Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Belle Vue by C.S. Alleyne

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“Using a real-life apartment building with a torrid and disturbing history as a starting point, Alleyne’s debut novel blends contemporary and historical fiction with a heavy dose of the occult.” When Alex Palmer’s girlfriend Claire buys an apartment in Belle Vue Manor, he can’t believe his luck. A history student, Alex lives for things such …

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Book Review: Touch the Night by Max Booth III

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“Deeply unsettling and horrifically harrowing … not for the faint-of-heart but, if you’re brave enough, it is an incredibly entertaining and rewarding read.”   He is the Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, the Managing Editor of quarterly horror fiction magazine Dark Moon Digest, and a host on two podcasts: Castle Rock Radio (alongside partner …

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Look Out For … The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

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“With her debut novel, Henderson conjures a world much like our own, with vengeful spirits, witchcraft, and the secret history of a deadly church.” Immanuelle Moore’s entire life is blasphemy. In Bethel, the Prophet’s word is the law, and her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race has disgraced her family. Immanuelle worships …

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Book Review: Until Summer Comes Around by Glenn Rolfe

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“Throw in the coming-of-age angle, with all of the promise of a first true love, and Rolfe has delivered a horror novel with heart, soul, and bite”   Whether you are in the mood for a ghost story (The Haunted Halls, Shadow Work Publishing, 2016) or “creature horror” (Becoming, Alien Agenda Publishing, 2017) or a …

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Look Out For … All the Dead Men by Errick Nunnally

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“This continuation of the Alexander Smith saga can be read as a standalone, and builds upon the fast-paced, hyper-violent horror-noir Nunnally is known for.” Alexander Smith definitely has his hands full with a vampire church worshiping the image of a woman who seems familiar to him, hellbent on restoring vampires over humans. When the pornographic …

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Look Out For … The Bright Lands by John Fram

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“Texas high school football combined with strange disappearances, supernatural urban legends, and dangerous men hell bent on keeping their secrets makes this debut novel one you don’t want to miss.” Bentley, Texas holds only two things near and dear to its heart: high school football, and secrets. When star quarterback Dylan Whitley turns up missing, …

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Book Review: Doom Cabaret by John McNee

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“Although there are only seven stories, they showcase a great range of horror … while they differ in levels of darkness and subject matter, they are all truly horrific and pitch black in tone.”   John McNee lives on the west coast of Scotland, journalist by day and author of strange and disturbing horror stories …

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Look Out For … Wonderland by Zoje Stage

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“With Wonderland, Stage ups her game, giving us a personal and harrowing vision of a family on the verge of madness.” Orla and Shaw Bennett believe they’re ready for the quiet life. Years of living in the city leads them to New York’s Adirondack mountains. Private, expansive, the nice farmhouse is just the place for …

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Book Review: Devil’s Creek by Todd Keisling

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“[Keisling] has received praise from some fans of the indie horror scene, but it is time that all horror fans knew his name, thanks to the universal appeal of Devil’s Creek, a masterpiece of horror fiction.”   A horror author and graphic designer from Kentucky, Todd Keisling is the author of six novels and one …

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Look Out For … The Patient by Jasper DeWitt

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“Using the online forum as a storytelling tool, DeWitt provides a chilling account of an ambitious doctor facing unfathomable evil that threatens himself and everyone he cares about.” Chronicled through a series of online posts, psychiatrist Parker H. gives us an account of his time working in a New England hospital. His patient is a …

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