Thomas Van Boening

The weirdness is worth your time!

Revisado: 04-08-25

Valancourt Books is doing good things by bringing works like this out of obscurity. After going down the Paperbacks From Hell rabbit hole, I came across this and took a chance for a credit. I was not disappointed in the slightest.

I hope more books and stories from Gerald Kersh are in the works.

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Worth the credit!

Revisado: 04-04-25

Get the ending right!

You’d think that would be in writing 101, but we all know of so many bad endings to great franchises. Shows like Game of Thrones, True Bloods, and The Soprano’s are prime examples.

We’re in the era of peak television. Don’t add your work to the former disappointments.

Instead, learn from mistakes, and listen to James Scott Bell’s guidance.

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Required for all horror fans.

Revisado: 01-23-25

Expand that TBR pile of yours, and learn the history of the genre that has been left out or forgotten by most.

Hope we can get a similar retrospective on women authors in fantasy or science fiction from he early times of those genres.

Worth your credit and time.

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Worth your credit! Don’t hesitate, horror fans!

Revisado: 10-23-24

I am a fan of the series, and hearing all the stories behind the scenes was worth the price of admission. The franchise has had a lot of ups and downs, and hearing about it is like a nostalgic road trip.

Any fans of horror, and any fans of how movies are made should enjoy Taking Shape.

Wish we could have had a little more. The book ends with Halloween 2018, which was when this was released, so it leaves on a high note. Perhaps a second edition will come along in the future.

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Loved the movie. Had to hear the original!

Revisado: 10-14-24

I’m a fan of mythology and folklore. I can’t say what hasn’t been said already.

Only complaint was it was too short.

I loved the interview afterwards!

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When a flawed system works too well…

Revisado: 05-03-24

Kate Seger’s story of her husband getting screwed over by a technicality (barely hungover at the time of a random drug test) is heartbreaking. At the same time her scrutiny of good intentions is worth hearing.

Sobriety normally has good connotations, but when a system of sobering up, which is designed for the worst offenders, it can overcompensate its “good intentions” with a lot of overreach, and even overkill.

I was fuming at some of lack of empathy and humanity on the part of the case worker.

Systems are flawed with the human factor, and can only adapt or change from stories like this. I hope plenty of good can come from this story.

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I'm rooting for the bad girl! Can't wait for more!

Revisado: 03-10-24

Moral ambiguity always makes for a good read. Moral ambiguity with a sense of humor is even better!

Apple Rose is a cheerleader that has an odd hobby. That hobby involves the slightest case being a serial killer.

At my office job, I pushed play in the morning, and didn't pause once! The narrator did a phenomenal job getting into the characters, and there were moments that I was genuinely trying not to laugh at my desk, and others where I was still in all the right shocking moments.

Mr. Stanfield has two books (so far) in the series, and I can't wait for the next audiobook! Apple Rose rocks!

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Take some notes, worldbuilders!

Revisado: 01-29-24

Fantasy writers, or tabletop gamers, will love this. You will get everything you are looking for if they are considering magic in worldbuilding. You've already considered it. It's totally worth a credit.

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These virtual voice narrators are not it.

Revisado: 01-23-24

Great advice. Would have enjoyed hearing Mr. Bell give it himself, as he has before.

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Repeats from other anthologies.

Revisado: 12-12-23

To prevent this in the future, please include a table of contents to avoid getting collections with stories I’ve listened to before. It feels like a deceptive waste of a credit, when I already have the repeated stories elsewhere.

Also, shell out some money for better narrators. Two of the readers are hardly intelligible.

This is constructive, only because I want more from your authors.

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