Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Swedish Cults by Anders Fager

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“Now, for the first time ever, Fager’s classic underground collection, Swedish Cults, will soon be available in English to horrify the rest of the world.” Violent sacrifices deep in the woods appease monstrous gods in blood-soaked orgies. A visit to grandma becomes a nightmarish road trip to hell. A quiet woman’s life is tormented when …

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Look Out For … Darling by Mercedes M. Yardley

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“With her latest, Yardley presents a strange and disturbing Gothic tale showing us sometimes you can never go home again.” When she was sixteen years old, Cherry LaRouche finally rid herself of the clutches of her hometown, Darling, Louisiana. Now, returning to Darling after her mother’s death, Cherry and her children are forced to move …

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Look Out For … Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

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“With her latest, Kiste pits the toxic villains of gothic literature against the undead and forgotten women of the genre determined to end their evil reign once and for all.” Los Angeles, 1967. The forgotten women of literature—Lucy Westenra, a victim of Dracula, and Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester’s wife in Jane Eyre—now undead immortals.  When …

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Look Out For … Ricky’s Hand by David Quantick

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“With his latest, Quantick dives into trippy, violent body-horror with a broke photographer hounding the newest rising star who has weird dark secrets of her own.” Paparazzo Ricky Smart prowls Miami Beach barely scraping by snapping celebrity pics. One morning we wakes to discover his hand … is not his hand. It’s someone else’s hand, …

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Meet the Writer: Brennan LaFaro

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Brennan LaFaro is a horror writer living in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife, two sons, and his hounds. An avid lifelong reader, Brennan also co-hosts the Dead Headspace podcast and is the author of Slattery Falls, the first entry in a trilogy, as well as Last Stay, and the horror western, Noose. You can read …

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Look Out For … Shutter by Ramona Emerson

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“With her debut novel, Emerson presents an indigenous coming-of-age story blending forensics and the supernatural with a haunted heroine facing relentless evil.” Forensic photographer Rita Todacheene’s work has closed many cases for the Albuquerque police force, capturing details often overlooked at the crime scene in stunning detail. But Rita has a secret that allows her …

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Look Out For … Anybody Home? by Michael J. Seidlinger

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“Channelling our collective and very real fear of home invasions, Seidlinger turns the tables and pulls the reader directly into the darkness.” Home may be where the heart is, but what came first … … The home or the desire to invade? A seasoned invader offers the next generation of home invaders tips of the …

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Look Out For … The Ghost That Ate Us by Daniel Kraus

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“Tapping into our obsession with true crime, Kraus presents us with a paranormal tale that will definitely make you sleep with the lights on.”  On June 1, 2017, in Jonny, Iowa, six people were killed at a Burger City franchise.  Prior to the murders, the Burger City restaurant endured nine months of alleged paranormal activity. …

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Look Out For … Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi

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“Malfi’s latest is a nightmarish homecoming tale as a group of childhood friends reunite to destroy a man from their past who has returned to make their lives a living hell.” Jamie Warren has been running from the darkness for almost twenty years. Haunted by the guilt of abandoning his disabled brother so long ago, …

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Look Out For … Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

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“Habib’s debut novel is a tale of obsession and repression that is both incredibly tender and disturbingly violent.” On vacation at the beach with his son, single father Todd sees someone along the shore. Todd realizes this man is Jack, who relentlessly bullied Todd when they were teenagers, but who is now excited to have …

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