Tag: Goosebumps

Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Goodbye, Goosebumps… Hello, Ghost Book…

This entry marks a momentous occasion. I have officially finished going through all of the original 62 Goosebumps books! (And NO, I am not reading the spin-off series). Oh, I read some other stuff too like a collection of feminist sci-fi, an influential crime novel from the 18th century, a quirky modern day ghost story…


Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Wine-Dark Damned Baby

I’m back again after a break for Thanksgiving and to give our annual gift guide some time to breathe! In this group of macabre offerings, I tackle a couple of great collections from a master of the horror short story, a pile of Goosebumps sequels, one of the all-time classic horror novels, a gothic novel…


Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Bring Forth the Carrion Harvest

Since it’s creepy season in October, I thought I’d slide one more of these in before the end of the month. This time I’ve got a classic of the folk horror genre, yet even more doofy Goosebumps, a collection of Weird Tales, a collection of REALLY weird friggin’ tales and an epic of ’80s action…


Ben Reads the Horror Classics: CipherGhasts and Goodnights

Welcome, dear friends. Tonight we shall dine on a savory selection of lovely literature sure to whet your appetite and leave you feeling full and empty at the same time. We have an influential and highly well-regarded gothic fantasy cycle, a bizarre, misanthropic narrative about a hole, a famous stage play of a notorious murderer,…


Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Of Shadowland and Gilead

It’s been a hot minute since the last one of these, but like Jason returning from the grave to machete another troop of camp counselors, I humbly return to slaughter a few books… Yes, I know the analogy doesn’t work. Whatever, chump! Don’t hassle me! Anyway, in this round up of reading material, we have…


Ben Reads The Horror Classics: Lovecraft, His Spawn and Dark Fantasy Joyrides

This one’s got a big mammajamma entry in it. That’s right… I consumed the COMPLETE LOVECRAFT FICTION. Check it out below. Also in this batch is a collection of stories influenced by Lovecraft, a pair of horror tinged dark fantasies and the first in what I’m afraid will be many interludes of Goosebumps micro-reviews. For…