Bob Pastorella

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The State of the Horror Address 2025: As the World Burns

  • 8 months ago
  • 9 mins to read

Demi Moore in The Substance

Horror has hit the big time. Everyone wants a piece of the pie. Writers, artists, Hollywood studios, independent films. It’s everywhere. As the world burns, people turn to fictional nightmares to keep the real monsters at bay. Demi Moore won a Golden Globe, her first, for starring in a horror movie. The Substance is not …

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Look Out For … The Sundowner’s Dance by Todd Keisling

  • 8 months ago
  • 4 mins to read

The Sundowner's Dance by Todd Keisling - cover

“Tackling the terrors associated with growing older, Keisling taps into our collective fears while exploring grief, existential dread, and cosmic horror as only he can.” All Jerry Campbell wants is to be left alone. After the death of his wife Abigail, the grieving widower is desperate for some change in scenery. His realtor tells him …

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Look Out For … Their Monstrous Hearts by Yiğit Turhan

  • 8 months ago
  • 3 mins to read

Their Monstrous Hearts by Yiğit Turhan - cover

“With this nightmarish debut, Turhan twists dual timelines, a run-down old house, and monarch butterflies into a gothic fable readers won’t soon forget.” When a mysterious stranger shows up at Riccardo’s apartment, they come with news his grandmother Perihan has died. Riccardo inherits her villa in Milan, as well as her butterfly collection. A struggling …

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Look Out For … Blood Cypress by Elizabeth Broadbent

  • 9 months ago
  • 3 mins to read

Blood Cypress by Elizabeth Broadbent - cover

“In Broadbent’s latest, a young woman is forced to go where the deputies fear to tread … deep in the swamp to find her lost brother.” No one blinks an eye when Lila Carson’s young brother Beau disappears. Ten-year-old Beau can’t talk and throws tantrums. He’s just another useless Carson, another one of those kids …

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