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The island might be unspoiled but some of its residents really stink…

Summer Shadows by John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell

August 6, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The cover of Summer Shadows by John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell is a tad misleading. It makes things look like a teen thriller in the line of a slightly darker Christopher Pike, RL Stine, or Richie Tankersley Cusick and the like. In other words, something from the late 1980s or early 1990s when I was a teen and actually reading realistic paranormal.  Instead of a “teeny bopper thriller with supernatural” we get sex, drugs, and vampires. We get some downright […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Brad Simpson, gay men, Greece, Jim Campbell, John Harris Dunning, John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell, mythology, Noir, occult, paranormal, Ricardo Cabral, Social Themes, supernatural, vampires

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:357 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Brad Simpson, gay men, Greece, Jim Campbell, John Harris Dunning, John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell, mythology, Noir, occult, paranormal, Ricardo Cabral, Social Themes, supernatural, vampires ·
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Balancing faith with who one is

Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood by Lonnie Mann and Ryan Gatts

December 17, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood by Lonnie Mann and Ryan Gatts is currently available, I read via an online reader. Which is actually good, as I am not sure I personally want to have a copy. However, this graphic novel is one that is needed for more than one person, I’m sure, as I am sure Lonnie is not the only person who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family as a gay person. I’m actually giving this more of a 3.5 […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, gay men, Jewish gay men, LGBTQ, Lonnie Mann, Lonnie Mann and Ryan Gatts, Orthodox Judaism, Ryan Gatts, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:602 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, gay men, Jewish gay men, LGBTQ, Lonnie Mann, Lonnie Mann and Ryan Gatts, Orthodox Judaism, Ryan Gatts, Social Themes ·
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