Bob Pastorella

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Book Review: The City of Mirrors (Book Three of the Passage Trilogy) by Justin Cronin

City of Mirrors - Justin Cronin

“Justin Cronin is an author at the top of his field and The City of Mirrors is a worthy and much anticipated finish to this exceptional trilogy.” With the publication of The Passage and The Twelve, Justin Cronin established himself as a genre author to be reckoned with and more than earned the $3.75 million …

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Book Review: Altar by Philip Fracassi

Altar Cover

“Altar cements Fracassi into the annals of weird and horror fiction with a well-written, tightly paced extravaganza that showcases his flair for solid characterization combined with cinematic, bloodcurdling terror.” Just another summer day, heading off to the local swimming pool. The innocent days of youth. The water looks so nice and cool, and everyone seems …

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Interview: Graham Masterton on Extreme Horror, Forensics and Series Characters

This is Part Two of Simon Bestwick’s interview with Graham Masterton. Masterton is the author of the horror classic, The Manitou, and has recently turned his hand to crime novels. White Bones, set in Ireland, was a Kindle phenomenon, selling over 100,000 copies in a month. This was followed by Broken Angels, Red Light, Taken …

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Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand and Ice in Horror Fiction

Foggy Sea at Dawn

Over the last few years I have been increasingly drawn to stories about the water. I imagine this is partly due to the fact I live on the coast, with the sea a constant source of wonder and inspiration. Also in the process of writing my novel, Bodies of Water–out now from Salt Publishing–I spent …

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Book Review: Tribulations by Richard Thomas

Tribulations cover

“ Tribulations is a must-read collection of brilliantly sculpted emotion and passion that will leave you exhausted yet unable to close your eyes.” Instinctually, we associate the word horror with crimson blood, high-pitched screams, guts and gore, monsters, but that’s only because that’s what we’ve been fed over the years. It’s a challenge to escape …

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Book Review: Zero Saints by Gabino Iglesias

Zero Saints cover

‘Zero Saints is filled with such shimmering scenes, scenes that blend the ordinary and the weird, the sacred and the profane, violence with poetry, gore that manages to gouge its way onto your heart even as the horror gnaws at your soul.’ One or two clicks in any virtual direction and you’re bound to stumble …

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Book Review: Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt

Greener Pastures book cover

“Michael Wehunt draws the stories in Greener Pastures from a well of imagination as deep and wide as the unknowable cosmos!” When we think of weird horror fiction there are several names definitive of the sub-genre that we tend to think of. Names like Robert W. Chambers, H. P. Lovecraft, and Clarke Ashton Smith come …

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Audiobook Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs

Alien: Out of the Shadows Audible

“Must-listen sci-fi drama!” Alien: Out of the Shadows is an original audio drama from Audible. It’s written and produced by Dirk Maggs, who has previously adapted An American Werewolf in London and created original pieces set in the Independence Day universe, and it’s based on Tim Lebbon’s book of the same name. It runs for …

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Interview: Graham Masterton on Writing, Research and Violence

Graham Masterton

Graham Masterton is mainly recognized for his horror novels but he has also been a prolific writer of thrillers, disaster novels and historical epics, as well as one of the world’s most influential series of sex instruction books. He became a newspaper reporter at the age of seventeen and was appointed editor of Penthouse magazine …

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