Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Figures Unseen by Steve Rasnic Tem

  • March 22, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

Figures Unseen by Steve Rasnic Tem - cover

“Tem has this powerful ability to blend genres seamlessly while engaging the reader at a personal level with stories unlike anything you’ve ever read.”   A father and son go on a strange downtown “fishing” trip, suburban backyard nightmare fuel with skinned rabbits, a young boy cannot escape his bad dreams of trees and his …

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Book Review: Life Is What Happens Between Advertisements by Brian Auspice

  • March 19, 2018

  • 5 mins to read

Life Is What Happens Between Advertisements by Brian Auspice - cover

“If you like your novellas to lead you off the beaten track into an adventure in narrative style, while still delivering an entertaining and thought-provoking story, you can’t go wrong with this book.”   Brian Auspice’s first book, Deep Blue (Eraserhead Press, 2014), was released as part of the New Bizarro Author Series and, given …

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Look Out For … The Spirit Photographer by Jon Michael Varese

  • March 15, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

The Spirit Photographer by Jon Michael Varese - cover

“The Spirit Photographer explores a con-artist facing the supernatural, which opens the door for dark character development against the backdrop of the emotional lure of the chance for others to see their lost loved ones again.”    Edward Moody is a con-man. Setting up shop in 1870’s Boston, he uses the new technology of photography to …

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Book Review: The Detained by Kristopher Triana

  • March 12, 2018

  • 4 mins to read

The Detained by Kristopher Triana - cover

“An engaging and entertaining read that will keep you gripped from beginning to end.” His earlier work has drawn praise from sites like Publisher’s Weekly and Rue Morgue, while Jack Ketchum referred to his forthcoming novel Full Brutal (Grindhouse Press, 2018) as “compulsive reading”. It seems that Kristopher Triana has burst onto the horror scene …

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