I watched a movie tonight called Left Bank -- a gothic horror thriller, basically, disguised at first as a sexy tale of love and mystery. I say "sexy" because the lead actress is naked through a lot of this movie -- and she and her boyfriend practice various positions before the movie's half over. Yet...it's tastefully done.

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As a special treat, I've uploaded the full text of my novel, Afterlife, at my website. If you enjoy it, please be sure to pick up your signed, limited edition copy at Cemetery Dance Publications. Click here to go pick up your copy. Thank you.

Afterlife is a gothic thriller about Julie Hutchinson, a woman driven to the edge of sanity when a brutal ( Read more... )

Anyone here read this one -- or see the movie?

Friends on vacation decide to have a brief day's adventure -- away from the fun and sun of the beach -- and wander into the jungle to find a nearby archaeological dig where more fun might be had.

That's the basic set up of Scott Smith's novel and the script he drew from it, for The Ruins.

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