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The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston - Review

The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
‘Real life’ is certainly a term that can be applied to the events of ‘The Mystic Arts’. Shit happens and it often happens in a completely random way that no-one could have possibly foreseen. It’s like a comedy of errors but with the comedy [...]

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Already Dead by Charlie Huston - Review

Already Dead by Charlie Huston
If Anne Rice and Mickey Spillane had a baby, Joe Pitt would be that child. Charlie Huston brings a new twist on the classic vampire story. Part detective drama, part horror show, Already Dead brings to “life” the tale of Joe Pitt, a semi-detective and full time heavy with a soft [...]

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Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston - Review

Every Last Drop: A Novel by Charlie Huston
Huston supplies terse dialogue and convincing gore in expertly pitched prose, but the beautifully cinematic nastiness doesn’t quite mask a key difficulty: Pitt’s enemies set their hate aside too easily at his appearance, and their rational behavior is at odds with the emotional intensity (and sheer implausibility) of [...]

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