The New Devil's Dictionary: Creepy Cliches and Sinister Synonyms

From the abyss to zombie, not to mention eldritch, oblivion, and stygian, this dictionary (or "fictionary") goes straight for the jugular. Breathes there a reader who has not watched with staring orbs as the villian (pallidly grinning, perhaps) peers malevolently just once too often for his taste? J.N. Williamson has compiled the best (or worst) of the slightly overused words and phrases of your best-loved horror writers, and ("tongue firmly ensconced in cheek") has proceeded to demolish these time-honored (time-worn) expressions. Does blood really have to ooze, must breath necessarily be dank, shall dogs forever whine and monsters drool? Of course! -- especially in this uncanny volume! So come on, friend -- shamble in and writhe and gibber with the rest of us mewling ghoulish things!