dell Books (Penguin Random house), 2023

Available here: https://www.amazon.com/Through-Violet-Eyes-Stephen-Woodworth/dp/0553803379

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Through-Violet-Eyes-Stephen-Woodworth/dp/0553803379

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-violet-eyes-stephen-woodworth/1100302107

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/478628.Through_Violet_Eyes

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Book Chain 7: The Evolutionist by Rena Mason

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The Evolutionist by Rena Mason:

i. Bought on Amazon, June 22, 2024

ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Jo Kaplan at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale, August 25, 2024

iii. Given from Jo Kaplan to Bev Parypinski December 23, 2024

iv. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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Book back copy: Las Vegas suburbanite, Stacy Troy, dreams that everyone is dead. She dismembers the bodies of loved ones, stuffs them into a shopping cart, then takes them two at a time to the pile where she will burn their remains and say her last goodbyes.

Waking nightly to her own screams, Stacy is convinced she’s on the brink of a mid-life crisis and begins secretly seeing a psychiatrist. Dr. Light and his methods seem strange and unconventional, but his treatments work, and her circumstances improve. Until the nightmares return with a vengeance, taking on a life of their own.

Uncertain what to believe, Stacy carries on living the only life she remembers. Nosebleeds and head-splitting alarms only she can hear, become a regular occurrence. In physical and mental decline, the nocturnal world in her mind refuses to die. The images it reveals hold clues that lead her to a shocking discovery.

Threatening to unravel the last thread of her sanity, Stacy must make a heartrending decision... before her post-apocalyptic nightmares come true.

(pub. Encyclopocalypse Publications, 2023 <orig. Nightscape Press, 2013>)

Available here: https://www.encyclopocalypse.com/product/the-evolutionist-rena-mason/125

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Evolutionist-Rena-Mason/dp/1938644085

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-evolutionist-rena-mason/1120676038?ean=9781960721082

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17199632-the-evolutionist

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Book Chain 6: How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie

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How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie:

i. Bought on Amazon, June 22, 2024



ii. Given from Eric J. Guignard to Stephen Woodworth at Comic-Con, July 28, 2024

iii. Where to next...? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

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NOTES: 

Book back copy: “Horror isn't horror unless it's real.

Max Maurey should be on top of the world. He's a famous horror director. Actors love him. Hollywood needs him. He's making money hand over fist. But it's the 80s, and he's directing cheap slashers for audiences who only crave more blood, not real art. Not real horror. And Max's slimy producer refuses to fund any of his new ideas.

Sally Priest dreams of being the Final Girl. She knows she's got what it takes to score the lead role, even if she's only been cast in small parts so far. When Sally meets Max at his latest wrap party, she sets out to impress him and prove her scream queen prowess.

But when Max discovers an old camera that filmed a very real Hollywood horror, he knows that he has to use this camera for his next movie. The only problem is that it came with a cryptic warning and sometimes wails.

By the time Max discovers the true evil lying within, he's already dead set on finishing the scariest movie ever put to film, and like it or not, it's Sally's time to shine as the Final Girl”

(pub. Redhook, 2024)

Available here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/craig-dilouie/how-to-make-a-horror-movie-and-survive/9780316569316/?lens=redhook

And reviewed on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Horror-Movie-Survive/dp/0316569313

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-make-a-horror-movie-and-survive-craig-dilouie/1144153518

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199263513-how-to-make-a-horror-movie-and-survive

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