# Humor/Horror?Dark Fantasy Novel. Heard Of It Here. Title?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 7, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207 "2006-12-07T13:07:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207/1 "2006-12-07T13:07:48Z")

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The story was about a diner in a small town that sat on a door to another dimension. Lovecraftian horrors were trying to get into our world. A werewolf & a vampire in a pickup truck were trying to stop it. The villain was a local HS girl, Asian, who, with the help of her bumbling boyfriend, was trying to open the path. A female graveyard ghost was also featured. This was played for laughs.

It was mentioned on the SDMB a year or two ago.

What was the title?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207/2 "2006-12-07T14:11:14Z")

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[url=http://www.amazon.com/Gils-All-Fright-Diner-Martinez/dp/0765311437]Gil’s All-Fright Diner.  
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Fun book.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207/3 "2006-12-07T14:12:17Z")

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Let’s code it right: [Gil’s All-Fright Diner](http://www.amazon.com/Gils-All-Fright-Diner-Martinez/dp/0765311437)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207/4 "2006-12-07T14:23:16Z")

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[QUOTE=RealityChuck]  
Let’s code it right: [Gil’s All-Fright Diner](http://www.amazon.com/Gils-All-Fright-Diner-Martinez/dp/0765311437)  
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Bingo.

Many thanks. 🙂

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207/5 "2006-12-07T20:41:27Z")

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This is good, then? I saw it in Borders the day after Thanksgiving and have been toying with the idea of ordering it since.

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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-horror-dark-fantasy-novel-heard-of-it-here-title/383207/6 "2006-12-07T21:24:38Z")

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This was indeed a fun book, a fun take-off on horror and zombies.