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Mask of Silver: An Arkham Horror Novel by [Rosemary Jones]

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Mask of Silver: An Arkham Horror Novel Kindle Edition

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A stunning return to Arkham Horror when a movie director shoots his silent horror masterpiece in eerie Arkham, capturing crawling nightmares instead of moving pictures, in this chilling novel of creeping dread

Hollywood make-up artist and costumier, Jeany Lin, travels to Arkham to work on the new “nightmare movie” by enigmatic director Sydney Fitzmaurice. The star is her sister, Renee Love, Sydney’s collaborator and lover. Desperate to outdo the thrills and terror of Lon Chaney’s popular pictures, Sydney prepares occult-infused dream sequences for Love and her co-stars to perform. But there’s more than mere imagery at play as the cast suffer recurring nightmares, accidents, and impossible waking visions. When events take a sinister turn and people start dying on set, it’s up to Jeany to unmask the monsters before Sydney’s obsessions doom them all.

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“Pure entertainment… Jones takes stereotypes and turns them on their ear.” (Fantasy Debut )

"Chilling, horrifying and thought-provoking in equal measure, Mask of Silver is a superlative piece of Arkham Horror fiction from Rosemary Jones, and is perhaps one of the best titles in the setting yet published by Aconyte Books." (Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer )

"If you enjoy well-researched historical fiction and horror that is more about creepiness and something awful lurking nearby, you’ll enjoy Mask of Silver. Fans of Arkham Horror and other Lovecraftiana will also enjoy this clever twist on one of the mainstays of the Mythos." (History That Never Was )

"Absolutely gripping... I absolutely do recommend this, for the mood of Golden Age silent movies combined with ancient unknowable evils. Magic of all kinds, and regular folks trying to survive in many ways. I loved Mask of Silver, and am very much looking forward to the next title in this excellent series." (The Catbox )

"Mask of Silver definitely earned a five out of five from me, it is definitely worth giving a shot if you get the chance." (Lauren's Bookshelf )

About the Author

Rosemary Jones is an ardent collector of children’s books, and a fan of talkies and silent movies. She is the author of three bestselling novels in Dungeons & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms setting, numerous novellas, short stories, and collaborations.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B085P2FSRV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aconyte; Paperback Original edition (January 5, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2037 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 247 pages
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- #1,182 in Movie Tie-In Fiction
- #1,336 in Fantasy TV, Movie & Game Tie-In
- #4,495 in TV, Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction

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Rosemary Jones writes fantasy and collects children's books. Her latest collection of fantasy short stories can be found in Jaunts Afar and Beyond. Now out is Mask of Silver, part of Aconyte's Arkham Horror line. Her next Arkham Horror novel, Deadly Grimoire, will be available in 2022.
Her novels for Wizards of the Coast's Forgotten Realms include City of the Dead (an adventure set in the graveyard of Waterdeep) and Crypt of the Moaning Diamond (underground mayhem complete with sorcery and a small white dog). Her Forgotten Realms serial adventure takes place in Neverwinter: Cold Steel & Secrets. All three are now available for Kindle.
Rosemary's short fiction previously appeared in many different anthologies including Cobalt City Dragonstorm (DefCon oOne), When The Hero Comes Home (Dragon Moon), Close Encounters of the Urban Kind (Apex), Zero Gravity (Pill Hill), Realms of the Dead (WOTC), Awakened II (Samurai Sheepdog), and others.
She is the co-author of the Encyclopedia of Collectible Children's Books. More recently she released John Carter, Tarzan, and Friends: A Reader's Checklist and The Wizard of Oz And Friends (Reader's Checklist Book 2).
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kym

Too slow, too didactic

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021

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The author clearly has a lot of love for silent movies and is interested in the circumstances of the era that produced these films. I learned a few interesting tidbits that I didn't know before, which is why I didn't give it a single star rating. Education is good.

