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Book Review: I’ll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky by Brian Hodge

  • November 17, 2017

  • 5 mins to read

I'll Bring You Birds From Out of the Sky by Brian Hodge

“By turns emotional, thrilling, and dread-inducing, leading to a muted yet devastating conclusion. Brian Hodge is clearly a master craftsman of a writer.” Released as a limited-edition hardback through Cemetery Dance, Brian Hodge’s novella I’ll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky is a stellar example of a complete artistic package. From the …

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Look Out For … The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winnette

  • November 16, 2017

  • 2 mins to read

The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winnette - cover

 “Winnette takes on the gothic ghost story, delivering ghastly chills with a literary flair. “ Newly arrived at an exclusive boys’ school for orphans, it doesn’t take long to realize something isn’t right. His classmates are extremely hostile, and the Headmaster is more than a little … extreme. And there’s the whispers he hears at …

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Book Review: The Wilderness Within by John Claude Smith

  • November 13, 2017

  • 4 mins to read

The Wilderness Within by John Claude Smith - cover

“A page turner filled with surprises, leaving the reader with a sense of satisfaction, and another name to add to their favorites list.”   While Derek Gray visits a fellow writer and long time friend, Frank Harlan Marshall, he senses something is off about him and the forest surrounding his home, far away from civilization, …

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Book Review: Quiet Places by Jasper Bark

  • November 10, 2017

  • 3 mins to read

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“Quiet Places is an adventurous novella from Jasper Bark and one that pays off, with its slower, quieter story allowing us to feel closer to the protagonist and all the more to suffer from the gut punch of its conclusion.” Quiet Places opens with a prologue that launches the reader head-first into a weird, unsettling …

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