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Review - Black Friday by James Kaine
SYNOPSIS - The Mall Doors are locked and there’s only one way out…over a pile of dead bodies. Logan Talbot is no stranger to war. Retired...
John Watson
Jan 182 min read
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Reviews - Pumpkin Man 2 & The Troop
Pumpkin Man 2 by Penny Moonz While this book is the second in the series, it can be read as a standalone, as it is an origin story. The...
John Watson
Jan 181 min read
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Review - In the Land of the Pigs by Caesar Ruell
SYNOPSIS - Levi Harlen is a butcher in Crow’s River, struggling to get by, running his shop and taking care of his wife, Adeline, who has...
John Watson
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Writer Life - Say YES To Discomfort
My entire life has been a battle against feeling out of sorts and a failure to fully fit in. Quiet, shy, and lacking in self-confidence...
John Watson
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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Writing Life - No Negativity Zone
It's pretty tough to admit, but the fact of the matter is that I have always had a pretty negative outlook on life. Anxiety and...
John Watson
Oct 2, 20242 min read
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Review - Borderline by Royal Poff
SYNOPSIS - What would you do if you had the chance to change destiny? In the wake of a devastating breakup, Atari is consumed by lost...
John Watson
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Writing Life - The Creativity Crossroads
When I was a kid, I discovered reading through my mum, who had a great collection of Agatha Christie books. When those ran out, she took...
John Watson
Sep 25, 20242 min read
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Writing Life - An Idea Is Born
On any given day, I will have three of four story ideas pop into my head. Sometimes they come from dreams, while other come from things...
John Watson
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Writing Life - The Joy Thief
There is an old saying out there that contends "Comparison is the Thief of Joy." It's a concept that I never really understood until I...
John Watson
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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Review - The Artifact by Brian Hill
SYNOPSIS - The year is 1984, and Rev Parata is a hard-nosed, nearly destitute PI stuck in the orbit of New Orleans, fending off racists...
John Watson
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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Review - Nobody's Savior by Wesley Winters
SYNOPSIS - Darkness can be found all around us and inside us. It surrounds those we call friends and family. Some of it is obvious, like...
John Watson
Aug 18, 20241 min read
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Review - The Visitor by Kevin Bachar
SYNOPSIS - Sally and her dog, Maureen Bojangles, MoBo for short, make the slog from Brooklyn to the family cabin upstate. It’s a 2-hour...
John Watson
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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Review - Silence in the Basement by Alex Mura
SYNOPSIS - Amid a series of disappearances along Highway 50, lonely middle-aged truck driver Hank's pitstop at a remote and rundown motel...
John Watson
Aug 9, 20241 min read
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Review - Dead Children's Playground by James Kaine
Synopsis - A cemetery filled with innocents. A ghostly chill in the air. Will a short walk through the woods awaken a dark power? Kylie...
John Watson
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Review - Empty Cargo by Ashley Grant
Synopsis - Renfield is an experienced sailor - he has held his own against the worst the seas have to offer, but all of the sea sickness...
John Watson
Jul 11, 20241 min read
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Review - Five by David Sullivan
Synopsis - After finding an abandoned cottage, Devin Holloway and his boyfriend come to learn that the camp they're working at has a more...
John Watson
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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Review - A Battle Against Demons by Kjell-Vidar Ahman Teig
SYNOPSIS - Robert I find myself on a raft on Lake Mørkved, pursued by both the living and the dead. The muzzle of a gun pressed against...
John Watson
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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Review - Ink Vine by Elizabeth Broadbent
Synopsis - Sometimes, you just pick your poison and pray Stay the hell out of the swamp — the backwater town of Lower Congaree recites it...
John Watson
Jun 2, 20241 min read
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Review - The Count by David-Jack Fletcher
Synopsis - When Sam’s ex, Danny, winds up gutted beyond recognition, Sam has no memory of where he was at the time. He can only remember...
John Watson
May 29, 20242 min read
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Review - There's Something Here From Somewhere Else by Jonathon Cross
Synopsis - When 10-year-old Lydia received a mysterious doll on her stoop, she never dreamed it would become the catalyst for a perilous...
John Watson
May 15, 20242 min read
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