Category: Reviews

Book Review: Mojo Rising by Bob Pastorella

  • April 19, 2016

  • 4 mins to read

“There’s an intoxicating narcotic noir tone to Mojo Rising” The great thing about novellas is that they don’t have the luxury of easing the reader into the story, of gently introducing characters and situations before getting down to business. Instead they need to grab the reader by the lapels and pull them right in, and …

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Book Review: The Sadist’s Bible by Nicole Cushing

  • April 13, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

“Cushing delivers a knockout punch that’ll leave you reeling and that will stay with you long after you’ve read the last word.” Ellie Blake is a closeted lesbian with sadistic leanings, desperate to come out but unwilling to do so in the bible belt community she lives in with her fanatically religious husband. Unfulfilled and …

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Book Review: The Violators by Vincenzo Bilof

  • April 12, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

“Bilof is the hitman to modern literary dogma!” What is the difference between a sociopath and an artist? When do those lines become blurred? These are among the many questions asked in Vincenzo Bilof’s latest novel, The Violators. Alan – a young writer full of self-doubt – finds himself accepted into a seemingly prestigious college …

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Book Review: Tales from the Lake Vol. 2 (Edited by Cavender/Mynhardt/Audsley)

  • April 11, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

“Stories bleeding with talent!” Horror takes on many faces. Fear wears many masks. Peering into the glassy-still surface of the lake, digging deep into one’s darkest thoughts and extracting what it is we are most afraid of, you never know whose eyes you’ll see peering back from beneath the surface – a reflection of something …

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