Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach

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“Stripped right out of the headlines, and our collective fears, Auerbach’s Bad Man promises to make Ben’s hunt for his missing brother a one-way ticket to the bowels of hell.” You’ve got about a 48 hour window to find a missing person. For Ben, those 48 hours were the worst. He looked away for one …

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Injured Eyeballs: What the Fuck was Night Force?

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It’s been a while since I tended to this column, so I thought I better drop by, sweep away the cobwebs, dust the darkened corners and weed out the flowers from the Triffid beds. While I’m here, and seeing as you’ve been kind enough to drop by, I think it would also be a good …

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Book Review: Dark and Distant Voices—A Story Collection by Tim Waggoner

Dark and Distant Voices by Tim Waggoner

“If you’ve never read anything by Tim Waggoner, this would be a fine place to start. If you’re already a fan, you’ll want to dive right in as soon as you can.” Tim Waggoner is a name which should be familiar to anyone with a passing interest in genre fiction. Even if you haven’t read …

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Look Out For … The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield

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“The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield promises to combine thrilling international intrigue with the occult during the height of the Cold War in ways we’ve never seen before.” The Cold War, 1963. A botched assassination of a traitor forces British Intelligence agent Christopher Winter to escape London. With a mysterious woman named Karina …

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Look Out For … Walking Alone: Short Stories by Bentley Little

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“With some stories never collected before, and a few originals thrown in the mix, Bentley Little’s first collection in over a decade is destined to be another classic of the genre.”   Sticky Notes. Hotel maids. Small town rodeos. Snowmen. At times, all of these things can be innocent, completely safe. But in the hands …

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Book Review: Toroa by Erik Hofstatter

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 “A novel full of action, full of human emotion and relationships, Toroa … is a view into the soul of one who is pushed until breaking and the darkness that can spill out as a result.”   Even a brief look at the synopsis for Toroa leaves the reader thinking that suspending one’s disbelief is going …

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Book Review: Unnerving Magazine, Issue 6

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“The idea that Generous manages to create a publication of such quality and packed with so much content single-handedly, is truly amazing and inspiring.”   With publisher Eddie Generous at the helm, as well as every oar (this truly is a one-man operation), Unnerving has taken the independent horror publishing world by storm. While publishing …

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Look Out For … Coldfall Wood by Steven Savile

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“A forgotten god hunted by a reluctant hero trying to save the world, written by one of the masters of the genre, is enough to get any horror fan’s attention.”   Six girls, completely unrelated, who have never met, all come down with a strange illness that renders them comatose at the same time. Miles away, …

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Book Review: Bone Saw by Patrick Lacey

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“A fast and entertaining read that delivers 80s style pulpy action horror by the bucket-load.”   Having first viewed Nightmare on Elm Street when he was five years old, it is clear to see where the love for horror began for Patrick Lacey. It is a love that was nurtured through reading every horror book …

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Look Out For … Manifest Recall by Alan Baxter

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“With Alan Baxter’s patented adrenaline-fueled style intact, we witness Eli Carver’s descent into madness first hand, powering through guilt and memory in his near overwhelming journey to redemption.”   Eli Carver is a hitman on the run. Still reeling from a psychotic break with reality, he finds himself behind the wheel of a car that’s …

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