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Leo Otherland is a queer author, literal goblin, member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, and lover of all things strange and unordinary. This elusive scribbler acquired his passion for weaving stories of dark and broken things through a childhood spent huddling in books and dodging the unfriendly spirits that resided in the haunted house he called home.

Currently, Leo is doodling out several different novels at once, as well as various “short” pieces of fan fiction, in a very ordinary apartment hidden away somewhere unobtrusive in the arctic north woods of Wisconsin. During the few occasions he is not writing, this finicky, unrepentant otaku enjoys reading web comics, watching anime, and playing Japanese role-playing g
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Split Scream Volume Eight Review

My review of Split Scream Volume Eight by Sonora Taylor and Matthew Pritt.
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Special thanks to Tenebrous Press for the ARC copy they provided. (Sorry I’m a tad late with this review. Eeek!)

I say it practically every time I write a review of a Tenebrous book, but Tenebrous Press never disappoints. And the Split Scream series?
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Tenebrous never disappoints, even when their offerings are not quite to my taste. Olyoke is a wonderfully crafted and exceptionally well written book. Vincent Endwell surprised me with
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“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we're all damaged. I fear that today...”
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“I'll call for pen and ink and write my mind”
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“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
Charles Bukowski

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