Nightmare's Disciple Horror Book Review

The potential of Joe “Da Beast” Pulver as an author has been woefully overlooked. Looks like that will soon be changing, however; look for a first collection of short tales by Pulver in 2009.


He’s somewhat self-indulgent in this novel, getting a bit too much into his favorite topics of music, books, films, etc. for some mainstream readers, but there’s no way this drags the book down. With some editing, this could be a bestselling thriller without any problem whatsoever! The bestselling horror authors today write 900 page books one after another, each luring the reader along with the expectation of something great to come; problem is, the climax withers on the vine and leaves the reader pissed at having been tricked into wasting all that reading time for nothing. The other reviews here make it sound as if Pulver’s novel does the same thing, but it doesn’t!


S.T. Joshi didn’t like this book but loves Pulver’s recent short fiction. So look out, folks, Pulver’s up and coming! And he deserves it!