Escapism V Realism – Introducing Arthur Chappell

March 29, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, FANTASY, HORROR, NON-FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

What if my dad had lived? What if I had not joined the cult when a pretty girl invited me? Would I now be a writer? Would I have written Wendigo Water? Would you be reading this?

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H G Wells And Orson Welles Meeting in 1940

March 26, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, BOOKS, CLASSICS, HISTORICAL, HORROR, MOVIES, NON-FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

H G Wells, who was travelling in the United States on a lecture tour, and safely away from the Luftwaffe bombing in Europe and London, expressed great amusement at the similarity of the names, Wells & Welles. He jokingly advises Orson Welles to drop the unnecessary extra e.

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Radio Play Review – The War Of The Worlds

March 26, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION | By

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The panic, which would be greatly exaggerated in the weeks following the broadcast, could only happen during the more realistic fake live news reports portion of the play, but even there, events move far too quickly to be credible.

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The Rain Trilogy by Joseph A. Turkot

March 14, 2015 | Posted in HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION | By

The Rain Trilogy by Joseph A Turkot

What if one day it started raining…and it never, ever stopped?

That’s the unique premise behind Joseph A. Turkot’s post-apocalypse trilogy The Rain, which follows a pair of determined survivors on a treacherous journey across what’s left of America…

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Zombie, Illinois: A Novel by Scott Kenemore

February 17, 2015 | Posted in HORROR, PARANORMAL | By

Zombie, Illinois by Scott Kenemore.

The zombie apocalypse has come to America. In fact, it seems to have originated somewhere here in the mid-west, near one of the largest cities in the United States: Chicago…

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