Where the Chill Waits by T. Chris Martindale

Grady and I talked long and hard about what and how we wanted to present the books.

Thanks everyone! I fixed the podcast link.Īs for titles/authors that were left out or the 'tone' of some of the book, you're right, it was just personal taste. In the meantime, I'm going to be re-reading and re-evaluating and, generally, just lavishing in a fantastic book well done. What can I say? I do truly love the book and since I work in a used bookstore I'll be using this as a reference for some of the other employees, so there's certainly no harm done and I'm proud to own it and can't believe someone finally produced a book like this.but, it all being so near-and-dear to my heart, I'm sure you can understand why somethings feel slighted. Truly, if I had any beef, it's perhaps that personal taste perhaps feels as though it got in the way of REALLY covering all the relevant titles and creators seemingly not too big of a fan of good old fashioned monsters, nor the aforementioned late 80's to early 90's cycle of horror beyond the 'elevated' standards. I appreciated the shout-out to Silver Screen from yourself, however. A dismissive section on The Kill Riff hardly illuminates how, in short story form, Schow was probably the closest 'Splat' ever got to having a Richard Matheson. One paragraph on Lansdale, hardly denoting what he really brought to the table seemed like a missed opportunity. Perhaps an intro detailing the thought process behind the inclusions would've made it a bit clearer. Covering major titles from that era in a kind of passive aggressive manner seems a bit jarring to me. I do feel like the 'Splatterpunk' section was written in a kind of despairing tone that didn't really communicate why THIS is too much and why something like The Little People gets a pass as bizarre entertainment.

Maybe Grady threw in one too many Whitney Houston jokes?

Where the Chill Waits by T. Chris Martindale