A Year of Skippyjon Jones

When I picked Skippyjon Jones up last year at 8 weeks old I should have known I was doomed. Apart from the extreme cuteness factor, he immediately imprinted on me and wouldn't even go back to say goodbye to the lovely gentleman who bottle fed his litter until they were ready to be weaned. The rescue organization is guessing his birthday was October 18th so I thought I would do a year of Skippyjon Jones montage.

Although he is now almost full grown at twelve pounds, he is still crazy cute and probably the most personable cat I have ever owned. While he likes the big cats, he loves people and follows us around chatting all the time, begging us to play fetch or looking out the window guarding us from invaders. 

Help with Horror!

I am trying to pull together a list of good examples of novels for all of the horror sub-genres. Below is the list of sub-genres I have pulled from different websites. Anyone have suggestions for additional sub-genres or for the "perfect" novel for one or more of the categories?

1. Adrenaline                                                                            John Saul
2. Adventure                                            Blood Oath              Christopher Farnsworth
3. African-American                                Minion                     L.A. Banks   
4. Alternate History                          World War Z                                          Max Brooks
5. American Gothic/Surreal Horror
6. Apocalyptic                                          The Passage           Justin Cronin 
7. Biography/Memoir                      The Lighthouse at the End of the World -Stephen Marlowe
8. Chick-lit                                              
9. Christian/Inspirational                                 
10. Classic                                                 The Tell-Tale Heart         Edgar Allan Poe  
11. Contemporary                                    
12. Creepy Kids                            Something Wicked This Way Comes - Bradbury
13. Crime                                                  
14. Cross/Multi-Genre
15. Cutting Edge                                        Purity                     Dougless Clegg
16. English Gothic/Haunted Houses       The Haunting of Hill House      Shirley Jackson
17. Erotic                                                   Dark Seductions         Alfonsi and Scognamiglio
18. Dark Fantasy
19. Dark Fiction                                        
20. Fabulist                                                Islands                                          Sara Stamey
21. Ghost Stories                                       Ghost Story                                  Peter Straub
22. Graphic                                                Start with the Feast             Graham Masterson
23. Historical                                             Those Who Hunt the Night      Barbara Hambly
24. History
25. Humor                                                  Suck                                 Christopher Moore
    
26. Hauntings                                            The Amityville Horror                Jay Anson       
27. Inspirational                                         Monster                                        Frank Peretti
28. Literary                                                House of Leaves                 Mark Z Danielewski
29. LGBT                                                   Lost Souls                                    Poppy Z. Brite
30. Lovecraftian                                        The Call of Cthulhu                 H.P. Lovecraft
31. Medical                                                Coma                                               Robin Cook
32. Mind Control                                        Donovan’s Brain                          Curt Siodmak
33. Monsters                                              Frankenstein                               Mary Shelley
34. Multicultural                                         The Ring                                          Koji Suzuki
35. Mystery                                                                                                    F. Paul Wilson
36. Natural History                                     The Fog                             James Herbert
37. Noir                                                      The Midnight Road                         Tom Piccirilli
38. Nonfiction                                           
39. Paranormal                                                     
40. Plays                                                   
41. Poetry                                                  Sharp Teeth                                   Toby Barlow 
42. Psychological                                     Heart-Shaped Box                                 Joe Hill
43. Quirky                                                 
44. Rampant Animals                               Cujo                                              Stephen King
45. Rampant Technology                          Dead Lines                                       Greg Bear
46. Romance                                              Prince of Wolves                     Susan Krinard  
47. Saga                                                      Interview with a Vampire             Anne Rice
48. Satanic Bargins                                   The Picture of Dorian Gray            Oscar Wilde
49. Science Fiction                                    Infected                     Scott Sigler
    
50. Soft/Quiet                                                                                              Charles L Grant
51. Splatterpunk/Extreme                           The Drive-In                             Joe Lansdale 
52. Steampunk                                                              
53. Supernatural                                        I Am Legend                        Richard Matheson 
54. Time Travel                                                 
55. True Crime                                                                                                   John Farris
56. Urban Fantasy                                      Storm Front                           Jim Butcher      
57. Werewolf                                              St Peter’s Wolf                       Michael Cadnum
58. Western                                               
59. Women’s Lives                                    Bitten                           Kelley Armstrong            
60. Young Adult                                         Monstrumologist                        Richard Yancy

Blowback: The Fifth of the Enzo Files by Peter May

Scottish forensic biologist, Enzo Macleod, has bet he can do what no one else has been able to do and solve seven famous unsolved cold cases from Roger Raffin’s celebrated book. Enzo has now solved four of the seven murders and is now investigating murder number five, the murder of France’s top chef, Marc Fraysse. Brutally murdered on the eve of an important announcement amid rumors that he was about to lose his coveted four star Michelin rating leads to discoveries of everything from professional jealousy to adultery as a motive for murder and also opens old wounds from Enzo’s own past.

This is a mystery for Iron Chef crowd and the mystery puzzle enthusiasts alike. Solid mystery elements and a complicated puzzle make this book a winner.