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The Blooding
Based on a story by Linda Gottlieb and William Darrid.
Simmering under the Kansas sun, Crowley Flats looks like a typical prairie town. Now comes the time of the stalker - relentless, violent, deathdealing. Fear trembles like the dust, stirring up naked emotions and lustful passions long held in check. Crowley Flats becomes a town where an unlikely hero arises to strike down evil in a nerve-shattering climax that will haunt you forever.
Simmering under the Kansas sun, Crowley Flats looks like a typical prairie town. Now comes the time of the stalker - relentless, violent, deathdealing. Fear trembles like the dust, stirring up naked emotions and lustful passions long held in check. Crowley Flats becomes a town where an unlikely hero arises to strike down evil in a nerve-shattering climax that will haunt you forever.
- GenresHorror
311 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1979
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November 22, 2016
"First, the ominous horror of Deliverance. Then the total terror of 'Salem's Lot."
Huh? Your best bet when approaching The Blooding is completely avoiding that tag line on the cover. There are no vampires, nor backwoods country bumpkins out to make anyone squeal like a pig. As far as I can tell the only similarity between those two novels and this one is a sense of isolation and helplessness. But The Blooding is more than just a straight-up horror novel. Set in 1944, it chronicles the affects of WWII on the residents of a small country town named Crowley Flats. Unfortunately, an outbreak of rabies has also become a concern among this tight knit town. The horror here is gradual and builds to a high energy climax. The characters are that rare breed which you hope survive to the end. A surprisingly great read.
Huh? Your best bet when approaching The Blooding is completely avoiding that tag line on the cover. There are no vampires, nor backwoods country bumpkins out to make anyone squeal like a pig. As far as I can tell the only similarity between those two novels and this one is a sense of isolation and helplessness. But The Blooding is more than just a straight-up horror novel. Set in 1944, it chronicles the affects of WWII on the residents of a small country town named Crowley Flats. Unfortunately, an outbreak of rabies has also become a concern among this tight knit town. The horror here is gradual and builds to a high energy climax. The characters are that rare breed which you hope survive to the end. A surprisingly great read.
April 26, 2011
This 1979 debut was a pleasant surprise. Set in a small dusty Kansas town during World War II, how the folks cope with husbands & sons going to war. How these folks can cope with one another when something evil invades their prairie town. Emotions run high in this well written story of dust, blood, loss, and a community that can be torn apart trying to survive the hardships and reality back in 1944.
August 27, 2020
Read in 1983. Horror fiction. Mad dogs with rabies.
June 17, 2025
I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. Although tbh I could have gone without the sawhorse scene.
May 29, 2013
Yep, totally conked out on this one. I want to know what happens to Jim Dandy and his humans but I apparently don't want to know enough to read more...
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