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Book Review: Carnival

Posted 05-29-2011 at 06:00 PM by AlexMcDermott

I sat staring at the cover for Lisa McCourt Hollar’s story Carnival much longer than I wanted. A clown glared back at me. I’m man enough to admit that I’m seriously afraid of clowns. They’ve frightened me ever since I was a very little child. Now I was looking at a very sinister one. From page one until the end; Hollar’s story never lets up on the tension and fear. Then there are those clowns. A picture-perfect town thinks it finds justice. Town officials think they restore peace, tranquility and...
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Book review Verland: The Transformation

Posted 05-29-2011 at 05:56 PM by AlexMcDermott
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I’ve been a fan of horror for as long as I can remember. I started on reruns of Buffy and moved into the blood, splatter and gore as I got older. But last October, after a terrible accident, my life changed radically; suddenly the blood and guts didn’t have quite the same appeal. I had to relearn everything about my life, and I started going to dark, intense places that I had never been before. As I battled to get my life back, books filled the hours. Most of them came and went, but one reached...
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Verland: The Transformation is OUT!!!

Posted 05-27-2011 at 10:13 AM by AlexMcDermott

I've been waiting for this book! Got it the day it came out and I'm halfway through! Holy shit! So intense! This book is back to the gothic classic perspective of the vampire as the isolated outsider from humanity. Amazing and I'm only halfway!

The website says the Kindle is coming soon but I just like the feel of a book!

Check it out here
http://www.verlandlives.com
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Zombies!

Posted 05-21-2011 at 05:45 PM by AlexMcDermott

Anyone in the Seattle area in October:

http://www.zombiezonenews.com/archives/tag/zombcon/

Zombcon!!!! Massive zombie convention here in town!:p
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Seamus MacLeod

Posted 05-17-2011 at 11:05 PM by Goth Writer (Welcome to Goth Writer's Blog.)
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The winter wind billowed over the heath. Seamus MacLeod trotted with his two elk hounds as they scanned the air for the scent of prey. The green hills were damp with the mist that passed perpetually under the gray cover of clouds.
Seamus was in his early twenties and stood just over six feet tall. His dark, brown hair and coarse beard were ruffled by the chilling air.
The young man took in the horizon from the crest of a hill north of his home, Cairn MacLeod. He detected the movement
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