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When the Truth Is All That Matters The truth begins with a family evacuated from Saigon during the final days of the Viet Nam War. Or perhaps it begins later, with a devoutly Catholic child with the voice of an [...]

Arts and Literature

Ghosts, Ghouls, and things that go bump in the night…

by Alex Mcdermott: Gothic horror was a staple of the 1800’s and early 1900’s with everything from short stories and poetry to full-length novels. Master storytellers like Lovecraft, Poe, Maupassant, and Stoker haunted the literary world. Writers like Yeats even [...]

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THE BOOK DIES SCREAMING!

THE BOOK DIES SCREAMING!

by Richard Jay Parker: I’ve noticed that a large percentage of online pieces about books and technology frequently use the phrase ‘Death Of The Book.’  It was probably quite attention-grabbing a couple of years ago but now it seems to have lost its [...]

Arts and Literature

Willy

by Alex Mcdermott: As any of my regular readers know, gore and violence are not my thing. Most horror today, however, is just an excuse for torture, graphic violence, and bloodshed. Every now and then though, an author throws out [...]

Arts and Literature

Cell

by Zombie Theology: Synopsis: One October afternoon a pulse is sent out through everyone’s cellphones which makes them turn violent and mindless. Clay, a graphic artist, leads a small group of survivors trying to make their way from Boston to Maine. On [...]

Arts and Literature

World War Z

by Zombie Theology Synopsis: The book is composed of short interview pieces, compiled by a journalist, describing the history of World War Z, or the war against the zombies. While the interviews are from various individuals in several different locations around the [...]

Arts and Literature

Alice in Zombieland

by Zombie Theology: This book includes illustrations by Sir John Tenniel and Brent Cardillo. Synopsis: Alice and her sister are playing in a graveyard when Alice follows a Black Rat. She falls into a grave and lands in a wonderful world of [...]

Arts and Literature

Seed

by Rebecca Treadway: The beginning of this novel definitely piqued my interest. A family heading home down a dark, Louisiana street – the father, Jack – spotting the luminescent eye shine of  ‘something’ on the road – the car flips over, and [...]

Arts and Literature

The Jaws of Adana

by Sheri: The Jaws of Adana is a very short, too short, collection of stories by m.j. euringer.  There are only three stories in this self-published book, but they pack a punch and stay with you long after you’ve finished reading. In [...]

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