Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: The Three Books by Paul StJohn Mackintosh

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“The first in Black Shuck’s Signature Novella series, it’s a fine start to the run. And as an introduction to Mackintosh’s work, it’s an excellent showcase for his obvious talents.”   Paul StJohn Mackintosh is one of those writers who just seems to quietly get on with the business of producing great fiction. Though he …

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Look Out For … The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - cover

“With a home invasion story pulled right out of the headlines, at once personal and emotional with tension on every page, Tremblay’s latest is poised to be one of 2018’s biggest book releases. “   It was supposed to be a nice, peaceful vacation for Eric, Andrew, and their seven-year-old daughter Wen: a remote cabin on …

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Book Review: Dark Moon Digest, Issue 31

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“Issue 31 proves that Dark Moon Digest continues to go from strength to strength and must surely be considered one of the leading horror fiction magazines available today.” In the opening story, Joshua Chaplinsky’s ‘Nobody Rides For Free’, we are introduced to Trisha and Rake, stranded on the side of a highway and trying to …

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Book Review: All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma

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“Connected not just by themes of human-creature melding, but also by an adherence to clear and poetic writing, deeply affecting emotion, All the Fabulous Beasts deserves to be read far and wide.” Quiet, literary horror seems to be in something of an ascendancy at the moment. Not surprising as, when well-conceived, it aspires to the …

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Look Out For … Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

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“With early buzz calling this book a cross between The Other, Gone Girl, and The Omen, we can’t wait to sink our teeth into it. “ Stay-at-home mom Suzette has her hands full trying to connect with her daughter Hanna. Seven-years-old, Hanna cannot—or will not—speak. On top of all of that, Suzette can’t shake the …

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Look Out For … The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

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“The concepts of this story; the shadowless and the cult that worships them, loss of memory and strange powers that come with a heavy price, are epic and universal, with horrific implications.”   In the near future, at a market in India, a man’s shadow disappears. He’s not alone with this phenomenon, as others around …

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Book Review: Corpsepaint by David Peak

Corpsepaint

“Bleak is a word used to describe so many releases within the horror and dark fiction worlds… With Corpsepaint, David Peak seeks to raise the bar in the reader’s understanding of what bleak really means.”   Bleak is a word used to describe so many releases within the horror and dark fiction worlds. Whether it …

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Look Out For … The Anomaly by Michael Rutger

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“Amateur archaeologists, a hidden cave in the Grand Canyon, strange artifacts and unspeakable horrors that defy the imagination; Rutger’s debut has all the trappings of a suspense-filled page-turner we can’t wait to read.” Host of The Anomaly Files, Nolan Moore, is on the hunt for a decades-old conspiracy at the Grand Canyon. With a TV …

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Book Review: Shiloh by Philip Fracassi

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“The wonderful description and the brilliant interaction between his characters completes a perfect reading experience that we have now come to expect from one of the best writers writing dark fiction today.”   The horror of war is very real. Hollywood went through a period in the aftermath of the Vietnam War where this was …

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Look Out For … Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola

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“For the first time, Mike Mignola’s iconic Hellboy comes to life in all new omnibus collections, told in chronological order.”    Summoned from the bowels of Hell by Rasputin during the end of World War II, a strange humanoid child arrives on Earth and is rescued by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm. Raised as a man instead …

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