Both are brilliant but definitely start with Cold Moon Over Babylon.
They’re both solid, I personally preferred Cold Moon Over Babylon just a bit more. If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. COLD MOON OVER BABYLON Michael McDowell chrissieskleineweltViel Spa beim Schauen. I’ve read both books, and really preferred The Elementals.
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Cold Moon Over Babylon (1980), the second novel by Michael McDowell (1950-1999), author of Blackwater and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a chilling Southern Gothic tale of revenge from beyond the grave that ranks among his most terrifying books. Strong Point: The eerie atmosphere and the mixture of reality and ghostly elements. 'The finest writer of paperback originals in America.' - Stephen King 'Readers of weak constitution should beware.' - Publishers Weekly 'McDowell has a flair for the gruesome.' - Washington Post Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town. And when the full moon rises over Babylon, it will seek a terrible vengeance. Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell BOOK REVIEW. Night after night it will pursue the murderer. And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form. But something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law. "The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King "Readers of weak constitution should beware." - Publishers Weekly "McDowell has a flair for the gruesome." - Washington Post Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy.
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