Realms of Night

Some great vintage Leisure Books cover art: THE LIVING DEAD (1987) by Jeffrey Goddin. #paperbackhorror

Fairly scarce as far as I can tell: Michael Avallone's novelization of Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D.

A. Bates's titles in the Point Horror line: PARTY LINE (1989), FINAL EXAM (1990), MOTHER'S HELPER (1991), THE DEAD GAME (1992). #teenhorror

My favorite paperback editions of Clive Barker's BOOKS OF BLOOD, cherished parts of my collection, with original cover art by the author. Darkly beautiful work inside and out. "Every body is a book of blood; whenever we're opened, we're red." #paperbackhorror

The Bloodsong trilogy by the late great C. Dean Andersson, writing under his pen name Asa Drake, was published by Warner Books in 1985 and '86 featuring epic cover art by Boris Vallejo. Here's an old interview where he talks about these books and more: kingsofthenight0.tripod.com/…

Edward Lee's first novel NIGHT BAIT was published in 1982, the first of two he wrote under the pseudonym Philip Straker for Zebra Books during their "bloody fruit" phase of cover art for thrillers. #paperbackhorror

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Early novels by Edward Lee in his '90s era of femme fatale cover art: COVEN (1991), INCUBI (1991), SUCCUBI (1992), THE CHOSEN (1993), CREEKERS (1994). #paperbackhorror

Consider our retro horror zine, REALMS OF NIGHT, as a gift idea for the horror and dark fantasy paperback collector in your life. If you enjoyed the small press horror mags of the '80s, here's your blast from the past. Check out all six issues! amzn.to/48FXloD

SHADOWEYES (1984) and BLOOD AUTUMN (1985) by Kathryn Ptacek. Wonderful novels with interesting cover art from Tor Books. #paperbackhorror

DARK ADVENT (1988) by Brian Hodge, his post-apocalyptic answer to The Stand and Swan Song, featuring a wonderful, embossed cover, die-cut with stepback art. A very nice package from Pinnacle Books. #paperbackhorror

Warner Lee (B.W. Battin) gets some love in the latest issue of Realms of Night in my review of It's Loose. I also loved Into the Pit. Good, fun supernatural horror! #paperbackhorror

A nearby antique store used to have about ten aisles full of hardcovers from the UK. For several months, I'd go down and comb through them. Many were common bestsellers, but I hauled some horror out of there. Here are some pictures. Neat stuff.

DEATH-COACH spotted in the wild way back when. J.N. Williamson wrote four books for Zebra featuring his character Lamia Zacharias, Queen of the Vampires back in 1981 and '82. DEATH-COACH was the first one in the series. Great cover art. #paperbackhorror

Realms of Night Issue 6 is Now Available! realmsofnight.com/2025/10/26… #paperbackhorror

A random scan from the Realms of Night cover library: BLOOD BEAST by Don D'Ammassa. #paperbackhorror

Check out Mark Sieber's Dead Trees column in Realms of Night Issue 5, where he reviews a few of his favorite splatterpunk novels, including David J. Schow's THE SHAFT!

DEADLY GROUNDS by Patricia Wallace spotted in the wild. #paperbackhorror

Occult horror spotted in the wild: BLOOD OF NOSTRADAMUS: THE PREMONITION by Andrew Laurance. #paperbackhorror

A novel of runaway terror spotted in the wild: THE PLAYGROUP by Nancy Weber. #paperbackhorror