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Look Out For … Ararat by Christopher Golden

February 2, 2017
2 mins to read

Look Out For … Ararat by Christopher Golden “Who are we to argue with the King of horror and deny ourselves a story of snowbound slaughter?” Meryam and Adam take risks for a living. But neither is prepared for what lies in the legendary heights of Mount Ararat, Turkey. First to reach a massive cave …

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Book Review: Conceiving by Thomas S. Flowers

February 1, 2017
4 mins to read

“Thomas S. Flowers delivers an old-school monster story that’s easy to jump on board.” Typically, the third book of a trilogy is laced with glossed-over characterizations and missing puzzle pieces that confuse and confound new readers, but with Conceiving, the third book in his Subdue series, author Thomas S. Flowers delivers an old-school monster story …

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Tattered Tomes: Into Dragon Valley–Koko by Peter Straub, Revisited

January 31, 2017
9 mins to read

I came by Peter Straub’s Koko first by mass market paperback. I remember distinctly not reading it when it first released in 1988, mainly because I was a junior in college and my studies and a steady girlfriend kept me wrapped up tight. I was in love and behind the eight-ball, so I couldn’t be …

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TIH 132: David Bowles on Mexican-American Folklore, Southern Gothic, and Story Ideas

January 30, 2017
3 mins to read

In this podcast David Bowles talks about Mexican-American folklore, southern gothic, story ideas, and much more. About David Bowles David Bowles is a Mexican-American author, poet and translator from South Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. In 2016, his YA fantasy novel The Smoking Mirror was selected as a Pura Belpré …