Posted in Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, On the Spotlight, Paranormal, Series, Vampires, Virtual Book Tour Guests, tagged blood forsaken, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, star davis, Vampires on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Touring the blogosphere this month is fantasy author Star Davis, whose debut novel, BLOOD FORSAKEN, is a pre-quel to her new Divica series. Everyone who comments under this post will receive a PDF sample of the first three chapters of Blood Forsaken. Just contact her directly at info@stardavies.com and let her know you’re interested. Those [...]
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Posted in Fantasy, Interviews, Pagan, Paranormal, Reference, Spiritual, Witches, tagged magic, wicca, Pagan, paganism, spell, chant, prayer, blessing, magic spell, elizabeth barrette, composing magic, writing fantasy, pagan authors, quotes on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Editor, teacher and Pagan priestess Elizabeth Barrette writes articles, essays, short stories, reviews, interviews, and poetry. She’s the author of the reference book, Composing Magic, a must-read for fantasy authors. In this interview she talks about magic spells, Paganism, and writing fantasy, among other things.
Welcome to the Dark Phantom Review, Elizabeth. For those readers who [...]
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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 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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The Author:
I have been writing for almost fifteen years. I wrote 4 horrid novels when I was younger…until someone asked me why I didn’t write cop stories, since I had been one way back in the dark ages. I fought that urge, not being a mystery reader at the time and because police work was [...]
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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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