Below, I mention how I liked each story and include a favorite quote: The Empty Chambers by Neil Gaiman A poem. Very creepy but I’d rather have read a Gaiman story. The Company You Keep by Steve Resnic Tem Walking among us are the members of a secret company. I don’t know what I took away from t...
A twisted novella and chapbook from the warped minds of David Niall Wilson and Bret Alexander Savory. I can’t say too much about this one without ruining it and honestly, couldn’t really describe it if I wanted to. It was strange and engaging and extremely well written. Filled with disturbing imager...
As usual with short stories, only a few were interesting. Quite a few here were dull, frankly. I only read it for John Park's Nightward, really (it landed squarely in the interesting bucket btw). Heat Death (Patrick Johanneson), Flight of Passage (Jon Martin Watts), and One Nation Under Gods (Jer...
I'm not sure I'd call most of these stories horror. More like dark fiction. Some were a little too oblique for my tastes (I had more than a few 'Huh?' moments), but the writing caliber was good across the board. Overall rating: 3.5/5.0 starsReviewed for Bitten by Books. http://bittenbybooks.com.