What isn't good, however, is the imbalance of content in each chapter. Each chapter until the last dozen pages can be divided up such: 60% talking through the making of a silent horror film, 20% providing extensive background on each of the characters that doesn't really go anywhere, 15% dealing with women/homosexual/ethnic minority treatment in the 1920's (because we have to make sure we cover all the intersectional bases), and then, "Oh yeah" says the author, "I forgot I was writing a horror novel so I should put in one last sentence to pretend like I'm doing that." I've read and watched lots of slowburners over the years -- many of which knew how to build up ideas and tension over time. This novella takes lots of long meandering paths in the hopes that the author's personal interests will lend energy to the narrative, but it instead bogs it down and drags things out much longer than a more skilled editor would have allowed. Yeah yeah, we get it, "movies cool, bigotry bad" and all that. We got all of that in the first 60 pages, but this book insists on repeating it for roughly 300 pages to make sure you really* get it. If you're looking for a good horror, look elsewhere. This won't be it. My biggest takeaway is that all of these Arkham Horror novels are pretty awful and I should probably stop buying them.

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Alyssa Stubbs

Lovecraft on the Silver Screen

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021

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Yet another awesome Arkham Horror novel!! I’m so glad I found this universe/series because it’s been such a blast returning to this setting and my favorite Mythos monsties.

Silent movies aren’t something I’m super familiar with, but it was a blast reading about the culture around them and the ‘behind-the-scenes’ so to speak. The escapades of the director’s crew were a delight to read. Which is another thing: the author did a wonderful job with the characters’ personalities and made me, the reader, get close to them. Characters that would initially seem like unpleasant people turn around and before you know it you start growing fond of them too. Which makes you anxious for everything to turn out alright for them in the end when you know inevitably things start going eldritch.
Most of this book takes place in a wonderfully described old New England mansion that’s almost as much of a character as the humans in the book. You sympathize with the heroine as her suspicions and dread begin to escalate as things just start to feel more and more wrong.

It might be obvious which Mythos entity makes an appearance in this one based on the cover (which I also love, by the way), one of my favorites!! There are references to the original stories this creature was featured in without it being necessary reading - just something nice for the devoted fans who like picking out references (something akin to the Marvel movies).

Overall, another delightful Arkham Horror novel and I’m so grateful to Aconyte Books for publishing this new series! My thanks to them for my review copy.

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M. TURNER

Slow, tedious, meandering, lots of padding.

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2021

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A family melodrama dressed up as a Lovecraftian horror tale. It isn’t until the second third of the book that anything really happens other than lots and lots of dialogue and first-person exposition, and then the story proceeds in fits and starts, with only plot development sporadically dropped between character chatter than doesn’t go anywhere. The third in this particular Arkham Horror set a five books, it doesn’t compare to the previous two, not by miles and miles. The story in this novel reads like it started as something not of this genre or series but repurposed to suit. While other Arkham Horror novels tend to have a weird/pulp fiction feel, this one is more along the lines of the old Lifetime Television melodrama/romances or a Hallmark Channel mystery tv movie for Halloween. 2/5. Not recommended.

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Zen

Very slow

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021

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Read the first 50 pages and then the last fifteen and that's the whole story.
Really, really nothing happens the entire book . The characters ( actors) are shooting this movie directed by a weirdo in his old mansion. Some shadows in the mirrors, some crows at the windows, some nightmares and the description of the movie scenes are all over the book
If you love the 50-60's style of " horror" novels , you will love this.
I don't hate it, just wanted more to happen. I force myself to finish it.

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Jacob Benjamin

Lights! Camera! Eldritch Horror!

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021

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While a recent inductee into reading Lovecraftian fiction myself, few in the Mythos have captured my attention like the King in Yellow has. Probably not a good sign for me, but this book was definitely effective at grabbing the attention as things steadily start to take a turn for the strange and bizarre during a movie shoot.

Likable characters, good pacing... I'd recommend it.

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Kent

Very little Arkham, very little horror

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2021

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I’ve generally enjoyed the PB&J fiction from the Arkham Horror universe. This is the first real flop: like all these franchise novels, the writing is simplistic and inelegant and the characters basically ciphers. Where this one fails, though, is that it is almost entirely about how movies are made. You need to wait until roughly 90 percent through the novel before anything vaguely horrific occurs. And that’s not what I bargained for.

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Jacob Mielke

Really good!

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2022

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I enjoyed the story a lot. My only complaint is that the writing did seem to drag on a bit in places, particularly in the middle, but overall a good story and worth reading.

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