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Talking goats, the common cold and other ways to change history

Earthdivers V01: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones

Earthdivers V02: Ice Age! by Stephen Graham Jones

October 6, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Time travel books. I like the concept of them and even have enjoyed some time traveling TV shows and movies, and I have even enjoyed some books with the theme. However, they also can confuse the bejimminies out of me. The Earthdivers series had all the good stuff I like about books and time traveling books but also all the pieces that confuse me. And while things are fairly straight forward, when people start to backtrack on themselves, it gets confusing. Part of this is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Christopher Columbus, Davide Gianfelice, Emily Schnall, family, indigenous people, Joana Lafuente, paranormal, Patricio Delpeche, rafael albuquerque, Riccardo Burchielli, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Wands, time travel

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:431 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Christopher Columbus, Davide Gianfelice, Emily Schnall, family, indigenous people, Joana Lafuente, paranormal, Patricio Delpeche, rafael albuquerque, Riccardo Burchielli, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Wands, time travel ·
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Old Hollywood Movie Magic Comes Alive, really!

Just Beyond: Monstrosity  by R. L. Stine

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Goosebumps meets Alfred Hitchcock meets the Scooby Gang meets family drama in Just Beyond: Monstrosity by R. L. Stine, Irene Flores and Joana Lafuente. This is a fun story of a brother and sister (Ruthie and Ezra Dillon) whose father and uncle have purchased an old horror movie studio. But strange occurrences are happening and the hauntings might be more than just movie magic. Split between the point of view of Now and the original 1950s studio (but mostly now) this is a cute, little spooky, graphic novel for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: art, family, father, irene flores, Joana Lafuente, monsters, motion pictures, movies, paranormal, R.L. Stine, siblings, uncles

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:662 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: art, family, father, irene flores, Joana Lafuente, monsters, motion pictures, movies, paranormal, R.L. Stine, siblings, uncles ·
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