Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Red Hands by Christopher Golden

  • December 3, 2020

  • 3 mins to read

Red Hands by Christopher Golden - cover

“With his latest Ben Walker novel, Golden hits the ground running with a strange bio-weapon and the perfect standalone entry into the world of this globe-trotting weird detective.” It begins on July 4th. A car plows through a parade, and the driver stumbles out into the crowd. Sick, possibly dying, the man’s hands kill anyone …

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Look Out For … The Taxidermist’s Lover by Polly Hall

  • November 26, 2020

  • 2 mins to read

The Taxidermist's Lover by Polly Hall - cover

“With its gothic setting and lurid subject matter, Hall’s eerie prose is just right for those cold winter nights.” Soon after Scarlett meets Henry, they fall into a passionate love affair. Henry is a taxidermist, and Scarlett becomes obsessed with his creations as Henry becomes influenced by Felix, his rival. A year later, Scarlett looks …

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Look Out For … We Hear Voices by Evie Green

  • November 19, 2020

  • 3 mins to read

We Hear Voices by Evie Green - cover

“With this new novel writing as Evie Green, the imaginary friend trope gets new life against the backdrop of a terrible flu, eerily mirroring and channelling our current fears and obsessions.” Most kids have imaginary friends. So when Rachel’s son Billy suddenly recovers from a terrible flu that’s killed many, she doesn’t even think of …

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Book Review: It Will Just be Us by Jo Kaplan

  • November 18, 2020

  • 8 mins to read

It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan - cover

“It’s a book that demands careful attentive reading but also impels the reader forward to each new revelation. The very definition of an unputdownable read.” In recent years, there seems to have grown a division between what some see as old school, classic horror, and a more subtle, arthouse take on the genre. Though these …

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