Bob Pastorella

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Look Out For … Dark Masques, edited by J.N. Williamson

Dark Masques, edited by J.N. Williamson

“When a long out-of-print anthology resurfaces, especially one of this caliber, it’s time for readers to rejoice with the knowledge that yes, someone out there remembers the horror classics. “ We all wear masks. Some times to hide our hidden desires, other times to blend in with the crowd. Occasionally, these masks slip, and reveal …

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Hardwired for Fear: Why We Love to be Scared

Race With the Devil

  Can you feel it? That buzz in the air, as the temperatures start to fall and the leaves on the trees begin to decay? You can smell wood smoke on the breeze, wafting forth as the clouds part, revealing the witches moon and ensconcing Halloween firmly within the framework of the season. That tremor …

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Book Review: Ugly Little Things: Collected Horrors by Todd Keisling

“Ugly Little Things is a soundtrack to darkness, hauntingly inviting and absolutely horrific.”   A foreword by the talented Mercedes Murdock Yardley hails Keisling as secret treasure of the genre and sets the reader up to witness the true awesomeness contained within the pages of Ugly Little Things, a collection of some truly well written …

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Look Out For … High Moon, Vol. 1: Bullet Holes and Bite Marks

High Moon, Vol. 1

Look Out For … High Moon, Vol. 1: Bullet Holes and Bite Marks “If you’re looking for Weird Western Werewolf action, High Moon has got you covered.” Bounty hunter Matthew Macgregor rides into Blest, Texas. Drought and famine has hit the community hard. The temperature keeps rising, but at night, there’s something unnatural roaming and …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: October 2017 – Halloween

Mixtapes Scattered

Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now.  Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become.  These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. It’s Halloween, …

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Halloween Small Press Spotlight

Autumn Halloween

October. A time of growing darkness. Summer is dying and in its wake the nights begin to lengthen, the breezes begin to chill, and the foliage begins its bright colorful demise before our very eyes. It’s a time for horror, and what a better way to get your fix than opening a good book or …

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Book Review: The Lairdbalor by Kathleen Kaufman

The Lairdbalor by Kathleen Kaufman - cover

“The Lairdbalor is a mythic, disturbing tale, full of folklore and nightmares, and with it Kathleen Kaufman has proved herself as an author to watch.”   Author Kathleen Kaufman gives readers a horrific fantasy, journeying into childhood nightmares and anxieties, in her latest release, The Lairdbalor. Seven-year-old Jamie falls down a hill in Southern California …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: NecronomiCon 2017 Part 1: The Guests of Honor

Mixtapes Scattered

Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now.  Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become.  These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. During the …

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Book Review: A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba

A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba - cover

“Beyond the average tale of vampires, it bares the truths of life through both violence and beauty, imparting lessons one won’t soon forget.” A Small Charred Face is a series of three young adult stories that connect and describe the lives of an ancient Chinese race of vampires and the humans entwined in them. The …

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Book Review: House of Windows by John Langan

House of Windows by John Langan

“If you like your haunted house stories to ask questions, to deliberately obfuscate truth and to have a sparkling style, then House of Windows is the intelligent horror you’ve been waiting for.”   John Langan’s House of Windows is not just a literary horror novel but also a novel about literature. Dealing with thematic links …

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