Goblins

by Vincent Courtney

Book Overview

Dan has found the ideal location for his vampire horror movie. Despite the eerie legends, Dan begins filming at the ancient castle in the Scottish countryside. Then his pregnant wife starts carrying another fetus in her womb. Eventually, it becomes clear that little Darian is not going to be a normal baby.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821746308
• ISBN13: 9780821746301
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 411 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

No one ever listens to the kid :(

This is an evil baby/nobody believes the little kid until its too late kind of book. I bought it out of lack of choices and thought it would be a skim through semi boring book, but it ended up being quite entertaining. I can't give it five stars because it didn't scare me and the ending is kind of predictable. I'm all for killer babies and some gore. That's almost always a good time :)

What was that noise?

The Martins had tried to have a baby of their own for so long that they eventually adopt 6 year old Marty, a slightly troubled but astute youngster abandoned at age five. When Vikki Martin becomes pregnant 4 years later, ten year old Marty can't help but feel just a bit resentful as he hears Vikki and Dan say they are finally going to have "a baby of their own." As if he was not really "their own". Wishing his mom was not pregnant, young Marty can't help but blame himself when she miscarries. He is certain it was his wishes that caused Vikki to miscarry. And then, incredibly, Vikki keeps feeling her baby move within her. It's impossible, she knows, psycho even, but real enough to send her and Dan back to the doctor's office. Elation replaces despair as they learn from their puzzled doctor that Vikki must have been carrying twins, for there IS indeed a child inside of her. It's the oddest thing the doctor has ever seen, yet there it is. Marty feels redeemed and happiness is restored to the Martin household as Vikki proudly gives birth to a strong and healthy baby boy. Marty is prepared to love his new brother, yet, from the instant he sees him, he senses something is amiss. "He's gross", he blurts out accidentally, and Marty is quickly chastised by his parents. Yet try as he might, there IS something VERY wrong with baby Darian. And only Marty sees it. Baby Darian can do things no other infant can do, and as the author leads you through the various stages of Darian's infancy, it becomes clear that Marty must get someone to believe his thoughts that Darian in not just growing up, he's growing in a very different way. This is a horribly frightening tale with enough fear and suspense to make you hear noises that aren't there, and enough bloodshed to make you wonder if you really shut the closet door - or was it a crack open all along? Expertly presented, five starts to author Vincent Courtney. But don't turn out the lights yet.