STEVE CARROLL WRITES

I was fortunate to receive an advance copy of the   novella,  Joey Leonard’s Last Horror Movie Marathon  by Kevin Lucia for review. Little did I know that   my commitment would   cause me to read the entire 175-page tale in a single sitting (something I   rarely do). I don’t say that as a begrudging by-product of   compulsion to   complete my review; I simply had to keep reading to find out the resolution to   the central mystery of this propulsive page-turner. Right off the bat, I knew I was exactly the intended   audience for this short book. It starts with a dedication of sorts that reads:  To all   of us who thrived   during the age of Be Kind, Rewind . That was certainly me as I lived for those   Friday night VHS video rental runs to acquire movies that inevitably kept   me   and my friends up all night. And much like our protagonist, Joey Leonard, I   also was first and foremost a horror movie aficionado and gleaner of   useless   trivia, learning all I could about the people bot