#graham masterton

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

Graham Masterton horror paperbacks published by Tor Books, 1980s

[sonofshermy]

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: The Hell Candidate

Graham Masterton: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of what if satan ran for president Masterton: think about it! if satan was president, he could do anything Barker: i mean, he already can do anything can't he? Barker: he's satan Masterton:

Masterton: if satan was president of the US, he could do all sorts of evil things! Masterton: could you imagine? the very engine of government, turned toward evil! Masterton: why, it might commit genocide or institute slavery! King: wow, scary stuff! King: glad this is only a story

Masterton: imagine a world where the prince of darkness himself runs to be president of the united states King: i don't have to imagine it! King: I lived under DONALD DRUMPF!

King: eh? eh? King: see, the joke is that drumpf sounds like- Dan Simmons: JEEZ steve why'd you have to go and make it POLITICAL

Masterton: so the devil himself runs for president Masterton: and you what would happen if satan became president? Masterton: why, he'd probably pass all sorts of crazy laws!

Masterton: like he could make it illegal to pet dogs! Dean Koontz: no no no! stop it! Koontz: steve make it stop! King: it's ok dean don't worry King: satan couldn't really be president King: he'd never be able to build a working coalition

King: satan could never get the votes to become president Koontz: b-but what if he did??? King: well don't worry about that dean King: even if satan did somehow manage to become president King: he'd still be constrained by checks and balances

Koontz: steve, i can't sleep Koontz: i just keep thinking what if graham's story was real?? Koontz: what if satan could become president? King: well, steve, let me tell you something i told my boy joe when he had that same fear…

King: if that happened we'd just stage an assassination attempt and when the media saw the candidate using a child as a human shield, his whole campaign would collapse Koontz: oh phew! Koontz: thanks steve that makes me feel a lot better :)

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Graham Masterton - The Sphinx - Pinnacle - 1978 (flyleaf, illustration by Jose Reyes)

[lichqueenv4]

"The Wendigo stood sideways and disappeared from the reflection in the mirror, as if he had never been there. But when Lily looked in the closet mirror, she still saw him. The ghoul's face was changing, his body was also undergoing a whole series of metamorphoses, one after another. Lily looked at him as if enchanted, and suddenly, in some flash, she realized what Wendigo was: all that should make up a forest spirit - people, animals, insects and the flickering light of day between the branches. Wendigo was not a spirit from the forest, as Thomas the Bear Robe said of him.

Wendigo was the forest."

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[mrminty]

I’d forgotten I’d started this one. That’s what can happen when you’ve got a few on the go. Graham Masterton and James Herbert two of my favourite authors of the horror genre.

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Please stay safe fellow tumblr’s wherever you are.

[bashfulrayarts]

Based on "Anti-Claus" story by Graham Masterton.