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Horror business.

Here are some Halloween horrors from Tim and Lex: Fun/Funny Horror: The Odds by Jeff Strand – A gambling addict takes part in a mysterious game that esssentially launches him on a scavenger hunt of increasingly dangerous tasks for money. If you liked the movies “13 Sins,” “Would you Rather,” or the Michael Douglas/David Fincher movie “The Game,” this one oughta do it for you. John Dies at the End by David Wong – Bizarre, creepy, and hilarious. I don’t think any book has …
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Seven horror novels you must read before you kill- er, I mean die.

It’s October! Time to read the horror, right? Right. Good news! I’ve wasted the bulk of my life reading horror novels, rotted my brain with all manner of graphic violence, sacrificed everything to sail across a sea of trash. Along the way I found some gems. (They were covered in blood and/or slime, but I mean to share them anyway.) So here they are: the seven horror novels (or novellas) you must read before you kill or die or both. The Events at Poroth …
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Your Name, In Blood: It Will Suck You In

Rating: 5/5 Genre: Paranormal Suspense / Urban Fantasy Ever since reading Kera Emory’s debut novel, Your Name, In Fire, I have been anxiously awaiting the follow-up. Well, it’s finally here, and it doesn’t disappoint. The year isn’t over yet, but I’m already certain this will remain one of my favorite reads of 2017. Your Name, In Blood has more story, more characterization, and more charisma in a single chapter than most books have in their entirety. Just like the first book in the series, Your …
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Literary hard drugs.

I had to make sure everyone knows that the first two books in the Jubal Van Zandt series are $0.99 this weekend. They’re really funny, loaded with action, and set in a strange world that blends science fiction and urban fantasy. Highly recommended! Now’s your chance to grab ’em while they’re cheap: Revenge of the Bloodslinger on Amazon Beautiful Corpse on Amazon I’ve sworn myself to becoming a better evangelist for the things I really love — to scream it from the rooftops, so to speak. So …
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23 books I read in 2017…

(AKA Tim McBain’s summer reading list of insane greatness, featuring books.) I’ve read a bunch of books so far this year, and it happens that I love nothing more than spreading the word about good reads. Out of 120 books or so, I’ve narrowed things to a list of 23 — one for each week we’ve endured so far in 2017. Behold! Books! (Lists are in no particular order.) Four books that chilled me, thrilled me, and rocked me like a hurricane. 1. Rules …
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