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"Dark
Harbors "
Howard Hopkins
Strange
and terrifying things happen in the small seacoast town of Dark
Harbor, Maine.
A ghostly image in stone calls out to a lost love...
A mysterious entity rises from the sea, beckoning to a searching soul...
A living blue liquid invades a lonely widow's life...
A ghost train rears out of the misty gray morning...
A malicious entity, trapped within mirrors, reaches out to possess
the living...
A distraught man discovers his girlfriend is having an affair--with a
werewolf...
A mysterious ship's mirror reflects the past and spawns a deadly force...
Dark Harbors takes you on a chilling journey into the macabre. Travel
through twenty-five tales of dark fantasy, haunting love and spine-tingling
terror--if you dare...
Includes a 26th bonus tale of vengeful spirits and honor in the Old West...
What the reviewers are
saying:
There
is a new name in Horror and the name is Hopkins. Four weeks ago,
I picked up Dark Harbors by Howard Hopkins. His Dark Harbors is
a work that thrills, terrifies and entertains. When I say terror,
I mean pulse-pounding, breath-stealing, edge-of-seat reading that
will have you looking over your shoulder and locking your doors
on dark, lonely nights when the wind and you are the only inhabitants
of an empty world.
Dark Harbors
has the feel of an earlier time. A time before planes, a time when
boats and trains were the mode of transportation. When harbors were
the meeting, greeting and leave-taking places that our airports
are today. And a lot of the stories have that theme. . .a lover
left behind, a child lost, innocence and honor forfeited to the
dark side of our innermost lusts. Stories of betrayals, of redemption,
of horror so unimaginable that the very thought it can send you
screaming into daylight.
Hopkins has
a way of twisting reality. He takes you for a walk down Main Street
and detours down Bizarre Blvd. His horrors are firmly embedded in
the stuff of reality. In the family next door and the child across
the street. His images are stark and frightening, and at the same
time, strangely moving. One feels pity mixed with disgust for the
husband who betrays his wife, only to draw back at the last moment,
too late. One cannot help feel for the young Indian boy, outcast
among the most vicious of groups: children of his own age, who are
devoid of compassion or understanding. We watch in despair as his
revenge spirals out of his control. And I shall never forget little
Matt, who is running from a life-eating cloud.. .the end of the
world through the eyes of an eight year old boy.
Three weeks
ago, I heard that Stephen King had written his last book. Four weeks
ago, I would have been appalled and distressed. Today, having read
Hopkins, I can only say. . . The King is dead! Long live the King!
Sandy Williams,
Timeless
Tales Reviews
Some
books are fast reads and you can read them in an afternoon or a couple
of evenings. Howard Hopkins' short story anthology, Dark Harbors, isn't
like that. In fact I don't recommend reading Dark Harbors all in one sitting;
that wouldn't do justice to it.
Janet Miller ©
Copyright 2002
for ParaNormal
Romance Reviews
originally published @ Amazing Authors Showcase
Review by: Sue Hartigan
Member of RIO
All About Murder Reviews
http://www.geocities.com/murderlist/
4 ½ Daggers
I do know that
I will not be visiting Dark Harbors, Maine anytime in the near future.
Mr. Howard has already taken me there, through his book,DARK HARBORS,
and totally scared me out of my wits. And I loved it.
Read an excerpt Here
About the Author:
Howard Hopkins lives
in a Maine seacoast town and has published 17 westerns, 12 of which have
gone to large print editions, under the penname Lance Howard. He is an
Active member of the Western Writers of America and a member of EPIC.
His large print Western WANTED is a November 2001 release and his hardcover
Western, BANDOLERO, sees print the same month. He is hard at work on his
18th at the moment, THE SILVERMINE SPOOK.
During the late 80s-early
90s he produced and edited GOLDEN PERILS, a journal for fans of the pulp
magazines from the 1930s, primarily focusing on Doc Savage, The Avenger
and The Shadow. He recently revived the magazine in electronic PDF format
and published the most recent issue, #22, in September, 2001. He produced
numerous other magazines in the field and wrote a comprehensive study
of The Avenger character, as well as over fifty articles on pulp characters
for various other journals.
He plays mandolin,
alto sax, electric and acoustic guitar and paints ebook covers,
as well as print.
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