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‘Bleak Precision’ Book Review: A Dark Journey Into True Horror

Right off the bat, let me say that after reading Greg Chapman’s short story collection Bleak Precision, the stories live up to the title. This book is “bleak” and dark. That, however, as you all know, is not a bad thing. If you are on horrorfuel.com, I am assuming you enjoy the darkness…I know I do. Characters The characters in these short stories are dark, twisted, tortured characters who suffer from a wide array of issues. They are struggling to survive, or thriving in destruction. Simply, they are wholly unlikable. That doesn’t mean that they aren’t engrossing and creatively intriguing. I felt such a morbid twist of curiosity, hatred, and pity for each character individually. Chapman really does design a great character and it is honestly kind of refreshing to have an author who has no need or desire to create likable or redeeming people. They are all colorful, varied, and heavy. There are, of course, victims who are pitied,

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Capt McNeely

Aug 12, 2020

GamingNewsProduct

‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Reignites Hype With Three New Videos!

With the news a while ago announcing the delay of CD Projekt Red’s upcoming FPS Cyberpunk 2077 being pushed back to November 19th, 2020, many fans feel discouraged, but fear not! Today CD Projekt Red has released three new videos showing what fans can expect to see and hear in the world of Cyberpunk 2077! In the first video titled “Lifepaths”, players will get a look at the backstories that players can experience as V, the game’s protagonist, and how their choices in the world of Dark City can influence gameplay! For those not interested in lore but are instead a person of action, there’s the “Tools of Destruction” video showcasing V’s arsenal of weaponry including melee, firearms, and cyberware weaponry that’s at their disposal to deal with enemies they encounter along their journey. And lastly, we have “Becoming SAMURAI” that takes us behind the scenes showing how Swedish hardcore-punk band Refused transforms into the factious band SAMURAI. Cyberpunk 2077

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Capt McNeely

Aug 10, 2020

GamingNewsProductTrailers

Meet The Residents Of Ashmann Inn In New ‘Remothered: Broken Porcelain’ Trailer

Darril Arts, Stormind Games, and Modus bid you welcome in the new trailer for Remothered: Broken Porcelain titled “Ashmann Residents” where old and new fans get a sneak peek at the people they will be encountering at the Ashmann Inn where they take on the role of Jennifer, a troubled teen girl sent to the Inn to work as a housemaid. Just like Jennifer, everyone at the Inn has a past they wish to forget or darkness ready to come out and stalk the hallways much like the Inn’s famed whistling ghost known only as “Porcelain”. Remothered: Broken Porcelain will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam October 20, 2020.

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Capt McNeely

Aug 10, 2020

News

Book Review: ‘The Captivating Flames of Madness’

I recently received a copy of the book The Captivating Flames of Madness by Jeff Parsons. This collection of 22 short stores is published by HellBound Books and a magnificent journey into darkness and horror! “We’re all just one event, mishap, or decision away from things that could change our lives forever. What would you do if fate led you astray into a grim world where you encountered vengeful ghosts, homicidal maniacs, ancient gods, apocalyptic nightmares, dark magic, deadly space aliens, and more?” Characters The characters in Parson’s stories are deep. They are layered and full of life and experiences that go far beyond the frame of the stories. Each character that I came across I each story, regardless of age, gender, race, time period, mortal or supernatural, good or bad…I was intrigued. This is a very impressive thing to do especially in a short story where you have to set up a character in a few words or sentences

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Capt McNeely

Aug 7, 2020

GamingNewsProductTrailers

‘Mortal Shell’ Gets Release Date And New Trailer!

With the success of the open beta, where players have died 350 million times, Cold Symmetry and Playstack are happy to announce that in roughly two weeks, Mortal Shell will be released! Along with the announcement comes a new trailer that features of all things…a Medieval Bazooka! Mortal Shell is a third-person “Souls-like” game where players are resurrected from the dead to fight dangerous foes and collect their glands to appease the Dark Father but the fights are challenging where players can easily die and lose glands but have to return to where they died to reclaim them…or die trying…multiple times. Mortal Shell will be coming to Epic Game Store, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One August 18th, 2020, the game will be coming to Steam in 2021.

