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    • Books Reviewed by Phillip A. Ellis

    At The Orange Blossom Cafe

    Bobbi Sinha-Morey

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Changelings

    Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Classics and Contemporaries: Some Notes on Horror Fiction

    S. T. Joshi

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    Horror
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 7/13/2009

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    Ending an Ending

    Danny Birt

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 2/22/2010

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    Five Spots on the Newt

    Kurt Newton

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    Science Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 5/25/2005

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    Four Flesh Feasts and an After-Dinner Mint

    Edward Petty

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    Horror
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 8/7/2005

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    Fritz Leiber and H.P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Da

    Ben Szumskyj, S. T. Joshi

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 8/10
    Posted 7/21/2005

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    From Sawdust to Stardust

    Terry Lee Rioux

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia

    S. T. Joshi, David E. Schulz

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 6/12/2005

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    H. P. Lovecraft: Letters to Rheinhart Kleiner

    S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Jared's Little Playground

    Edward Petty

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    Horror
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 8/7/2005

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    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

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    Alternate History
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 8/10
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Life among the Dream Merchants

    Kurt Newton

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 10/10
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Lovecraft's New York Circle

    S. T. Joshi, Mara Kirk Hart

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 12/6/2006

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    Marigolds In The Snow

    Bobbi Sinha-Morey

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    No One Noticed the Cat

    Anne McCaffrey

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 5/29/2007

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    perVERSEities

    Kurt Newton

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 6/10
    Posted 7/18/2005

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    PerVERSEities II

    Kurt Newton

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 8/7/2005

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    Psycho-Hunter's Casebook

    Kurt Newton

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 7/18/2005

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    Secret Story

    Ramsey Campbell

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    Horror
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    Shore of Women

    Pamela Sargent

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    Science Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 8/10
    Posted 3/29/2007

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    Songs of a Sorceress

    Bobbi Sinha-Morey

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    The Anthology at the End of the Universe

    Glen Yeffeth

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    Science Fiction Anthology
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    The Black Diamonds

    Clark Ashton Smith

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    The Evolution of the Weird Tale

    S. T. Joshi

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    The Guardian of the Gate

    Richard Blackburn

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    Fantasy
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 6/26/2013

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    The Lovecraft Lexicon

    Anthony B. Pearsall

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 5/29/2007

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    The Monster in the Mirror

    Robert H. Waugh

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 10/31/2006

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    The Overnight

    Ramsey Campbell

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    Horror
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 6/10
    Posted 6/17/2005

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    The Shadow of the Unattained

    David E. Schultz, S. T. Joshi

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    Non-Fiction
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    The Shadow Out of Time: the Corrected Text

    H. P. Lovecraft

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    Horror
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 9/21/2006

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    The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents

    H.G. Wells

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    Science Fiction Anthology
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Reader Rating: 9/10
    Posted 4/26/2007

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    Unearthly Companion

    Ilona Hegedus

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    Poetry
    Reviewer: Phillip A. Ellis
    Posted 6/16/2007

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