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Robert Albert Bloch was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also has some science fiction.
Best known as the writer of Psycho (1959), the basis for the famed film by Alfred Hitchcock. Bloch was born in 1917 and passed away in 1994 and had a writing career that spanned 60 years, including more than 30 years in television in film. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels.
He began his professional writing career immediately after graduation from high school, and was a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft. However, while he started emulating Lovecraft and his brand of cosmic horror, he later specialized in crime and horror stories working with a more psychological approach.
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Ever since she was little, Juliette's time-traveling grandfather would bring back a person of the past for her to torture and kill. It's all fun and games until Juliette meets a victim who might be her match.
A young man visits a psychiatrist on a quest to hunt down Jack the Ripper, whom he believes has been murdering people in exchange for eternal youth. He thinks that Jack the Ripper is currently disguised as one of the psychiatrist's friends.