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Book Review: Oddities and Entities
Media Type: Print Book Title: Oddities and Entities Author: Roland Allnach Publisher: All Things That Matter Press Pages: Ebook; 266 Release Date: March 2012 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Horror HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy intelligently written horror stories Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N “There’s more to this world than flesh and bone.” Set in the mysterious space between the everyday world and an existence just beyond reach, “Oddities & Entities” traces a path through the supernatural, the paranormal, and the speculative. With moments of horror, dark humor, and…
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Book Review: Craven Place
Media Type: Ebook Title: Craven Place Author: Richard Wright Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: June 22, 2013 Source: Author ———————————————- Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with plenty of twists and turns to keep them guessing. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack. An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it still. A disappearance from a locked room and the rising, ancient power that may be…
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Book Review: Quarantine: The Loners
Media Type: Print Book Title: Quarantine: The Loners *Series: Quarantine #1 Author: Lex Thomas Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reads like Lord of the Flies and Gone. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And…
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Guest Post + Audio Excerpt from Snow Day
It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a dark tunnel, and there’s blood, lots of blood, and someone is screaming. In this chilling childhood tale, Billy, recounts the events of one unforgettable day in 1975. On that day, he and his friends played carefree in the snow, until an adventure gone awry left him far from home, staring death in the face, and running from a killer bent…
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Book Review: Snow Day
Media Type: Ebook Title: Snow Day Author: Dan Maurer Publisher: Black Rapids Press Pages: Kindle Edition; 100 pages Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions —————————————————————– Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good thriller with horror undertones. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon It happens each winter, and has for over 35 years. Every time the snow starts to fall late in the evening before a school day, the dreams begin again for Billy Stone. They are always the same – there’s a…
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Book Review: Domino Falls
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Domino Falls *Series: Devil’s Wake #2 Author: Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due Publisher: Atria Books Pages: Ebook; 384 Release Date: February 19, 2013 Source: NetGalley ——————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of zombie stories! Especially those who love new twists in their literature. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It began on Freak Day—that day no one could explain, when strangers and family members alike went crazy and started biting one another. Some thought the outbreak was caused by a…
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Why Write Short Stories? A Guest Post by Richard Salter.
If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I’m completely obsessed with both Science Fiction and Fantasy. Put a book in my hands that takes me to another world? You have me forever. I’m that much of a nerd. So of course I am ecstatic to welcome today’s guest! This is Richard Salter! Contributing author to, and editor of, World’s Collider. An anthology filled with death, destruction, and the terrible nightmarish creatures that bring about both. Can I please say that I’ve been drooling over this book ever since I first set eyes on it? I’ll…
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Book Review: Snowblind
Media Type: Ebook Title: Snowblind Author: Michael McBride Publisher: Delirium Books Pages: Ebook; 212 Release Date: November 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Horror ————————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of horror who are okay with violence. Readers who love a good plot twist! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / DarkFuse They come at night. Forward. A stranger staggers out of the wilderness under the cover of a blizzard and stumbles into a diner full of people. He collapses in the entryway, unzips his jacket, and allows the object hidden…
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Book Review: Velveteen
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Velveteen *Series: Velveteen #1 Author: Daniel Marks Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 464 Release Date: October 9, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence ——————————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind graphic scenes, and unflinchingly morbid humor. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem. The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not…
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Writing THY FEARFUL SYMMETRY: A post by Richard Wright + a SURPRISE!
Please welcome to the blog, Richard Wright! He’s the author of Thy Fearful Symmetry, a completely amazing book that I’ve recently fallen in love with. You can find my review here, and add the book to Goodreads by clicking the banner. Trust me, you’ll want to. Especially if you like books with a creep factor. Anyway it’s Richard’s time to shine, so I’ll step away! Please enjoy his guest post and then scroll to the bottom for a surprise! ******************** You’ve felt it, haven’t you? That white hot passion for another person that drives the world away. Everything’s simpler, when…