Category: horror
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Halifax Reducks: Great Graves
Remember last time I was in Halifax and I witnessed the surreal scene of a girl in a prom dress torturing some freakish bird creature? Well, I caught up with said bird creature when I returned recently. This time we were with a dog1, and apparently the thing learned to fight back. It must have…
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Book Review: World War Z, by Max Brooks
World War Z was not what I expected. Brooks’ previous effort was The Zombie Survival Guide, and I thought World War Z would be his attempt at a straight-forward zombie novel. That is not the case. The book can be considered a collection of very short stories that take place in the same world (which…
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Book Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach
Stiff tells various tales about what happens to our bodies after we die. From experiments with car crashes and bullet impacts, to good old cannibalism, it’s a fascinating look at some stories that would usually remain buried. Aside from being willing to go places few people would dare, Roach’s strength is in the personality that…
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