Someday I will. The only thing I really remember from the two issues of HoH is that I liked the John K. Diomede stories.

Haunt of Horror v2 (August, 1973)
And on to the second – and final – issue (1st issue reviewed upthread).
Like the previous one, the bulk of this one is taken up by Fritz Leiber’s novel Conjure Wife (which, again, I reviewed separately).
The ‘novelette’ in this one is “The Jewel in the Ash” by George Alec Effinger (again writing under the pseudonym John K. Diomede). It’s a follow-up to his story in the preceding volume (“The First Step”), again featuring his characters Dr. Warm and Diomede. Half of the story is just recounting of some previous events by Dr. Warm, and basically this entire story is just a sort of set up for future installments. Like the first one, this one left me rather unsatisfied.

(I was, however, quite satisfied with Simonson's illustrations in this story - he also did all of the illustrations for Conjure Wife in this volume)
The short stories are Dennis O’Neal’s “Devil Night,” which is set in a small, rural town in Missouri, whose residents are almost all Catholics, at around the time of World War I. The narrator recounts a horrific event that took place on a Halloween hayride that marked him for the rest of this life, involving a possible black mass and demonic possession. It’s a solidly disburbing horror story, in which O’Neal wove in the themes of alcoholism and racism.

(Buscema also did a few smaller interior illustrations for this story)
“Pelican’s Claws” by Arthur Byron Cover, involving ancient rituals from the time of the old gods and apparent human sacrifice, is suitably macabre, even though it’s set against the backdrop of the mundane, everyday lives of dysfunctional suburban married couples.
“Kilbride” by Ron Goulart is about a down-and-out, third-rate Hollywood screenplay writer who becomes an overnight sensation and success. The secret? He learns how to summon a demon who acts as his muse. The premise is none too original, but Goulart always finds a way to make whatever he writes entertaining.
“Finders Keepers” by Anne McCaffrey is more of a crime/suspense than horror story. It’s about a little boy named Peter who has an uncanny talent for finding pretty much anything – which piques the interest of a slimy insurance investigator who’s also making the moves on Peter’s single mother.
“Mono No Aware” by Howard Waldorp is about a boy/man, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, who constantly relives the horror of that day and then, in his mid-20s, tries to change the past. A deeply sad story.
“Neon” by Harlan Ellison is about a guy who has several cybernetic implants installed on his body, i.e., metal pinky finger, a bionic eye that could see into the ultraviolet and infrared parts of the spectrum, and a neon tube in his chest – done after some unexplained accident (it’s never made clear). After a while, he starts to see messages meant only for him every time he passes by a neon sign and thinks he’s going crazy...

(Freas also provided a nice splash illustration)
Otherwise, eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that Ellison’s name is on the cover of the first issue. That’s because this story was also in that issue, but the editors messed up and reversed the last two pages of the story so it was again printed in this one in the right order. (In his apology blurb before the story, editor Gerry Conway notes that despite their best efforts, this error, and about a dozen typos, slipped past them, even though they had “poured” over the galleys – that made me chuckle, not just the ‘poured’ but also the fact that both volumes of HoH are riddled with typos, many more than a dozen – so many that I started marking them with a pencil).
Besides the introductory editorial, there is only one non-fiction piece in this issue, “Digging Up Atlantis” by Lin Carter, which is a mildly interesting examination as to whether Atlantis may have existed or if Plato had just pulled the idea out of his posterior. There is some interesting speculation about it possibly being a reference to (or perhaps metaphor for) the mysteriously disappeared civilization of Minoan Crete.
And that’s it; even though there is a text page going over the contents of the third issue, the magazine was cancelled afte this one. It’s too bad (not least of which because that third issue was supposed to include a story by Alan Brennert). Like I said about this first volume, this digest is a nice little package.

Genius Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (and Alex Toth)

The second of the three volumes covers the last half of Toth's career and the later stages of his life.  This covers the period in which Toth became a legend in animation and did significant commercial art.  He certainly still did comic book work...and still some of his best, but this was really Toth's animation period.  Obviously his most important output here was the design of many (most) of the Hanna-Barbera superheroes.  Space Ghost.  The Herculoids.  Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.  Dino Boy.  The animation designs of The Super Friends.  

He also did significant comic book work.  The book includes the entire story for the Hot Wheels tale "The Case of the Curious Cord," which may be Toth's best work.  If it's not then Bravo For Adventure very likely is.  

While the art is gorgeous, this isn't necessarily an easy read.  Toth pretty clearly had significant undiagnosed mental health problems.  His habit of burning bridges both professionally and with friends is uncomfortable.  His almost complete deterioration into hermitage following the death of his wife Guyla is tragic.  It is lovely that his children persevered and forced a reconciliation toward the end of his life.  And it's also good that he was able to mend some of the friendships he'd broken.  

Ultimately, Toth was a brilliant artist.  The proverbial "artist's artist" recognized by those who know art, while not fully understood by most fans because he spent so much of his career working on books that didn't feature characters in long underwear.  The authors walk the line between art book and biography brilliantly.  

Drew University, Madison NJ. A secular college with roots in the United Methodist Church.

The Silence of Gom (Perry Rhodan #39)
Kurt Mohr

this is it.. the big fight! Bell and what's left of the mutants against the Gom... who are a race of Gelatinous Cubes that can shapeshift... and merge to become bigger and smarter.

The bigger plot of the Springers attacking Earth at the behest of the Aras takes a back seat for the batter for survival with Bell and co.

It's pretty fun, and it's really nice to see Bell get some positive screen time, instead of just being comic relief. This is one of the few times I've actually felt like it makes sense for him to be Perry's 2nd in command, instead of just being told that and wondering why. The battle has a few conviences that are a bit ridiculous, but its not like there was any chance they were killing Bell off, so it wasn't so bad.

One of the 'shock shorts' was a pretty good one pager..'Turnabout' by Greg Akers. Cosmos also continues to crawl along.. I'm pretty much over Cosmos... you've taken too long and lost my interest .