Trek Lit for Halloween

[The Laughing Vulcan]

I'm thinking of Dreams Of The Raven by Carmen Carter, followed by Bloodthirst by JM Dillard for a little spooky Trek reading this October.

What would your suggestions for creepy reading be in the Trekverse?

 

[Christopher]

Well, TNG: Ghost Ship and TOS: Ghostwalker spring to mind. In addition to Bloodthirst, Dillard's previous novel Demons is pretty creepy. There was also a TNG sequel to Demons called Possession.

There's also the Invasion! tetralogy, featuring the Furies, aliens who are the basis for the monsters and demons of our mythology and who inspire deep-seated fear.

John Vornholt's TNG novel Masks (nothing to do with the episode of the same name) is a natural, though emphasizing a different aspect of Halloween. And Gulliver's Fugitives might work in a similar vein; its antagonists are reminiscent of the religious types who think that dressing up and indulging the imagination on Halloween is satanic and should be banned.

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

Shell Game is a 'haunted space station' story, and one I highly recommend.

 

[Defcon]

Fallen Heroes might be another book worth reading. It's not "spooky" in the traditional sense, but beside being a kick-ass book in general it has a lot of nice death scenes.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

I remember getting chills from Demons, but Possession just didn't do it for me. It's a general thing about TNG though, the 24th Century Enterprise just felt a safer place.