Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: The Feast of All Souls by Simon Bestwick

  • December 16, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

The Feast of All Souls - cover

“We can happily say that Simon Bestwick sticks the knife smoothly into his readers before he starts twisting it around.” In his latest novel, Simon Bestwick has taken what appears on the surface to be a traditional haunted house ghost story, and twisted it into something altogether stranger and unique. Something that in no way …

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Injured Eyeballs: Old Time Radio Horror

  • December 14, 2016

  • 13 mins to read

Vincent Price- The Last Man on Earth - promo

This month, it’s time to dim the lights and gather around the wireless for a midnight broadcast, as we look back on an age when some of the scariest stories ever written went out over the radio waves. When a whole nation was enthralled and appalled by Old Time Radio Horror. Old Time Radio, also …

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Book Review: Odd Man Out by James Newman

  • December 13, 2016

  • 3 mins to read

Odd Man Out by James Newman - cover

“In the end we all bleed red.” Summer, 1989, The Black Mountain Camp for boys should be a place to make friends, go splashing in the lake and sit around campfires and create those bonds and memories that could last a lifetime. Part of that is true, but the memories that revisit Dennis are not …

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Book Review: An Other Place by Darren Dash

  • December 9, 2016

  • 4 mins to read

An Other Place Darren Dash - cover

“The story was full of some very weird and unique ideas and Dash handles the world-building in a competent manner.” Although he may be better known as Darren Shan, author of many horror novels in the YA field, such as the ‘Cirque Du Freak’ series and ‘Zom-B’ series as well as numerous standalone novels, Darren …

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