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A pig needs a knife

Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

October 3, 2025 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

A few days after I finished the Black Flame novel by Gretchen Felker-Martin, I was trying to describe it to a coworker. I was not doing a good job. I said it was horror and you could see it at a surface level or in a deeper manner. We follow a woman, who is a seriously closeted lesbian, who restores old film. She is used as the “official Jew”  (she is called the “mailroom Jew” when sent to meet a reporter who is deliberately hurtful, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: closeted, family, film, Gretchen Felker-Martin, LGBTQ, motion pictures, paranomal, Social Themes, transgender

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:426 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: closeted, family, film, Gretchen Felker-Martin, LGBTQ, motion pictures, paranomal, Social Themes, transgender ·
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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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