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Horror, Fantasy, Fiction

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Robert E. Howard
H.P. Lovecraft
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Jules Verne
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P. J. Thorndyke is a writer of horror, fantasy and adventure fiction inspired by the trashier side of pop culture like dime novels, pulp magazines, and grindhouse movies.

His 'Celluloid Terrors' series consists of standalone horror novels set in different decades and inspired by the horror movies popular in those decades.

He is also the author of the Lazarus Longman Chronicles; a series about a British secret agent in an alternate 19th century that blends Steampunk with the Lost World genre. ...more

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	Barbarians at the Gates of Hollywood: Sword and Sorcery Movies of the 1980s 3.21 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twilight of Evil: '80s Slasher meets Supernatural Horror! (Celluloid Terrors Book 5) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Satan in the Celluloid: 100 Satanic and Occult Horror Movies of the 1970s 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dial-Up and Die: '90s Internet Horror meets Found Footage! (Celluloid Terrors Book 6) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curse of the Blood Fiends: Film Noir meets the Monster Movie! 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invasion of the Brain Tentacle: '50s B Movie meets JD Drama! (Celluloid Terrors, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Golden Heart (Lazarus Longman Chronicles, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Trip: '60s Counterculture meets the Zombie Movie! (Celluloid Terrors, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silver Tomb (Lazarus Longman Chronicles, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil On The Dance Floor 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A weird thing happened to me this month. A YouTube video I posted a couple of years ago suddenly started gaining a lot of traffic. Like, A LOT. Normally, if a video of mine does well, then it gets around 1000 views. This video is currently sitting at 29k views. That’s insane numbers for me. Too bad it isn’t for one of my books, just a quick short I did on a book I was reading at the time.

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