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As I did with the previous season of Dexter, I’ve decided to write about season four in three chunks, one blog post to follow each fourth episode — thematically an appropriate place as a season of Dexter generally follows a three act structure. Which means, of course, each fourth episode is going to offer some [...]
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It’s been a few years now since the premiere of Dexter, and I’ve yet to rewatch any episodes. Given the popularity of my Dexter Season 3 posts, and with the fourth season on the horizon, I thought it would be a nice idea to revisit the first and second seasons and give my impressions of [...]
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My title poses a question wisely skirted by the makers of the 2005 release, The Call of Cthulhu, which I’ve just reviewed over at Black Gate. This is a no-budget film made with a lot of ingenuity and passion, and it’s by far the most loyal adaptation of a Lovecraft story I’ve even seen on [...]
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I am slowly getting caught up with my reading — not only the stuff that I’m supposed to be reviewing, but also those projects of which I am fortunate enough to be a part. Northern Haunts is one such — an anthology of 100 flash fiction stories released back in the beginning of the year. [...]
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I am a big admirer of Joe R. Lansdale, two-fisted fictioneer and badass bard of the horrific, and especially of his series of thriller/horror/crime novels chronicling the (mis)adventurers of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The last installment, Captains Outrageous, came out a long eight years ago and fans of the series have been hoping for [...]
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With the sun kicked out and a gold doubloon moon rose in its place — a moon that shone down with a bright, almost unnatural hue on Mud Creek and the surrounding countryside — the nightwalkers began to walk.
Title: Dead in the West
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Genre: Weird Western/Horror
Year: 2005 (1986)
When the Reverend Jebidiah Mercer rides [...]
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On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never sure when sunset came, and sometimes they were in the streets before he could get back.
Title: I Am Legend
Author: Richard Matheson
Genre: Horror/Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
Year: 1954
Richard Matheson’s name should be better known. I’m not making that claim out of some sort of fan loyalty or sense that he [...]
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The dark came down on the world and world moved on. The gunslinger . . . dreamed his long dreams of the Dark Tower, to which he would some day come at dusk and approach, winding his horn, to do some unimaginable final battle.
Title: The Gunslinger
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Year: 1982
“The man in black fled [...]
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