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posted by disturbian
There are ten short stories here with no stinkers in the bunch. In fact, I enjoyed this book so much that I finished it in one sitting, constantly saying just one thêm story, just one thêm story and then when I had finished I wanted more.

There are a mixture of genres included here. A little bit of erotica, gore, gross, mystical, magical, twisted and nasty. You're personal tolerance for horror is your own of course, but this is certainly not the nastiest most horrific collection I have read but it does have enough great stories that, once read, sit at the back of your head and scratch at your brain.

Included:

Spelunking: Two men, hoping to find a new cave system that they can lay claim to end up discovering something so foul and dangerous that it is better left undiscovered.

Excitable Boy: A run-down theatre harbours dark secrets. Are the rumours about something hiding out in there true? A young couple looking for a good time are about to find out.

On Fine Feathered Wings: Can a convict escape prison on wings made from the discarded feathers of the crows that constantly vòng tròn above. The guards and inmates laugh as he tries to fly but with his feathered Những người bạn helping him will he get the last laugh?

Yellow: A writer moves to the woods hoping to re-kindle his marriage. Instead, he discovers a cave with a strange hot spring filled with weird yellow cá and a couple of fertility statues, the male version of which makes a deadly request.

This is quite a good collection of stories from some of the best horror short story writers around. Each story contains a brief bio of the writer and information on how bạn can find out thêm about each one. Even though the stories are good, they are very short and the book will not take bạn very long to get through. This is no bad thing however as it is best to have a short collection of interesting rather than a long collection of rubbish.
Leave 'em wanting more. This certainly does.
Thanks for reading.
Teenager Matt moves to a new town. Feeling lonely and uncomfortable, he welcomes the kindness his new teacher Ms Hayden shows him...not to mention the teacher being easy on the eye. His teenage dreams soon comes true when Ms Hayden draws closer to the boy and starts to respond to his fumbling advances but in a truly nasty twist on 'beware what bạn wish for' mythos, Ms Hayden soon turns into a monstrosity of a woman who has murderous intent, cunning and evil running deep through her veins.
Matt world is turned upside down in hellish fashion and the few Những người bạn he has managed to gain also becomes...
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Remember when bạn were a kid and in the dead of night you'd hear a sound? A sound bạn were convinced came from within your room? Maybe it came from underneath the floorboards, in a big old wardrobe or, even worse,from under your bed? Well if bạn do remember then this collection of short stories will make those bad memories burst upon your mind with a cringe and send a shiver down your spine.
There are twelve stories here.
'Forgotten' bởi Jack Wallen: Dylan hears an eerie voice of young girl beckoning him to play a game with her. While he is initially petrified, curiosity and bravery soon overcomes...
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posted by disturbian
In đọc this một giây volume of Earth ending short stories bạn will realize just how many ways life as we know it could end. It could make bạn feel very small and totally useless or, depending on your point of view of society, it could fill bạn with hope knowing that the end is always near and that maybe if the ever impending apocalypse does happen we can rise from the ruin and try not to make such a mess of the World the một giây time around. Either way read and enjoy yet another fine collection of 'what-if' tales.

Included:
'Jaundice' bởi Zachary O'Shea: In a world overrun with mold and mildew...
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Even amongst the mounting technology and digital enhancement that dominates the world today myths prevail, whether it be something as abstract as superstition hoặc something as deep-rooted as curses and rituals, people still pass on twisted tales of fairies, goblins, the Thế giới ngầm and the wrath of scorned Gods long forgotten but still ablaze with power. This collection of twelve short stories contain a vượt qua, cross section of legends and folklore.

'It Lives With Us' bởi Thomas James Brown: The small isolated town of Lynnwood offers a idyllic way of life, but each năm when The Winter Soltice rolls around...
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Being a người hâm mộ of extreme horror I had high hopes for this collection. I haven't read anything bởi John Putignano before so I was also excited to find a new horror tác giả that I can follow in the future. Happily I have.

This book is a collection of short stories all based hoặc somehow revolving around the concepts of Hell, demons, Satan hoặc dark taboo's. From necrophilia to cannibalism, madness, possession, Satanic rituals and murder all feature along with added oddities like harmonious frogs, strange medical conditions and even a quick mention of Horror Hero H.P.Lovecraft. Despite the relative narrowness...
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added by Bellatrix666
Source: Aiden E. Messer
This is an excellent book. The tác giả manages to weave numerous characters, scenarios and themes together seamlessly. If bạn like vampires, ma sói hoặc zombies hoặc just like a good 'end of the world' yarn then you'll find something here to enjoy. The story is subtly underpinned bởi a religious tone that while being moralistic stays clear of being too preachy as to put the reader off. Add to that moments of sparkling wit and pitch black humour bạn have yourself a very entertaining and intelligent novel where the twists and turns in the plot flow as freely as the buckets of gore.A brilliant horror novel. Enjoy. Thank bạn for reading.
On July 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer the notorious cannibalistic serial killer was captured bởi police.
On November 28, 1994 Dahmer was beaten to death bởi another inmate...Or was he?
What if Jeff didn't really die that day. What if it was all a elaborate hoax? What if Dahmer found a way to escape jail bởi faking his own death?
These 'what-if's' are the basis for this taut gripping story. Part horror. Part conspiracy theory. Part police procedural. This story is all the thêm terrifying for the amazing amount of detail and believability that is imbued on every page.

