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What is a Paddywack?: and other important questions
Amazon best seller Paul Lubaczewski returns with a collection of short stories that are always horrific and yet often dark and personal as well with “What Is a Paddywack.” It includes the 2018 Annual Critters Readers' Poll runner up “The Last of the Ashiptu” and much more including the novella “The Fire That Remembers.” Stories of ghosts, witches, haunted buildings, demons and dark monsters from this world and beyond the stars themselves populate the pages of this collection. Terror leavened with deeper emotions are on tap in the pages of “What Is a Paddywack.”
Amazon best seller Paul Lubaczewski presents a collection of horror and science fiction torn straight from the psyche. Thirteen tales of revenge, witchcraft, ghosts, greed, and terrors from beyond the realm of human understanding populate “What Is A Paddywack”What the critics are saying about Paul Lubaczewski“Paul doesn’t pull punches in the horror department, really building the tension especially in the hunts, where anything can happen.” -Biff Bam Pop!“Paul Lubaczewski is a super talented writer able to grab and hold the attention throughout his entire story.”- GBHBL“Paul Lubaczewski wrote something that was a beautiful,weird, but beautiful gleam of light in this year of 2020.”- Punk Rock Horror Podcast
“The important aspect of all this is the fact readers will care about the characters involved… and that makes all the difference.”- Diabolique Magazine
Amazon best seller Paul Lubaczewski presents a collection of horror and science fiction torn straight from the psyche. Thirteen tales of revenge, witchcraft, ghosts, greed, and terrors from beyond the realm of human understanding populate “What Is A Paddywack”What the critics are saying about Paul Lubaczewski“Paul doesn’t pull punches in the horror department, really building the tension especially in the hunts, where anything can happen.” -Biff Bam Pop!“Paul Lubaczewski is a super talented writer able to grab and hold the attention throughout his entire story.”- GBHBL“Paul Lubaczewski wrote something that was a beautiful,weird, but beautiful gleam of light in this year of 2020.”- Punk Rock Horror Podcast
“The important aspect of all this is the fact readers will care about the characters involved… and that makes all the difference.”- Diabolique Magazine
188 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 28, 2021
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About the author
Paul Lubaczewski
57 books63 followersAuthor of numerous horror comedy novels, along with the novella "A New Life" on St. Rooster Books, In addition he has two collections of short stories, "What Is A Paddywack?" and "3 Hits From the Holler" as well as over 80 short stories that have appeared in publications like Weirdbook, Hellfire Crossroads, Schlock, Devoltuion Z, Disturbed Digest, and numerous other publications and anthologies.
It took Paul 5 major cities to realize, he didn't like living in major cities, not even his own birthplace of Philadelphia, so now he lives with his wife and son in a fairytale little town in Appalachia instead. His adult daughters both live in PA, which is havoc on vehicles.
His hobbies are endless.
It took Paul 5 major cities to realize, he didn't like living in major cities, not even his own birthplace of Philadelphia, so now he lives with his wife and son in a fairytale little town in Appalachia instead. His adult daughters both live in PA, which is havoc on vehicles.
His hobbies are endless.
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June 5, 2021
"What Is A Paddywack?: and other important questions" by Paul Lubaczewski
I received this collection of stories from the author in exchange for an honest review. There are thirteen uniquely spooky tales inside, my favorite ones being, "What Is A Paddywack?" and "Blacklung". I considered doing a small review for each story the book contains but ultimately I went into this read blind and after completing it I think giving away certain details would spoil it, so I encourage my fellow readers to dive in blind as well. This was a superb book and I know the stories inside will stick with me for quite some time. Solid 5 🌟
"Funny, the privileged are so blinded to the direction of the wind until the sandstorm is on them."
"Everything has a price in life; sometimes, you're happy to pay it."
"All of your instincts wanted to root for him, to apologize for him, and he always left you wondering why in the hell you had bothered."
"God was running late, but he'd gotten here eventually."
"It's always a risk waking up, you might not like the answers you get back from yourself."
"Sometimes, writing is the only revenge."
I received this collection of stories from the author in exchange for an honest review. There are thirteen uniquely spooky tales inside, my favorite ones being, "What Is A Paddywack?" and "Blacklung". I considered doing a small review for each story the book contains but ultimately I went into this read blind and after completing it I think giving away certain details would spoil it, so I encourage my fellow readers to dive in blind as well. This was a superb book and I know the stories inside will stick with me for quite some time. Solid 5 🌟
"Funny, the privileged are so blinded to the direction of the wind until the sandstorm is on them."
"Everything has a price in life; sometimes, you're happy to pay it."
"All of your instincts wanted to root for him, to apologize for him, and he always left you wondering why in the hell you had bothered."
"God was running late, but he'd gotten here eventually."
"It's always a risk waking up, you might not like the answers you get back from yourself."
"Sometimes, writing is the only revenge."
December 20, 2021
Damn good collection of 13 stories.
March 9, 2023
This is a book from an author who lives in West Virginia. It is a nice little mixed collection of Sci/Fi, Horror, and Supernatural stories. Some are better than others, but overall it's a quick, entertaining read.
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