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The Hauntings of Hill House and Bly Manor
How far can an adaptation veer from a source text and still be based on the original book?
carmillavoiez
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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The Turn of the Screw, Henry James - a review
Not a frightening novella by modern standards, but creepy and very confusing.
carmillavoiez
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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October Frights Blog Hop - day 2
My Horror Picks for 2020
carmillavoiez
Oct 11, 20207 min read
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The Haunting of Hacket House - New Horror
The Haunting of Hacket House by Astrid Addams is due to be released on October 23rd..
carmillavoiez
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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Slay: Stories of Vampire Noire - a review
The anthology is a brilliant mix of diverse stories about vampires and vampiric entities. As with any collection, some of the stories...
carmillavoiez
Sep 20, 20202 min read
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Cyber Smut - anthology review
A rich and exciting mix of diverse voices that focus on the impact of technology on our lives.
carmillavoiez
Aug 28, 20202 min read
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D is for Demons – anthology review
An absolutely devilish delight of a new horror release from Red Cape Publishing...
carmillavoiez
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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The Witch House, by Ann Rawson – review
It starts with a murder. Anita is the prime suspect and spends the story hoping she didn’t kill Harry and subsequently forget...
carmillavoiez
Aug 8, 20202 min read
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We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver – book review
Built through this constant rejection is an erosion of self that mothers too often experience, but writ large, because Kevin is... 4/5
carmillavoiez
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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Parallel Worlds
Countless worlds exist in deep space devoid of life, much less of intelligence. It should make us appreciate how delicate life is...
carmillavoiez
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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Reading as a writer - Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
This was the third of Woolf's published novels and an experiment in finding her own, modernist, style. In it she considers the difficulty...
carmillavoiez
Jan 30, 20202 min read
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The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty – a review
Sometimes it takes me a ridiculously long time to pick up a classic novel and actually read it. I tend to be easily distracted by the new...
carmillavoiez
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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The Outsider, Albert Camus - a review and reflection
My first thought, while reading the short, simple, almost choppy, sentences of the earlier chapters, was that it must be a translation...
carmillavoiez
Jan 13, 20202 min read
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The Ecstatic, Victor Lavalle - a review
Anthony is the ultimate in unreliable narrators. This books is full of surreal scenes, twisted logic, impossible events and a touch of...
carmillavoiez
Jan 12, 20201 min read
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King - a review
I haven't blogged much for the past month, but will be back with frequent posts very soon. I am getting used to new meds and trying to...
carmillavoiez
Jan 8, 20202 min read
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A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay - a review
I love horror. I enjoy being frightened and disturbed by what I'm reading (or watching). The world is a scary place and horror can be a...
carmillavoiez
Dec 19, 20191 min read
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Elements of Horror, Book Four: Water- a review
Elements of Horror was released earlier this month, and I am honoured to have one of my stories “High Tide” in the collection. I am...
carmillavoiez
Dec 15, 20196 min read
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Short anthology with plenty of girth - review
This is a well-rounded collection of five poems, ten short stories and six autobiographical essays celebrating male genitalia. It deals...
carmillavoiez
Dec 5, 20191 min read
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October Frights, day 2, Adam Nevill
This isn’t the first year I’ve raved about British Horror writer Adam Nevill during October Frights, but with his new release due out...
carmillavoiez
Oct 11, 20192 min read
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Beloved, Toni Morrison - a review
I cannot overstate how much I enjoyed reading this book for a second time. The lush language and imagery is full of so many layers that...
carmillavoiez
Oct 7, 20192 min read
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