Detective Helen Closs is a highly successful...
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added by Bellatrix666
Source: Aiden E. Messer
posted by disturbian
An inventive, enjoyable and surprisingly heart-warming take on the serial killer thriller.

Charlie is a quiet man. He keeps himself to himself at work, các lượt xem the world through highly practical eyes, is meticulous to a fault and incredible thrifty. He avoids any kind of personal contact with people and cares not a jot about anybody's feelings, desires, ideas hoặc personalities. He is also a very successful serial killer. Keeping his killings to a strict schedule, he allows himself to hunt for a new victim once every two months and always aims for victims which he considers low risk i.e junkies...
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posted by disturbian
After following the Horror Society on Twitter for a while, I was very excited to read this book. The people in the society know their stuff and with this book no gut is left un-churned, no twist denied and no moral ground left intact.
Included are eleven short stories:
LOAF DIVINE bởi Canaan Frank: A hotel seeks out the twisted secrets that lie within the past and conscience of a man
DEAD RINGERS bởi David Blackthorn: College students have an eventful night sleeping amongst the graves of plague victims
A VAMPIRE WALKS INTO A BAR bởi Aaron cá đuối, ray Ballard: A bar that plays host to many unnatural beasts...
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The best thing about this short story collection is it's brazenness. It is violently visceral book staining with gore and bulging with pure nastiness. In short it's a book that any real literary horror người hâm mộ should relish.
The stories include:
HEIRLOOM bởi Michael Laimo: An inherited súng trường holds terrible memories and depraved secrets for a seriously demented killer.
VIOLENCE FOR FUN AND PROFIT bởi Gregory L.Norris: Vengeance becomes political manifesto in this warped view of post-Bush America.
AMPUTATIONS IN THE KEY OF D bởi Jack Maddox: A rock ngôi sao goes for a routine wart removal and ends up losing...
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added by disturbian
Source: sst publications
Horror stories evoke fear; it is the nature of the beast. So rarely do bạn find a horror story that causes other emotions to stir. But a good horror writer knows that in order for the fear to really pay off bạn have to engage the readers with not just the concept of the story but with the characters that populate the world of the story. So what if a character bạn don't care about dies? No matter how visceral hoặc detailed that characters demise, without invested emotions it just doesn't resonate.
Luckily for the reader, with this story, bạn will care.
Elliot Tather has a good life. A happy wife,...
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posted by disturbian
Let me first say that I do not read Sci-fi very often. I'm thêm of a horror fan, but this book has enough absolutely terrifying versions of the future hoặc different realities that, to me, it can be classified as horror because there is nothing thêm frightening than the unknown.
Included:
HOW TO MAKE A HUMAN bởi Martin Rose: Robots made to re-create humans after Armageddon find the intricacies of the human soul difficult to duplicate.
ANGIE bởi John F.D Taff: A bittersweet tale of loyalty and tình yêu in the face of a zombie apocalypse backed bởi the old 'Rolling Stones' song.
ON THE THRESHOLD bởi William...
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posted by disturbian
There are a myriad of ways the World as we know it could end. Will it be cataclysmic like nuclear bomb drops, huge volcanic eruptions, continent destroying earthquakes hoặc invasions of violent mutations? hoặc will it be something thêm slight that ends us like a financial meltdown hoặc simple human greed and stupidity. Whatever the cause, the truth is the world will end someday and that ngày may well be today. Thankfully while society is still rumbling along nicely we all have the time to read apocalypse stories instead of wasting our time searching for thực phẩm and clean water whilst hiding from gangs...
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Urban legends are everywhere. Everyone has one. Some bạn may hear time and time again, each time the story may change a little but basically it's the same. Then there are myths of local legend. An escaped mental patient here, a restless ghost there, a spirit of a child who cries...you know what I mean. Basically, once you've read one book on Urban Legends, you've read them all. But, this book is different. The twist to this collection of ten short stories is that the writers involved are clever. They know bạn know, they know that bạn think bạn know the ending so, with that in mind, they have...
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H.P.Lovecraft and his works have inspired quite a few modern ngày horror writers. Some admit to his influence and use it as a springboard for their own works while some deny any knowledge whilst stealing heavily from the the great author. Thankfully Mr Gonzalez falls into the first category and this collection of short horror fiction excels at giving a macabre modern twist on some of Lovecraft's fundamental themes. Borrowing place names and situations to delve deep into the mythos that Lovecraft created, that of cults and conspiracies, of Old Gods that now banished from this realm await the...
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There are seventeen tales here. All of which originated in some way from Post Mortem Press. It is a grand collection of short horror fiction written not only bởi some of the thêm well known horror writers around today (Jonathan Mayberry. F Paul Wilson) but also bởi some names bạn may not be familiar with.

Stories included are:

The Stranger bởi Jason Downes; A mysterious man makes a late night call to collect a debt that was promised to him a long time ago.

Sewer Rats bởi C. Bryan Brown; A trio of kids adventuring in the sewers beneath their town soon discover something lurking deep in the darkness....
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