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Tag: horror

  • Audiobook Review: The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian

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    I have to admit: I almost passed on this book due to the relatively low rating on Amazon. It has a overall review score of 3.2 out of 5 – not stellar. Most of the 1-3 star reviews criticized the ending of the book. So of course, I had to read it–listen to it, in…

  • New Inspirations

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    Most of my fans know that it takes an energetically charged location to inspire my stories. Up until now, those places have been old libraries, abandoned hotels, crumbling asylums, even an antebellum mansion. After reading this article this morning in Observer-Reporter, I believe I may have found my next inspiration. From a memory. The article…

  • Island of the Dead

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    Hart Island, a sliver of land in Long Island Sound in New York, is eroding away. Nature reclaims its own, right? What’s heartbreaking–and eerie as hell–about the natural reclamation of this particular island into the sea? The fact that along with the dirt and sand, the ocean is reclaiming the remains of the dead buried…

  • Welcome Author Anthony Avina

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    Anthony writes horror . . . and I thought it might be interesting to highlight his latest release, I Was An Evil Teenager, and to interview him to find out what makes a horror writer tick. Anthony Avina’s latest novel, “I Was An Evil Teenager: Remastered,” is the collective work of the Evil Teenager novella…