Category: review
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Maternal Instinct, Part 1
I recently watched Maternal Instinct, a documentary on Netflix that far surpasses any horror available from a slasher film or other horror film. I stayed up too late last night watching it. It was presented as a story of a delusional woman driven to a kidnapping. But the story ended up so…
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Stores we are visiting
This week we visited Made in the Neighborhood at the Palmer Mall Park (Easton, Pa.) to discuss preparations for our big event July 11. We should have multiple authors stopping by throughout the day, Thurston Gill’s free CPR demo for people and pets at 1 p.m., and a poetry reading/open mic at 3:30.…
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Top 5 Horror Films Based on Novels
By William D. Prystauk Bill has contributed stories to two Parisian Phoenix anthologies: a personal experience piece in Not an Able-Bodied White Man with Money and some erotica for our 2023 BDSM-themed Juicy Bits. Regardless of your reading preferences, one of these books should appeal to you. Juicy Bits aims to promote conversations about…
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AMC vs 1994 Interview with a Vampire
So the new series on AMC that brings the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles to life does an amazing job of blending the old classic stories and the modern age together in a way that does not defile or cheapen the concepts/characters as fans know and love them. The diversity in the production…
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A New Book Venue in Town
When I’m not at my desk, and I’m not in a bookstore, I spend the bulk of my professional time in one of two places. You might find me at the Panera at the Southmont Shopping Center in Bethlehem Township, Pa, sipping iced coffee and often writing for hours with…
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Books that capture psychology
In honor of E.H. Jacobs’ second novel, Into a Wider Sky, which launches July 1, we are presenting his list of five fiction books that explore internal psychology. Jacobs’ was a therapist by day, and his second novel explores what happens when psychology cross certain boundaries. In the case of the protagonist, he breaks…
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Review: The Business of Being a Writer
If you have any serious interest in writing, Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer, now its second edition will prove to be the best investment you can make in your own experience. I don’t care if you’re a hobbyist or a career writer, if you write to gain fame or to make money, if you have…