2012 Reading List
A new year begets a new reading list. I will tag each title appropriately ranging from Highly Recommended to Avoid At All Costs. Your mileage, of course, may vary depending on your particular tastes in literary fare.
01. Gathered Dust and Others by W.H. Pugmire — Highly Recommended
02. Ash: Return of the Beast by Gary Val Tenuta — Worth a Look
03. Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man by George Case — Recommended
04. An Illustrated Guide to the Lost Symbol, edited by John Weber — Worth a Look
05. Carnage Road by Greg Lamberson — Highly Recommended
06. Halloween, edited by Paula Guran — Highly Recommended
07. The Unexpected (DC Comics/Vertigo) — Avoid At All Costs
08. The Mighty Thor – Ragnarok by Roy Thomas and John Buscema — Recommended
09. Casting Sacred Space by Ivo Dominguez Jr — Highly Recommended
10. Is There A Demon In You? by Keene, SanGiovanni, Southard, & White — Highly Recommended
11. Torn by Lee Thomas — Recommended
12. The Doll: The Lost Stories of Daphne Du Maurier — Worth a Look
13. Spectre by Robert Weverka — Highly Recommended
14. Theurgia or The Egyptian Mysteries by Iamblichus — Highly Recommended
15. The Way of the Oracle by Diana L. Paxson — Recommended
16. The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice — Worth a Look
17. Baltimore: The Plague Ships by Mignola, Golden, & Stenbeck — Recommended
18. Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow — Recommended
19. 11/22/63 by Stephen King — Highly Recommended
20. The Haunted Mansion Project: Year One – presented by Rain Graves, edited by E.S. Magill — Recommended
21. Vampyre Magick by Father Sebastiaan — Avoid At All Costs
22. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger — Recommended
23. Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger — Recommended
24. Mystery Teachings from the Living Earth: An Introduction to Spiritual Ecology by John Michael Greer — Highly Recommended
25. Nevermore by William Hjortsberg — Highly Recommended
26. Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler by Peter Levenda — Recommended
27. City Infernal by Edward Lee — Worth a Look
28. The Forbidden Book by Joscelyn Godwin and Guido Mina di Sospiro — Worth a Look
29. The Book of Enoch the Prophet, edited by RH Charles — Highly Recommended
30. The Hermetic Link: From Secret Tradition to Modern Thought by Jacob Slavenburg — Recommended
31. Spiritual Cleansing by Draja Mickaharic — Recommended
32. Night of the Wendigo by William Meikle — Recommended
33. Sherlock Holmes: Revenant by William Meikle — Recommended
34. Thursday Thistle by August V. Fahren — Worth a Look
35. In the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult (1966-1989) by James Wasserman — Highly Recommended
36. The Third Gate by Lincoln Child — Worth a Look
37. Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz — Highly Recommended
38. Time Loops and Space Twists by Fred Alan Wolf — Recommended
39. Pythagoras: His Life and Teachings by Thomas Stanley — Recommended
40. The UFO Hunter’s Guide by Bret Lueder — Worth A Look (but just barely)
41. Body Rides by Richard Laymon — Worth A Look
42. You Are STILL Being Lied To, edited by Russ Kick — Recommended
43. The Witches’ Almanac – Issue 32 (Spring 2013-Spring 2014) “Wisdom of the Moon” — Recommended
44. Down by Nate Southard — Recommended
45. The Red Book (Liber Novus) by C.G. Jung — Highly Recommended
46. The Witches’ Almanac Issue 32 Wisdom of the Moon — Recommended
47. Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop by Reginald Barkley — Highly Recommended
48. Criminal Macabre: The Iron Spirit by Steve Niles and Scott Morse — Recommended
49. Halloween Classics edited by Tom Pomplun — Recommended
50. The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout — Highly Recommended
51. Dueling Minds edited by Brian James Freeman — Recommended
52. The Hardy Boys, Vol. 55 – The Witchmaster’s Key by Franklin W. Dixon — Recommended
53. Jason Brice: The Written by Jovanovic and Alcante — Highly Recommended
54. The Black School by J.N. Williamson — Worth a Look
55. Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Vol 1: War of the Monsters by Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli — Recommended
56. Impossible Realities: The Science Behind Energy Healing, Telepathy, Reincarnation, Precognition, and Other Black Swan Phenomena by Maureen Caudill — Worth a Look
57. Mrs. B’s Guide to Household Witchery: Everyday Magic, Spells, and Recipes by Kris Bradley — Recommended
58. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Vol One (Graphic Novel) by Denise Mina, Andrea Mutti, & Leonardo Manco — Highly Recommended
59. More Than Midnight by Brian James Freeman — Worth a Look
60. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson — Recommended
61. Ghosts #1 (Comic Anthology) from Vertigo — Highly Recommended
62. The Candle and the Crossroads: A Book of Appalachian Conjure and Southern Root Work by Orion Foxwood — Recommended
63. The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians by Magus Incognito (William Walker Atkinson) — Recommended
64. The Best of the Equinox, Vol. 1: Enochian Magick by Aleister Crowley (as selected by Lon Milo DuQuette) — Highly Recommended
65. Entombed by Brian Keene — Recommended
66. The House on the Point by Benjamin Hoff — Worth a Look
67. Dark Entries by Ian Rankin & Werther Dell’edera — Recommended
68. The Hardy Boys, Vol. 8 — The Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W. Dixon — Recommended
69. Three Philosophical Dialogues: On Truth, On Freedom of Choice, On the Fall of the Devil by Anselm — Highly Recommended
70. ALU: An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology by Edred Thorsson — Highly Recommended
71. 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, edited by Al Sarrantonio — Recommended
72. Tortured Spirits (The Jake Helman Files, Vol. 4) by Gregory Lamberson — Recommended
73. The Angel and the Sorcerer: The Remarkable Story of the Occult Origins of Mormonism and the Rise of Mormons in American Politics by Peter Levenda — Recommended
74. Songlines of the Soul by Veronica Goodchild — Worth a Look
75. Crystals – Jewels – Stones – Magic & Science by Isidore Kozminsky / Crystals and the New Age by Stuart Weinberg — Recommended
76. Prepper’s Home Defense by Jim Cobb — Recommended
77. Creeping Stones by Cullen Bunn — Recommended
78. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien — Highly Recommended
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January 12, 2012 at 7:20 am
Many many thanks for the recommendation of my new book. I think it is one of the best representations of my life as an author of weird Lovecraftian fiction as it also contains some of my non-Lovecraftian decadent things. Working with Dark Regions Press was an extremely positive experience.
January 12, 2012 at 7:47 am
Wilum, Gathered Dust is quite simply a brilliant collection. I have reviewed this for Monster Librarian. I’ll give you a shout when they’ve uploaded it to their website. Thank you for your inspiring work, good sir. You elevate the genre by bringing something altogether fresh and exciting to the table while still honoring the past.
And I am thrilled that your health has improved. You gave us quite a scare, mate.
~BF