- Paperback: 269 pages
- Publisher: Barclay Books (Feb 21 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1931402213
- ISBN-13: 978-1931402217
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 463 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,716,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jo Rogers, MyShelf.com
...perfect for a dark Halloween night...your elephant gun within easy reach.
...feast for the die-hard horror fan .
Edo van Belkom, Bram Stoker Award winning author of 'Teeth'
...is a blood-soaked novel of horror and magic...with plot twists a-plenty and characters you won't soon forget.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
exciting psychological and supernatural thriller,
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This review is from: Phantom Feast (Paperback)
Ten years ago Erin rescued Mickey a dwarf from four punks. They moved in together. Five years later, Mickey met a weeping dwarf Isolde and invited her to move in as their cook. A third dwarf Beau joined the family later on. Then there are the midget twins, Patrick and Sarah, Erin's older siblings to round out the family living in a former circus wagon turned into a cottage in Hester, New York. Erin is the income maker bringing in cash through phone sex with her clients.Erin finds the circus canvasses that adorn the walls of the cottage quite magical especially when she dreams of escaping the bondage of her now bed ridden body. When she sleeps, Erin's spirit joins the canvas animals roaming Hester as predators in search of human prey. Erin has no problem with the hunt. When she was fifteen, she overpowered and drowned her parents with no remorse as her father sexually abused her. Now apparent innocents are dying leaving behind mutilated bodies. Witnesses insist nothing was there hat could have caused the mangling of a person in front of them. PHANTOM FEAST is a supernatural thriller that starts slowly allowing the audience to distinguish the varying individual personalities of the family members especially the individual psychological longings (though the twins are not quite as delineated). Once the background and individualism is established, the compelling plot turns into paranormal mode at very rapid speed especially when the spirits of the canvassed animals and Erin begin their nocturnal killing spree. Diana Barron provides horror fans with an exciting psychological and supernatural thriller. Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Watch out! It slips into your dreams.....,
By Sandi Marchetti, author of Memory Bank (Rhode Island) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Phantom Feast (Paperback)
Sometimes we make mistakes in life and we make it a point not to repeat them. My mistake was reading this book in bed just before I put out the lights. I won't do that again with Phantom Feast or any other book this great author writes. I felt empathy for the main character. I felt her fear and I felt the fear of the town. When a character tries to get away from horror only to find herself in a worse horror, I have to keep reading. When the one villain of the story is so vividly described, I realize I can't put the book down. Keep it going Diana Barron. Go ahead. Keep me up at night. I dare you.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Phantom Feast: A Tapestry of Mystery and Magic,
By Shannon Riley "writer and publisher" (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Phantom Feast (Paperback)
Erin was once trapped in an abusive childhood; now she is trapped in a body that holds her prisoner. Even though she has devoted friends, who are like an extended family, to care for her, she longs for freedom. And just as she found a way to free herself from the horrors of childhood, she finds a way to be free once more, but the price may be the destruction of the entire town.When invisible monsters stalk the streets of the little town of Hester, New York, and the fimiliar landscape is transformed into an exotic terrain ruled by hordes of wild beasts, the handful of survivors must find a way to combat the terror before all is lost. Diana Barron has written a spell-binding first novel. She uses well-turned dialogue, diverse and credible characters and exciting narriation to bring her story to life, and the suspense and relentless action keep the reader turning pages. I felt compassion for the victims, yet aside from the one true villain in the story, I understood and was touched by the plight of the antagonists as well -- victims themselves in a different way. Only a talented writer can create reader empathy for her characters, and Ms. Barron has talent to spare. A well-done story with a satisfying ending. Highly recommended.
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