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The Rack II
You've been here before. You've spun THE RACK, marveling over the garish covers and embossed titles that drip blood or sprout teeth. Perhaps you've even held a few, skimming the back cover to figure out what story could possibly inspire such lurid images. But have you sampled its wares?
Go ahead, take another spin. These covers are all different than last time you visited. So many stories. See the bats? And look at those covers with the Ferris wheel and trapeze artists...who doesn't love a circus? What about those creepy masks and that ventriloquist doll, those look fun, don't they? Or you could take a trip to The Mall. Maybe buy one of those cute electronic pets that are so popular. Beep, beep, beep! The choices are endless when you spin THE RACK.
From ancient gods to tentacled monsters to houses you should never enter, these twenty-three stories have something for everyone's taste. Today's masters of horror know what you like, and they've made sure this book is filled with tales that will haunt you. And make you want to come back and spin THE RACK again and again and again...
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You've been here before. You've spun THE RACK, marveling over the garish covers and embossed titles that drip blood or sprout teeth. Perhaps you've even held a few, skimming the back cover to figure out what story could possibly inspire such lurid images. But have you sampled its wares?
Go ahead, take another spin. These covers are all different than last time you visited. So many stories. See the bats? And look at those covers with the Ferris wheel and trapeze artists...who doesn't love a circus? What about those creepy masks and that ventriloquist doll, those look fun, don't they? Or you could take a trip to The Mall. Maybe buy one of those cute electronic pets that are so popular. Beep, beep, beep! The choices are endless when you spin THE RACK.
From ancient gods to tentacled monsters to houses you should never enter, these twenty-three stories have something for everyone's taste. Today's masters of horror know what you like, and they've made sure this book is filled with tales that will haunt you. And make you want to come back and spin THE RACK again and again and again...
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- PatZi, Creator & Host of JOY ON PAPER LIVE!, presents READERS MZINE, Issue 1 - May 2026, including a feature on Christa Carmen and Beneath the Poet's House.
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9 Thrilling and Spooky Reads for the Halloween Season
The Reading Lists Staff, Medium -
Halloween's Most Horrifying Horror
The Chill Quill, BookTrib - Dave Simms offers a stunning review of The Daughters of Block Island for Cemetery Dance: "The gothic horror novel just received a massive shot of adrenaline to its bleak-but-beautiful-heart...a stunning novel that arrives in the final month of the year, just in time for the calendar's longest nights of darkness. In this debut novel, Carmen doesn't attempt to top the classics; instead, she subverts them in a unique manner. She embraces the tropes that made the subgenre what it is and forges an enthralling tale of two sisters, a strange town, and a cast of characters that would make the masters proud...If this is any indication of what Christa Carmen can bring into the world, readers will be smiling under candlelight for years to come. An exceptional new talent has arrived."
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