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Capt McNeely

Aug 5, 2020

Amazon Prime VideoBooksInterviews

Interview With ‘Light Reapers’ Author, Gary Hickman

I had the wonderful opportunity to have a Zoom chat with Gary Hickman., author of The Light Reapers: End of the World. We chatted about his new books, writing process, and his love of horror. Check out the interview below. And be sure to check out both Light Reapers: End of the World (available here) and the upcoming Light Reapers: Fight for a New Beginning. (Horror Fuel) Author, narrator, YouTube host, family man, Military man, martial arts trainer, horror aficionado…what am I missing? You’ve got your hand in a lot of pots, describe yourself to people. (Hickman) Haha, Well I do have my hand in a lot of pots, I feel like I’ve pulled back on some of those recently once the rioting kind of kicked in, but as far as the book, I didn’t think I had it in me to write it and with all the stuff that I was doing I was thinking “when am I going

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Capt McNeely

Aug 5, 2020

BooksGamingNewsProductTrailers

‘Metamorphosis’ Release Date Announced Along With Pre-Orders

All In! Games have announced that their upcoming first-person dive into the world of Kafka, Metamorphosis has finally found itself a release date. The game is inspired by the short story of the same name by Franz Kafka, the game follows Gregor, a man who has suddenly been transformed into an insect and now travels through the unseen world of bugs living in a unique society. Gregor will encounter interesting characters, interact with puzzles, do parkour, and use his unique bug abilities to solve the mystery behind his transformation. Right now, Metamorphosis is available to pre-order for Xbox One right now with a 10% discount. A free demo is available right now on Steam today (July 29th) to August 5th. Metamorphosis will be scurrying to Steam, GOG, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch August 12th.

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Capt McNeely

Jul 29, 2020

GamingProductReviews

Game Review: ‘Maid Of Sker’

A big thanks to the hardworking folks over at Wales Interactive for allowing me the opportunity to try out their first-person horror game, Maid of Sker (pronounced Scar)! In Maid of Sker, you play as Thomas, a songwriter, who goes to Hotel Sker to find his wife Elisabeth who is forced to be the new “Maid of Sker” after the original, her mother, died. After arriving, Thomas quickly learns that Elisabeth is being used as a tool in a cult ritual that needs her to sing in traditional Welsh Gaelic to appease something that Elisabeth’s family has kept secret. Onto the game itself. The game heavily relies on sound as it’s suggested that you wear headphones or play with the volume high up. The only downside is there’s way too much ambiance noise, and the player’s footsteps get annoying pretty fast. The music is pretty good, especially the traditional Welsh ones, but at times the music is intense when there’s

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Capt McNeely

Jul 28, 2020

GamingProductReviews

‘Destroy All Humans!’ Is One Giant Step On Mankind’s Boredom!

Black Forest Games and THQ Nordic have given me the chance to relive a part of my gaming past with the revamped Destroy All Humans! that surely will gain a bigger audience full of old and new fans. Some brief history of Destroy All Humans!, the game came out in 2005 from Pandemic Studios and THQ(before the name change) that was a nod to the cold war era alien invasion films and comics of the 1950s that also parodied 1950’s society that mirrored attitudes in the US at the time in ’05. I played and loved the hell out of that game back in the day, so when it was announced they were revamping it, I had to see if it held up. Destroy All Humans! is about an alien named Cryptosporidium-137, or Crypto, a clone, is tasked to go to earth to harvest human brainstems that contain DNA of their species to help further their cloning which is how

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Capt McNeely

Jul 27, 2020

Books

Book Review: Lee Murray’s ‘Grotesque’

According to the afterword in Lee Murray’s short story collection Grotesque, she “steals” ideas for her stories. Murray describes how she listens to conversations, “frankensteins” people’s appearances and personalities together to create characters and uses old legends to twist into her own words and world. I am so happy that I took the time to read the afterword because throughout the entire collection I kept asking myself “how can someone write with such diversity in language, characters, and plot?” If I didn’t know better and without the Maori theme that ties through many of Murray’s stories, I truly would have expected each of these stories to be written by different authors And let me be clear: That is an exceptionally good thing! It is difficult to review collections like this. I am going to be very careful not to give any plot spoilers and I am going to shy away from focusing too heavily on any particular story (although I

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Capt McNeely

Jul 27, 2020

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