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C. Robert Cales

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Born

Columbus, Ohio, The United States

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Paranormal, Thriller, Horror

Influences

Stephen King, Anne Rice

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C. Robert Cales a.k.a. ScaryBob, author of paranormal thrillers dishes up healthy servings of the jitters, the creeps, the willies and the heebie jeebies.

Devil Glass

A beautiful archaeologist is about to discover an ancient artifact with a horrible secret and potential to relegate humanity to a prey species.

The Bookseller

A bookstore across from Boston Common operated by a lovable rare book dealer and his wife becomes the acquisition target of a violent South American drug cartel with a new high tech smuggling process.

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zombies and aliens

Any reader who has enjoyed either of my novels already knows what I'm about to tell you. I'm a horror writer who creates paranormal thrillers. That I am. I'm also a gamer. I've killed way more than my share of zombies and aliens. After all that virtual combat I will offer these thoughts.

Zombies are stupid. Stay on your feet, don't get cornered and don't get surrounded. A gun might be handy, but yo Read more of this blog post »

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Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2)

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