Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Drawn Up From Deep Places by Gemma Files

  • September 13, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

Drawn Up From Deep Places by Gemma Files - cover

“With this new collection from Gemma Files, featuring some stories only available online until now, she displays the scope of her vast imagination with a blend of genres and themes and her unmistakable and distinctive voice.”   Monsters both human and archaic, ghosts and vampires, sorcerer pirates and voodoo priestesses, and the most infamous murderer in history …

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Look Out For … City of Ash and Red by Hye-young Pyun

  • September 6, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

City of Ash and Red by Hye-young Pyun - cover

Hye-young Pyun is back with an apocalyptic take on the human condition, rife with Kafkaesque paranoia and brutal isolation.    A nameless protagonist with a talent for dispatching rats finds himself on an extermination assignment in C, a strange city that is nosediving into paranoia, infested with disease and flooded with trash. As soon as …

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Book Review: Maniac Gods by Rich Hawkins

  • September 5, 2018

  • 7 mins to read

Maniac Gods by Rich Hawkins - cover

“Another sterling example of Hawkins’ talent and continuing evidence that he deserves a place amongst the very best of horror writers.” It could be argued—and argued well—that horror is in something of a boom period just now. Movies are plentiful in the theatres and streaming platforms. More horror-themed TV shows are available or in the …

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Look Out For … The Siren and the Spector by Jonathan Janz

  • August 30, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz -cover

“Jonathan Janz is no stranger to the horror genre, with a terrifying visceral style that packs an emotional and haunting punch.” When celebrated supernatural skeptic David Crane receives an invitation by an old friend to spend a month in “the most haunted house in Virginia”, he figures the case is nothing more than the same old …

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