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Book Review: Hannah and Other Stories by Rami Ungar
Along with the titular story, “Hannah”, this collection from the Master of Fear comprises 5 other short stories and a novelette. The first story, “Hannah”, is a ghost story involving two friends with a lucrative internet ghost hunting channel. I liked the characters and the way they worked with spirits. Next up is “Queen Alice”,…
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Book Review: The Quiet Game by Rami Ungar
These five tales to chill your bones mightn’t be quite as dark as the Master of Fear’s more recent work, but they’re highly entertaining and a great way to spend an hour. Addict opens the collection with an interesting second person point of view take on addiction. The focus is sex addiction, and a main…
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Book Review: Snake by Rami Ugar
After his girlfriend is kidnapped, a disturbed teenager goes on a brutal killing spree in order to get her back. This is a monster of a book, which is perhaps appropriate given it’s subject matter. At 577 pages, it’s a considerable time commitment to read about unlikable characters doing despicable things. Thankfully, for most of…
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Book Review: The Pure World Comes by Rami Ungar
The Pure World Comes is the story of a young woman, Shirley Dobbins, who works as a maid in London during the late nineteenth century. After the unfortunate sudden demise of her employers, she is taken on by the new guardian to the master and the mistress of the house. Sir Joseph is an eccentric…
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Book Review: Agoraphobia by Rami Ungar
A new horror short from the Master of Fear. Peyton hasn’t left his house in years. Now a hurricane is besieging his property, but is the ferocity of nature enough to drive him from his home? Ungar managed to pack a lot into this short story. I really emphasized with Peyton. I loved the reasons…
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Book Review: Mother of the King by Rami Ungar
Get ready for a time traveling, magical, near future fantasy novelette. On the brink of war, the titular mother recounts her unusual experiences that led to her conceiving her son, who might save his country from annihilation. I enjoyed this exciting novelette. Kudos to Ungar for writing a female first person perspective so well. I…
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Book Review: Rose by Rami Ungar
Rose wakes to find herself in a greenhouse, with no memory of how she got there, and actual roses growing out of her head. What’s a girl to do? Keeping Rose company is her boyfriend, Paris, who claims to have the answers to Rose’s predicament, but the problem is that Rose can’t remember him either,…