The Author:
“Fascinated by the supernatural from an early age, I started writing the first sentences of my novel Darksome Thirst during lulls in activity as a second-shift computer operator many years ago.
Unable to devote myself full-time to my writing because of work and pursuing my Bachelor’s degree at night, I shelved the novel until 1999. [...]
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Posted in Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction, Ezines, Fantasy, Horror, Interviews, Short Fiction, Vampires, tagged Ezines, Fantasy, Horror, niteblade, rhonda parrish on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today on the Dark Phantom Review is Rhonda Parrish, editor and founder of the new horror ezine, Niteblade. Tell us a bit about Niteblade. When and how did it get started?
Niteblade is quite new, the June issue will be the fourth one out. I started Niteblade in May of 2007. I’d heard people claim that [...]
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Posted in Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Witches, tagged Witches, Paranormal, supernatural, justin gustainis, black magic woman, witchcraft, zulu witchcraft on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Black Magic Woman
by Justin Gustainis
ISBN: 9781844165414
Solaris Books
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Paranormal Thriller
Author’s website: www.justingustainis.com
Quincey Morris isn’t your typical private investigator. For one thing, he happens to be a straight descendant of Bram Stoker’s Quincey Morris. He also specializes in supernatural cases involving vampires, werewolves, succubis, and other terrifying beings.
In this first book in [...]
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Posted in Dark Fiction, Horror, Interviews, On the Spotlight, Paranormal, Thrillers, Vampires, Witches, tagged black magic, black magic woman, Horror, justin gustainis, magic, Paranormal, solaris publishers, supernatural, suspense, urban fantasy, witchcraft on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Author Justin Gustainis is the author of an exciting new paranormal series featuring kick-ass supernatural investigator Quincey Morris. I had the pleasure of reading this book recently, so look for my review in a day or two. In a few words, you won't be able to put the book down. In this fascinating interview, the author talks about his [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Horror, Paranormal, tagged Paranormal, astrophysics, suspense, turkey, jihnn, faeries, astronomy on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve only given one piece of advice in life and that is, “Never fall for a beautiful, mysterious woman while drinking at a Turkish tavern.”
Talented writer Mayra Calvani’s latest book, Dark Lullaby, is yet another example of why I have grown to prefer reading small press books over the usual and predictable mass market books [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Horror, Paranormal, Thrillers, tagged dean koontz, golden retrievers, Horror, Paranormal, the darkest evening of the hour, thriller on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
The Darkest Evening of the Year
By Dean Koontz
Bantam
978-0-553-80482-9
Copyright December 2007
Supernatural Thriller/General Fiction
www.deankoontz.com
Who would come up with the idea of writing a horror novel with a sweet golden retriever as one of its main protagonists? Dean Koontz does it, and marvelously well he does.
Amy Redwing lives for her goldens, those she owns and those she rescues [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Futuristic, Horror, Paranormal, Uncategorized, tagged Horror, mark laflamme, murder, plantlife, plants, suspense, thriller, vegetation on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Cosmic justice has many faces, and this time it has the face of plants…
For egotistical, arrogant Bertram Luce, life couldn't get any better. He's a famous author. He's rich. He lives in a gorgeous mansion and drives luxurious, expensive cars. Oh yes, and he's also gotten away with murdering his kind, plant-loving wife. That is, [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction, Historical, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Thrillers, Vampires, tagged bram stoker, budapest, Historical, Mystery, supernatural, suspense, thriller, tony noto, Vampires on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Available from Amazon and B&N
The Stoker File is a fascinating and ingeniously-written novel that will keep your hands glued to the pages until you've reached the ending.
Due to a tragic flood that sweeps the city, a mysterious bundle of papers is found in the basement of the University of Budapest. On closer examination, the papers [...]
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Posted in Ghosts, Horror, On the Spotlight, Paranormal, Virtual Book Tour Guests, tagged deborah woehr, dorothy thompson, Ghosts, Paranormal, prosperity, supernatural, virtual book tours on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Blurb:
Amanda Thorne is an embattled clairvoyant, who refuses to believe in God or the afterlife, even when the ghost of her murdered husband confronts her from his grave. More ghosts confront her when she finds herself stranded in a tiny town in Arizona.
Two of them mistake her for a prominent woman who was murdered [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction, Horror, Latino/Hispanic, On the Spotlight, Paranormal, tagged astrophysics, baltimore, dark lullaby, Horror, mayra calvani, paranormal suspense, puerto rico, supernatural thriller on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
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Blurb:
At a trendy Turkish tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. Soon, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her–her skin’s abnormally [...]
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