Did this series feature any such thing? Gosh, I didn’t know! But if it did, by golly, I was determined to find it, read it and review it. Of course, that would be a haunted house book.
But thanks to some references from Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction, I was able to gather enough information to conduct a search for the right, proper, and fitting book from this series. Alas, I couldn’t remember the title of the series nor any specific book title. Maybe half?įor a few years now, I had been wondering about these books. As mediocre as they are in terms of popularity and content, I enjoyed reading them when I was thirteen. I’m sure some can be found on Amazon, Ebay, etc. In fact they are hard to come by, at least when it comes to paperbacks. They just didn’t have the breadth of topics or the simple yet sophisticated kind of storytelling that went into creating the Hogwarts culture. While The Harry Potter novels thrilled fans of all ages, I doubt that the Dark Forces series had any following from adult readers.
These are not timeless classics they are not on par with one Harry Potter. The series averages about 150 pages per book.
All of them consist of supernatural tales that feature teenage protagonists who go toe-to-toe with ghosts, demons and other magical entities. Each book is a stand-alone story and to the best of my knowledge there are no overlaps or crossovers between books. The series consists of roughly fifteen book written by various authors. The Dark Forces is a series of teen horror novels that was published by Bantam Books in the early 1980s. In order for me to get my fix of the spookies, I had to turn to – The Dark Forces! Oh no! (Ohhh yes!) What are the Dark Forces? Being that the early 80s were the dawning of my young adult years, Twilight had not yet set in (And from what I’ve heard about the series, that’s a good thing.), While adolescence was a time of strong emotions, I never got the Goosebumps over the whole thing. I didn’t have Harry Potter when I was growing up, only Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H reruns. They had books that featured ghosts, witches, vampires and other cool and creepy things. Growing up, they had all kinds of options when it came to reading young adult stories about the supernatural.
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