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An Air Force Loadmaster is menaced by strange sounds within his cargo; a man is asked to track down a childhood friend… who died years earlier; doomed pioneers forge a path westward as a young mother discovers her true nature; an alcoholic strikes a dangerous bargain with a gregarious stranger; urban explorers delve into a ruined book depository, finding more than they anticipated; residents of a rural Wisconsin town defend against a legendary monster; a woman wracked by survivor’s guilt is haunted by the ghosts of a tragic crash; a detective strives to solve the mystery of a dismembered girl; an orphan returns to a wicked witch’s candy house; a group of smugglers find themselves buried to the necks in sand; … More >>
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BLACK ROAD 2012
All I can say is that I really liked this book. I’m a thriller author, but this charmer held my attention and I found it refreshingly different. The “end of the word” story reminded me of my own published work Black Road 2012, and I related to that one very well. Ellen Datlow is Scary! I can recommend this book—
BLACK ROAD 2012
Rating: 4 / 5
I agree with the reviewer whose review is titled, ‘A box of horror chocolates’. I was *extremely* disappointed in this collection. I’m reading this on the heels of the novel ‘The Red Tree’ and I have to put this out there – when did depression become the new horror? Honestly, depression isn’t horrific it’s just….well….depressing. Websters defines horror as “painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay”. Using those criteria I would not classify these stories (up to page 175 as I’ve not finished the book and probably will not) as horror stories with the notable exception of ‘The Hodag’ which was excellent and which I truly enjoyed. That author is Trent Hergenrader and I will be hunting for more of his work. There have been three stories already that revolve around suicide. Is it too much to ask for creepiness instead of angst? Also, there are a wealth of stories with the ‘ambiguous ending’. What’s the ending? We don’t know. The author came up with a beginning and middle and then just…..eh….thaaaaaaaat’s good enough for ‘em. I concur with the other reviewer I noted above, get this from the library and save your money.
Rating: 2 / 5
I have two more stories to read in this book, but so far I find it very disappointing. The only story that was vaguely scary was Beach Head. All the others (though I can’t include the last two which I haven’t read yet) I have found highly disappointing and didn’t make me shiver even once. If this is the year’s best horror, I guess it wasn’t a very good year.
Rating: 2 / 5
I love horror anthologies…stories that make the hair on my neck stand up. That’s not what this book was. While there were some good stories within, I wouldn’t consider any of them to be “horror”. I think they were all attempts at psychological thrillers, but I just found most of them to be annoying and uninteresting. It seemed every story came with a “twist” at the end, but they were twists that usually fell flat. I was disappointed and chances are I will not read Volume 2.
Rating: 1 / 5
I agree with those who were disappointed by this. Out of 21 stories, there were 3 or four that I felt were worth the time to read, one of them only 2 pages long. Most seemed to be “Twilight Zone” style fantasy, with some mildly strange occurances, but not much very intense or new. Maybe if this was billed as “Best Fantasy” it would be closer, but still not great. Too bad.
Rating: 2 / 5