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Tobin Elliott

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in Oshawa, Canada
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October 2021


Tobin was destined for horror. This became obvious when, in the span of two weeks, he built a working model of a guillotine out of popsicle sticks and a razor blade — which his Grade Five teacher didn't seem to appreciate as much as he did — and he also learned to tie a noose and proudly hung one from their apartment balcony — which his mother and the superintendent didn't seem to appreciate as much as he did.

Eventually, he learned to focus the horror into stories. His friends and neighbours likely appreciated the lesser PDH (Public Displays of Horror).

Besides writing ugly stories about bad people doing horrible things, Tobin also

- taught Creative Writing at both Durham College and Trent University (Oshawa Campus) for two decades
- was a fou
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...But You Can See It From Here

Blurry image of Paul McCartney, self portrait

About a week ago, now, I went to an art exhibit, and came away with a thought that doesn’t seem to want to leave my head.

Paul McCartney has a traveling exhibit of his photographs taken mostly during the Beatles first trip to the United States, shot during 1963 and 1964. Being a ridiculous Beatles freak—I was born one day after their very first single, “Love Me Do” was released—I had to go see it.

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The Truth by Terry Pratchett
"Six stars! I think this was the best Discworld novel yet (in publication order). Taking place entirely in Ankh-Morpork and intersecting with the Watch sub-series, technically this is part of the "Industrial Revolution" subseries (NB: none of these su" Read more of this review »
Your Brain Is a Time Machine by Dean Buonomano
"How naive....physics, consciousness, history, biology, mathematics — every field is just humanity trying to put borders around things that refuse to stay still.

Time always wins."
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" Karen wrote: "Thank you for this review! You put it perfectly - reading is supposed to be an escape. Unfortunately, Strout started using her writing f ...more "
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There's a rare pleasure in running across a book you didn't realize you needed, a book that you desperately wanted, yet had no idea of that need or want until you begin to read.

This is that book for me.

Yes, I'm a Stephen King nerd—though admittedly,
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As others have said, this is a short 130ish page novella. Honestly, I had a slightly different experience with the book as I found the pacing a touch uneven. The story feels front-loaded with action, and the final quarter of the book more sedate and ...more
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This one was quite dopey, but it was also (for a change) big, dumb, dopey fun. I quite enjoyed it. Lots of action—that, admittedly, works better if you don't think too hard about it—and Doc even got knocked around a bit. One of the better entries, la ...more
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“She would never understand how these creatures could find any sort of solace or contentment with the meaningless existence they had been shackled to.”
Tobin Elliott, Blood Pact: The Fourth Book of the Aphotic

“If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.”
Charles Bukowski

“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.”
Terry Pratchett

“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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