Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: Bone China by Laura Purcell

  • November 27, 2019

  • 8 mins to read

Bone China by Laura Purcell - cover

“What’s clear from this book and its two predecessors is that Laura Purcell is a master of her craft. She is steadily building a body of original work, within a specific subgenre, yet with each release distinctive and original from the last.”   In recent years, there seems to have been a resurgence in popularity …

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Look Out For … The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters

  • November 21, 2019

  • 3 mins to read

The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters - cover

“Twisted revenge and childhood trauma is pure nightmare fuel in Walters’ capable hands with this haunting coming-of-age tale.” Heather Cole and her friends were part of a special club … the Dead Girls Club. Exchanging stories about their dark obsessions, the girls talked about strange monsters and serial killers. One supernatural entity that got a …

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Look Out For … Shout Kill Revel Repeat by Scott R. Jones

  • November 14, 2019

  • 3 mins to read

Shout Kill Revel Repeat by Scott R Jones - cover

“Fully embracing the weird and fearless in execution, Jones delivers his personal brand of horror in one stellar collection.” Time and space collide while two lovers embark on a trip into the wilderness. A simple harmless question releases a plague from a strange Ouija board. A revolutionary new technology launches a test pilot into another …

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Book Review: Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape by Joshua Chaplinsky

  • November 12, 2019

  • 11 mins to read

Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape by Joshua Chaplinsky - cover

“The tremendous talent of a storyteller unafraid to challenge himself through alternative narrative structure, or point of view, or subject matter. No matter the challenge, Chaplinsky knocked it out of the park.”   Perhaps best known in literary circles as the Managing Editor of litreactor.com, and in horror circles as the brilliant brain behind self-published …

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