Jan 20 2010

MAMA’S BOY by Fran Friel

Release Date – August 2006
Deep within the confines of Penn’s Asylum waits a scarred and broken man with a seemingly non-existent past. Found burned and unresponsive twenty years prior, Frank Doe’s dark secrets have remained locked away in mute silence. That is until Rebecca, a beautiful young doctor newly assigned to the wards of the asylum, steps in to unlock and scour Doe’s psyche for answers about his past. Shocking revelations bring about the doctor’s own troubled history, opening a long-closed set of wounds that she herself must face.
A novella of deep, dark and disturbing images, Mama’s Boy is a story you won’t soon forget. Perhaps it will even unleash your own wounds lying just below the surface. Will you withstand the demons inside?

“Fran Friel’s MAMA’S BOY is a gripping, disturbing, and more- than-slightly twisted debut novella. Though you may feel the need to shower with boiling water afterwards, Friel accomplishes the fine art of making you squirm – big time – without being needlessly graphic. A demented winner from a very promising new author.”
- Jeff Strand, author of DISPOSAL, PRESSURE and CASKET FOR SALE (ONLY USED ONCE)

“A fun, old school psych ward confessional full of blood and betrayal where you can’t tell who are the inmates and who are the keepers.”
- Tom Piccirilli, author of THE DEAD LETTERS, HEADSTONE CITY and NOVEMBER MOURNS

“Mama’s Boy is Compelling, suspenseful, and disturbing as hell! Fran Friel has made a fan out of me!”
- Brian Knight, author of KING OF SOULS and HACKS.
Mama’s Boy is book One in Insidious Publications’ Softcover Novella Series; perfect bound, and limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. Each book is entirely hand crafted sporting French parchment endpapers with linen signature sheets and beautiful, full color interior illustrations. Autographed by the author, Fran Friel, James Newman who wrote the foreward, and artists Tom Moran and Zach McCain.
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Jan 18 2010

Insidious Reflections Magazine

INSIDIOUS REFLECTIONS is a dark culture magazine that specializes in entertaining and educating fans of the horror/scifi /dark fantasy community. It is ideal for readers ranging in age from teens to mature adults who seek dark and speculative literature. Each issue offers short fi ction by award winning and new breakthrough authors alike, illustrated by the industry’s top macabre artists. INSIDIOUS REFLECTIONS is also packed with exclusive interviews by the genre’s top writers and fi lmmakers, informative book and fi lm reviews, and a variety of articles that range in topics exploring the paranormal world and speculating upon the darker side of the human condition, as well as providing readers with a refreshing comical perspective in an ongoing humor column. INSIDIOUS REFLECTIONS is a reader’s portal and the new voice of all things current and yet to come in the ever growing popularity of the world of dark culture, all wrapped up with an eye-catching cover.

Though the magazine is no longer avaliable you can find more information here

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