Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: Winter Holiday by Chad A. Clark

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“Winter Holiday is a fast-paced, satisfying read which recalls those classic stories from horror’s heyday yet also has a modern sensibility.”   Dark Minds Press is a small UK outfit run by Ross Warren and Anthony Watson who have, since their inception only a few years ago, put out some excellent anthologies, collections, and novellas. …

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Look Out For … Figures Unseen by Steve Rasnic Tem

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“Tem has this powerful ability to blend genres seamlessly while engaging the reader at a personal level with stories unlike anything you’ve ever read.”   A father and son go on a strange downtown “fishing” trip, suburban backyard nightmare fuel with skinned rabbits, a young boy cannot escape his bad dreams of trees and his …

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Book Review: Life Is What Happens Between Advertisements by Brian Auspice

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“If you like your novellas to lead you off the beaten track into an adventure in narrative style, while still delivering an entertaining and thought-provoking story, you can’t go wrong with this book.”   Brian Auspice’s first book, Deep Blue (Eraserhead Press, 2014), was released as part of the New Bizarro Author Series and, given …

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Look Out For … The Spirit Photographer by Jon Michael Varese

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“The Spirit Photographer explores a con-artist facing the supernatural, which opens the door for dark character development against the backdrop of the emotional lure of the chance for others to see their lost loved ones again.”    Edward Moody is a con-man. Setting up shop in 1870’s Boston, he uses the new technology of photography to …

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Book Review: The Detained by Kristopher Triana

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“An engaging and entertaining read that will keep you gripped from beginning to end.” His earlier work has drawn praise from sites like Publisher’s Weekly and Rue Morgue, while Jack Ketchum referred to his forthcoming novel Full Brutal (Grindhouse Press, 2018) as “compulsive reading”. It seems that Kristopher Triana has burst onto the horror scene …

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Look Out For … The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge

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“With The Immaculate Void, Hodge is summoning something dark and twisted from deep within the cosmos, uncaring and relentless, and we can’t wait to read it.” Daphne is the one who got away. When she was six, a serial killer tried to end her life, but she managed to escape. Scarred for life, one could …

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Look Out For … Obscura by Joe Hart

“Paranoia, psychological nightmares, and all within the giant expanse of space, with a NASA crew that’s losing their minds as well … Obscura by Joe Hart has it all. “   A new form of dementia has taken hold, aggressive and relentless,  affecting people of all ages. The symptoms are unlike anything we’ve ever seen. …

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Look Out For … The Atrocities by Jeremy C. Shipp

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“Always inventive and exciting, Shipp’s take on the gothic fantasy genre is destined to be something readers will find unique and throughly captivating.”   Even after Isabella dies, her parents are still determined to guarantee their daughter’s education. When Mrs. Valdez arrives at their estate to tutor Isabella, her parents failed to inform her of …

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Book Review: The Church of Latter-Day Eugenics by Chris Kelso and Tom Bradley

The Church of Latter-Day Eugenics by Tom Bradley and Chris Kelso- cover

“Kelso and Bradley have joined forces to deliver a work of unadulterated Bizarro genius.”   Stalwarts of the Bizarro fiction scene, a collaboration between Tom Bradley and Chris Kelso seemed inevitable. With over twenty books in print—both fiction and non-fiction—Bradley has received praise from venues such as Forbes magazine and 3A.M. Magazine as well as …

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Look Out For … Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman

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“With Unbury Carol, Malerman takes on the Western genre, slipping in his own brand of weirdness we’ve come to expect from him, destined to make this story one we will not soon forget.”   Carol Evers has a secret. Throughout her life, she’s died many times, only to come back from the grave. She’s afflicted …

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