Bob Pastorella

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News Round-up Week Ending 2 August 2019

  • August 2, 2019

  • 4 mins to read

River of Souls by TL Bodine - cover

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from T.L. Bodine, River of Souls forthcoming from Trepidatio Publishing The media says Undeath is manageable, a condition controlled with a new drug called Lazarus. Retaining their humanity and able to live happy, somewhat normal …

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Look Out For … And Cannot Come Again by Simon Bestwick

  • August 1, 2019

  • 3 mins to read

And Cannot Come Again by Simon Bestwick - cover

“Themes of childhood memories and innocence lost, at once heartfelt and often as humorous as it is frightening, this collection is a must-have for all horror lovers.”    Tortured children turn to a mysterious urban legend for help. Four childhood friends remember events from a summer long ago, and the return of first love with …

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Why I Wrote … The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz

  • July 31, 2019

  • 13 mins to read

The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz - cover

  Certainly not a new name in the industry, Jonathan Janz has been steadily building his reputation, and bibliography, consistently delivering bone-chilling horror for nearly a decade. Author of The Sorrows, Dust Devils, Savage Species, Children of the Dark, Exorcist Falls, and most recently, The Siren and The Specter and The Dark Game, Janz has …

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The Death of Fear: My Bloody Valentine

  • July 25, 2019

  • 13 mins to read

My Bloody Valentine (1981) is everything you’d expect and want in a slasher. There’s blood, nudity, a younger generation who don’t take a threat seriously, a transgression, a love triangle, a mask, a weapon, and of course, a (sort of) final girl. So why remake it if it’s everything all little slashers grow up wanting …

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