Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: Savages by Greg F. Gifune

  • November 2, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

Savages - Greg F. Gifune - cover

“Gifune rockets you through the book at runaway freight train speeds and you’ll find yourself at the end of this shockingly brutal tale long before you expect to be there.” With more than twelve novels, several screenplays, and two short story collections under his belt, Greg F. Gifune is arguably one of the most prolific …

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Book Review: An Ideal Retreat by Michael Griffin

  • November 2, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

An Ideal Retreat -Michael Griffin - cover

“Griffin’s command of language is clear: his prose is exquisite, his descriptions divine.”   An accomplished and renowned author of Weird Horror, it is clear to see that Michael Griffin is going places. With short stories in Black Static, Apex and Strange Aeons to his name, as well as stories in the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated …

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AHS: Roanoke Chapter 7: Happy Late Halloween!

  • November 1, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

AHS - Roanoke Murder

As I’m typing this, Halloween has not yet plastered me in Karo syrup mixed with food coloring, or glitter, but by the time you read this I should be crying and still trying to wash the sticky, sparkly Halloween goodness out of my hair while praying to the Tooth Fairy that my teeth survived the …

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Book Review: The Madness of Dr. Caligari, edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.

  • October 28, 2016

  • 8 mins to read

The Madness of Dr. Caligari - cover

“A collection of some of the best writers in horror expressing their own takes on the story of the somnambules, hypnosis, and the darkness within our own minds.” ‘A Twisted World of Madness’ by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. is an introduction to the insanity in store for the reader, or is it more of a …

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