Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

  • April 27, 2023

  • 3 mins to read

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw - cover

“With their latest, Khaw twists the fairytales of our past into a blood-splattered nightmare with horrors that linger long after the last page is turned.” You might think the fairytale goes this way: A mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But the story always forgets mermaids have teeth. This mermaid’s daughter has even …

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Meet the Writer: Wesley Southard

  • April 26, 2023

  • 8 mins to read

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Wesley Southard is the two-time Splatterpunk Award-Winning and Imadjinn Award-Winning author of nearly a dozen books. His work has been optioned for film and has also been published in Italian and Spanish. He lives with his wife and his son in Pennsylvania. Visit him online at www.wesleysouthardhorror.com. What first attracted you to horror writing? Well, …

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Look Out For … Vial Thoughts by Van Essler

  • April 20, 2023

  • 3 mins to read

Vial Thoughts by Van Essler - cover

“With her debut novella, Essler presents a personal tale of generational trauma set in a strange world where knowledge is a deadly currency.” After inheriting her father’s estate, Lenora Leahill is prepared to take her place in the Age of Awareness … books can now be instantly consumed via injection from an Aqua Peritia cuff. …

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Evolution of The Dead

  • April 19, 2023

  • 7 mins to read

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Today is the second in a series of columns by David Moody to mark the release of Autumn: Exodus, the final book in his acclaimed Autumn series. Moody has been writing about the end of the world for almost thirty years. His novel, Hater, was optioned for film by Guillermo del Toro. Last time I was …

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