Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: Hard Sentences, edited by David James Keaton and Joe Clifford

  • July 3, 2017

  • 7 mins to read

Hard Sentences - cover

“…this anthology delivers some serious goods, like hard to come by contraband…” Hard Sentences is a collection of stories themed around those poor bastards serving hard time on the infamous rock known as Alcatraz and also the people and lives they left behind. The pain and sorrow in a place like that hangs around for …

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Book Review: Moriah by Daniel Mills

  • June 27, 2017

  • 5 mins to read

Moriah by Daniel Mills - cover

“An exciting story with complex characters, beautiful prose and a compelling plot … Mills has delivered a piece of taut and suspenseful historical fiction that will please fans of literary and genre fiction alike.”   Daniel Mills has built something of a reputation as an author of historical fiction. Indeed, he has openly expressed a …

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Book Review: An Augmented Fourth by Tony McMillen

  • June 23, 2017

  • 5 mins to read

An Augmented Fourth - Tony McMillen - cover

“The individual elements of character, setting and description are intertwined like a strand of DNA to give this tale life and readers a quality read.”   Tony McMillen is the author of the novel Nefarious Twit (Branch Hands, 2013), a book LitReactor selected as their Book Club Selection for March 2014. A wonderful achievement for …

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Book Review: Shadows and Tall Trees, Vol. 7, edited by Michael Kelly

  • June 20, 2017

  • 7 mins to read

Shadows and Tall Trees, vol 7 cover

“A good mix of established names and relative newcomers, Shadows and Tall Trees Vol.7 is a fine showcase for some of the very best in Weird fiction.” It’s safe to say that, at the moment, horror writing is in something of a golden age; if not necessarily in terms of sales, then certainly in terms …

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